Clarke Meats Limited
Registered name: CLARKE MEATS LIMITED
Clarke Meats Limited made £19.7m revenue and £635k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Clarke Meats Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £19.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £635k profit and 45 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Huddersfield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Huddersfield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £17.3m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £17.2m | £14m | £16.4m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £3.3m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £1m | £899k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £725k | £635k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £725k | £635k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 43 | 45 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.2% | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 19% | 16.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £492k | £402k | £438k |
| Profit per employee | £25.7k | £16.9k | £14.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲4.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £366k | £279k | £556k |
| Net assets | £7m | £7.8m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1m | £1.3m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £7.2m | £7.8m | £9m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | £562k | £648k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £438k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲8%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲99%
- Now £556k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 45
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼14%
- Now £1.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £635k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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