Wherry and Sons,limited
Registered name: WHERRY AND SONS,LIMITED
Wherry and Sons,limited made £20.3m revenue and £163k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Wherry and Sons,limited’s revenue grew 10% to £20.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £163k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Bourne, Lincolnshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bourne, Lincolnshire, East of England
- Age
- 117 yrs · since 1909
- 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 | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £25.8m | £21.6m | £18.4m | £20.3m |
| Cost of sales | £22.7m | £18.1m | £15.9m | £17.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £3.5m | £2.5m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £845k | £750k | £44.8k | — |
| Profit before tax | £862k | £1m | £164k | £117k |
| Profit after tax | £763k | £920k | £215k | £163k |
| Profit (best available) | £763k | £920k | £215k | £163k |
| Employees (average) | 18 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3% | 4.3% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 16.4% | 13.7% | 12% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.4m | £1.1m | £876k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £42.4k | £48.4k | £10.2k | £8.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.2% | ▼14.8% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲20.5% | ▼76.6% | ▼24.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲10.5% | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £1.6m | £805k | £780k |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.3m | £4.5m | £4.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £7.6m | £8m | £5.5m | £6m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2.2m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.4m | £1m | £231k | £343k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £4.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼3%
- Now £780k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲48%
- Now £343k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Sprouting Seeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- UK Pulses LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £163k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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