M J Petfoods & Proteins Limited
Registered name: M J PETFOODS & PROTEINS LIMITED
Part of MS Pet Food Group Limited groupM J Petfoods & Proteins Limited made £22.6m revenue and £830k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
M J Petfoods & Proteins Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £22.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £830k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2000
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a subsidiary of MS Pet Food Group Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £21m | £22.3m | £22.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | £17.4m | £17.6m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.6m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £863k | £1.7m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £868k | £1.7m | £1m |
| Profit after tax | — | £660k | £1.2m | £830k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £660k | £1.2m | £830k |
| Staff costs | — | £1.4m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 39 | 40 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 3.1% | 5.5% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 17.1% | 21.4% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £537k | £558k | £525k |
| Profit per employee | — | £16.9k | £30.9k | £19.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −137% | −69.7% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲6.6% | ▲1.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲87.4% | ▼32.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲25.8% | ▲2.6% | ▲7.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.3m | £2.9m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £3.2m | £4.4m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £465k | £357k | £313k | £381k |
| Current assets | £4.5m | £5.6m | £6.6m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £160k | £174k | £109k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.2m | −£1.2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £525k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- 10.6%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲9%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▼37%
- Now £109k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £381k
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
- MS Pet Food Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- M J Petfoods & Proteins Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £830k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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