Foster Farms Limited
Registered name: FOSTER FARMS LIMITED
Foster Farms Limited made £10.8m revenue and £650k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Foster Farms Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £10.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £650k profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “raising of swine/pigs” and is based in Beverley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beverley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11.3m | £10.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | £6.6m | £6.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.7m | £4m |
| Operating profit | — | £2m | £1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.8m | £891k |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.5m | £650k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.5m | £650k |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 13.6% | 6% |
| Gross margin | — | 41.7% | 37.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £352k | £327k |
| Profit per employee | — | £47.8k | £19.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼57.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £2.1m | £3.4m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £4.7m | £4.8m | £4.7m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.1m |
| Debtors | £156k | £236k | £238k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £327k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £4.7m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £650k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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