Stewarts of Tayside Limited
Registered name: STEWARTS OF TAYSIDE LIMITED
Part of Stewarts Produce Limited groupStewarts of Tayside Limited made £43.8m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Stewarts of Tayside Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £43.8m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £2.6m profit and 516 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Perth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Perth, Scotland
- Age
- 38 yrs · since 1988
- 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: “The immediate and ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Stewarts Produce Limited, which is controlled by Mr W H Stewart, director.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 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) | £28m | £32.6m | £41.4m | £43.8m |
| Cost of sales | £20m | £22.9m | £26.4m | £28.6m |
| Gross profit | £8m | £9.7m | £14.9m | £15.3m |
| Operating profit | £803k | £1.5m | £4.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £741k | £1.4m | £4.1m | £3.4m |
| Profit after tax | £770k | £1.2m | £3.6m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £770k | £1.2m | £3.6m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 404 | 427 | 451 | 516 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.8% | 3.7% | 8.6% | 6% |
| Gross margin | 28.5% | 29.7% | 36.1% | 34.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £69.2k | £76.4k | £91.7k | £85k |
| Profit per employee | £1.9k | £2.8k | £7.9k | £5.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲26.8% | ▲6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲57% | ▲194% | ▼26.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲5.6% | ▲14.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £11.5k | £5.1k | £242k | £18.4k |
| Net assets | £10.5m | £11.7m | £15.3m | £17.9m |
| Fixed assets | £13.9m | £14.2m | £14.9m | £18.8m |
| Current assets | £8.1m | £9.1m | £11.4m | £14.5m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.3m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Deferred income | £284k | £238k | £202k | £175k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 43%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £17.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼92%
- Now £18.4k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 516
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £175k
- Fixed assets
- ▲27%
- Now £18.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Stewarts Produce Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Stewarts of Tayside 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 May 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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