Clock House Farm Limited
Registered name: CLOCK HOUSE FARM LIMITED
Clock House Farm Limited made £40.1m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Clock House Farm Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £40.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.6m profit and 470 employees. The company is classified under “growing of pome fruits and stone fruits” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 73 yrs · since 1952
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.3m | £34.9m | £40.1m |
| Cost of sales | £23.9m | £28.7m | £34m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £6.1m | £6m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £4m | £2.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £3.9m | £2.6m |
| Staff costs | £10.9m | £13.7m | £16.4m |
| Employees (average) | 370 | 410 | 470 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.6% | 11.3% | 6.5% |
| Gross margin | 12.5% | 17.6% | 15% |
| Revenue per employee | £73.9k | £85k | £85.2k |
| Profit per employee | £5.6k | £9.6k | £5.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.5% | ▲15% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲90.1% | ▼33.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲10.8% | ▲14.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £2.9m | £333k |
| Net assets | £9.5m | £12.7m | £14.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £14.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼89%
- Now £333k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 470
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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