Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited
Registered name: CRANSTONS QUALITY BUTCHERS LIMITED
Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited made £17.6m revenue and £755k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Cranstons Quality Butchers Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £17.6m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £755k profit and 240 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Cumbria; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cumbria, North West
- Age
- 98 yrs · since 1928
- 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 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £15.3m | £16.1m | £17.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £8m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.1m | £9m |
| Operating profit | £610k | £143k | £907k |
| Profit before tax | £706k | £260k | £1m |
| Profit after tax | £488k | £130k | £755k |
| Profit (best available) | £488k | £130k | £755k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £5.8m | £5.8m |
| Employees (average) | 210 | 224 | 240 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.2% | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 48.6% | 50.3% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £72.9k | £72k | £73.2k |
| Profit per employee | £2.3k | £582 | £3.1k |
| Cash conversion | 101.7% | 683.1% | 101.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.5% | ▲8.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼73.3% | ▲478.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3.7m |
| Net assets | £5.8m | £6.2m | £6.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4.3m | £3.9m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.8m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £123k | £111k | £129k |
| Deferred income | £134k | £627k | £180k |
| Cash from operations | £620k | £977k | £923k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 101.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.7%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £6.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲36%
- Now £3.7m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 240
- Deferred income
- ▼71%
- Now £180k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £3.9m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £755k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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