Dugdale Nutrition Limited
Registered name: DUGDALE NUTRITION LIMITED
Part of B. Dugdale & Son Limited groupDugdale Nutrition Limited made £77.9m revenue and £644k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Dugdale Nutrition Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £77.9m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £644k profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Clitheroe; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Clitheroe, North West
- Age
- 91 yrs · since 1934
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £85m | £80.4m | £77.9m |
| Cost of sales | £72.4m | £68.5m | £64.9m |
| Gross profit | £12.6m | £11.9m | £13m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £709k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £277k | £876k |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £163k | £644k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £163k | £644k |
| Staff costs | £5.3m | £5.8m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 130 | 134 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 14.8% | 14.8% | 16.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £691k | £618k | £582k |
| Profit per employee | £10.7k | £1.3k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼5.5% | ▼3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼87.7% | ▲295.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.7% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £0 | £156k | £0 |
| Net assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.4m | £7.6m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £13.5m | £11m | £12.5m |
| Debtors | £9.6m | £8.4m | £8.7m |
| Deferred income | £439k | £161k | £381k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £582k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.1%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲137%
- Now £381k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- B. Dugdale & Son Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Dugdale Nutrition Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- RBC Agri 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 Apr 2025 (profit £644k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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