The Bury Black Pudding Co Limited
Registered name: THE BURY BLACK PUDDING CO LIMITED
Part of Panicium Limited groupThe Bury Black Pudding Co Limited made £11.1m revenue and £515k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
The Bury Black Pudding Co Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £11.1m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £515k profit and 119 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Bury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bury, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11m | £11.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £4m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £916k | £522k |
| Profit before tax | — | £874k | £495k |
| Profit after tax | — | £716k | £515k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £716k | £515k |
| Staff costs | — | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 109 | 124 | 119 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 6.5% | 4.7% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.4% | 37.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £88.4k | £92.9k |
| Profit per employee | — | £5.8k | £4.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼28.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.8% | ▼4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £14.2k | £95.5k | £11.2k |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.2m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Deferred income | £204k | £86.7k | £122k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £92.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.8%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼88%
- Now £11.2k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 119
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £122k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £2.2m
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
- Panicium Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- The Bury Black Pudding Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Binghams Food LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Margaret Hall LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Margarets Country Kitchen Confectionery LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £515k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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