R.manners & Sons Limited
Registered name: R.MANNERS & SONS LIMITED
Part of R Manners & Sons Holding Company Limited groupR.manners & Sons Limited made £19.7m revenue and £615k profit in the year to 21 Mar 2026. read from filing text
R.manners & Sons Limited’s revenue grew 35% to £19.7m in the year to 21 Mar 2026, with £615k profit and 43 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 72 yrs · since 1954
- 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 ultimate controlling party is A.J. Manners Property Company Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 21 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | £18.2m | £15.2m | £14.6m | £19.7m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £12.7m | £12.1m | £16.6m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £2.6m | £2.5m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £892k | £535k | £460k | £713k |
| Profit before tax | £894k | £563k | £547k | £819k |
| Profit after tax | £713k | £422k | £410k | £615k |
| Profit (best available) | £713k | £422k | £410k | £615k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 47 | 46 | 43 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Gross margin | 16.3% | 16.8% | 16.9% | 15.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £337k | £324k | £317k | £459k |
| Profit per employee | £13.2k | £9k | £8.9k | £14.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.3% | ▼4% | ▲35.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼40.8% | ▼2.8% | ▲49.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13% | ▼2.1% | ▼6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £810k | £1.9m | £2.7m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £7.3m | £7.6m | £8.1m |
| Fixed assets | £259k | £305k | £346k | £323k |
| Current assets | £10.6m | £9.7m | £11m | £13.9m |
| Debtors | £3.2m | £2.8m | £4m | £5m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £1.4m | £2.4m | £4.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £459k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 21.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25.4%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £8.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼57%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 43
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £4.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £323k
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
- R Manners & Sons Holding Company Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- R.manners & Sons 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 21 Mar 2026 (profit £615k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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