R Owton (Wholesale Butchers) Limited
Registered name: R OWTON (WHOLESALE BUTCHERS) LIMITED
Part of Owtons Holding Limited groupR Owton (Wholesale Butchers) Limited made £29.8m revenue and £229k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
R Owton (Wholesale Butchers) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £29.8m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £229k profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Southampton; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Southampton, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £31.6m | £29.4m | £29.8m |
| Cost of sales | £28.5m | £27.5m | £27.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £532k | −£821k | £99.5k |
| Profit before tax | £536k | −£721k | £322k |
| Profit after tax | £437k | −£602k | £229k |
| Profit (best available) | £437k | −£602k | £229k |
| Staff costs | £3.9m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 120 | 113 | 114 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.4% | −2.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.9% | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £263k | £260k | £261k |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | −£5.3k | £2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▲1.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼237.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▲0.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £68k | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £2.8m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £4m | £4.3m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £84.4k | £142k | £71.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £261k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 114
- Deferred income
- ▼50%
- Now £71.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £3.2m
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
- Owtons Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- R Owton (Wholesale Butchers) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Chalcroft Farm Shop LimitedFigures 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 £229k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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