Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers Limited
Registered name: RALPH PEARSON WHOLESALE BUTCHERS LIMITED
Part of Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers (Holdings) Limited groupRalph Pearson Wholesale Butchers Limited made £62.1m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £62.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Bradford; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bradford, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- 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. From the filing: “Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers (Holdings) Limited”
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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.9m | £47.3m | £47.3m | £53m | £62.1m |
| Cost of sales | £39.1m | £45.9m | £46.8m | £52.2m | £60.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £1.4m | £505k | £754k | £1.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £888k | £24.2k | £278k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £888k | £26.2k | £283k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £984k | £713k | £1.4k | £193k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £984k | £713k | £1.4k | £193k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | 38 | 38 | 38 | 33 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 1.5% | 0% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 4.6% | 2.9% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.9m |
| Profit per employee | — | £18.8k | £37 | £5.1k | £30.8k |
| Cash conversion | 21.9% | 4.7% | — | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.5% | ▲0.1% | ▲12% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼27.5% | ▼99.8% | ▲13460% | ▲427.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% | ▼13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £831k | £401k | £464k | £640k | £465k |
| Net assets | £5.2m | £5.8m | £5.7m | £5.7m | £6.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.8m | £5.6m | £6.2m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £3.7m | £4.2m | £3.9m | £4.7m | £5.5m |
| Cash from operations | £292k | £42.1k | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £6.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £465k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £1.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ralph Pearson Wholesale Butchers Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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