Winterwood Farms Ltd
Registered name: WINTERWOOD FARMS LTD
Winterwood Farms Ltd made £52.1m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Winterwood Farms Ltd’s revenue grew 18% to £52.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.8m profit and 261 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.9m | £40.9m | £44.2m | £52.1m |
| Cost of sales | £38.2m | £37.5m | £40.7m | £46.3m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £5.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £6.2m | £1.7m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £5.7m | £5.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £5.6m | £838k | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £5.6m | £838k | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £8m | £8.4m | £8.5m | £8.8m |
| Employees (average) | 293 | 305 | 278 | 261 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.3% | 13.7% | 1.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 8.2% | 8% | 11% |
| Revenue per employee | £146k | £134k | £159k | £200k |
| Profit per employee | £7.7k | £18.3k | £3k | £7k |
| Cash conversion | −57% | −19.2% | −66.5% | −74.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▲8.1% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲148.4% | ▼85% | ▲118.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▼8.8% | ▼6.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £221k | £26.5k | £44.3k | £485k |
| Net assets | £10.9m | £16.5m | £17.3m | £19.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £5.2m | £5.4m | £5.9m |
| Current assets | £12.4m | £17m | £18.9m | £20.2m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £61.8k | £0 | £0 | £25.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.2m | −£1.1m | −£2.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £200k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −74.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £19.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲996%
- Now £485k
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 261
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £25.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £5.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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