Ystum Colwyn Farms Limited
Registered name: YSTUM COLWYN FARMS LIMITED
Ystum Colwyn Farms Limited made £25.8m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ystum Colwyn Farms Limited’s revenue fell 11% to £25.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “raising of sheep and goats” and is based in Meifod; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Meifod, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2005
- 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 | 29 Dec 2022 | 28 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £26.1m | £25m | £29.1m | £25.8m |
| Cost of sales | £23.9m | £23.2m | £25.4m | £22.5m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £1.8m | £3.7m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.4m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.4m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 6.8% |
| Gross margin | 8.5% | 7.2% | 12.7% | 12.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.3m | £3.6m | £3.6m | £2.6m |
| Profit per employee | £173k | £197k | £249k | £174k |
| Cash conversion | −95.3% | −180.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲16.5% | ▼11.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.2% | ▲44.4% | ▼12.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲14.3% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £583k | £265k | £116k | £815k |
| Net assets | £5.3m | £6.5m | £9.2m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £8.4m | £10.8m | £13.7m | £14.4m |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £1.9m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £1.5m | £2.6m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £29.8k | £149k | £166k | £126k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£4m | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £174k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 55.9%
- 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
- 5.4%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▲604%
- Now £815k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼24%
- Now £126k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £14.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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