Farmers Fresh Limited
Registered name: FARMERS FRESH LIMITED
Part of Farmers First Limited groupFarmers Fresh Limited made £85.2m revenue and £180k profit in the year to 30 May 2025.
Farmers Fresh Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £85.2m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £180k profit and 35 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Kenilworth; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kenilworth, West Midlands
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2024 | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £91.7m | £92.1m | £85.2m |
| Cost of sales | £74.3m | £78.1m | £72m |
| Gross profit | £17.4m | £14m | £13.2m |
| Operating profit | £5.8m | £498k | £310k |
| Profit before tax | £5.9m | £605k | £379k |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £467k | £180k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £467k | £180k |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 36 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 0.5% | 0.2% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 15.2% | 15.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.5m | £2.6m | £2.4m |
| Profit per employee | £127k | £13k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▼7.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼90% | ▼61.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.7% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £6.3m | £3m | £3.5m |
| Net assets | £14.6m | £14.9m | £13.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £5.3m | £4.9m |
| Current assets | £17.2m | £13.7m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £8.7m | £8.5m | £8.5m |
| Deferred income | £806k | £639k | £450k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10%
- 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 £13.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲16%
- Now £3.5m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £450k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £4.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Farmers First Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Farmers Fresh Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Farmers Fresh (Wales) LimitedRev. £48.8m · Profit £949k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £180k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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