Court Farm Chickens Limited
Registered name: COURT FARM CHICKENS LIMITED
Court Farm Chickens Limited made £15.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Court Farm Chickens Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £15.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.1m profit and 10 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Hereford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hereford, West Midlands
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £14.4m | £13.2m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | £9.6m | £12.6m | £11.4m | £13m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £958k | £801k | £595k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £902k | £761k | £630k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £922k | £543k | £683k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £922k | £543k | £683k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £256k | £268k | £305k | £336k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.9% | 3.8% | 5.2% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 12.2% | 13.7% | 16% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit per employee | £132k | £67.9k | £75.9k | £113k |
| Cash conversion | −161.8% | 0.8% | −244.2% | −98.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▼8.3% | ▲16.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.1% | ▲25.8% | ▲65.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲12.5% | ▲11.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £604k | £1.1m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.9m | £7.6m | £8.7m |
| Fixed assets | £8m | £7.7m | £7.5m | £7m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £41.4k | £82.9k | £256k |
| Deferred income | £512k | £320k | £758k | £131k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | £6.3k | −£1.5m | −£1.2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £113k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −98.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 45.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £8.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- ▼83%
- Now £131k
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £7m
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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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