Bates Farms & Dairy Limited
Registered name: BATES FARMS & DAIRY LIMITED
Bates Farms & Dairy Limited made £822k profit in the year to 31 May 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Bates Farms & Dairy Limited reported £822k profit in the year to 31 May 2025, down 40% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 204 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of food in specialised stores”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- North West
- Age
- 68 yrs · since 1958
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.7m | £26.2m | £25.9m | — |
| Cost of sales | £17.9m | £23.2m | £21m | — |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3m | £4.8m | — |
| Operating profit | £493k | £441k | £1.9m | — |
| Profit before tax | £494k | £445k | £1.8m | — |
| Profit after tax | £406k | £323k | £1.4m | £822k |
| Profit (best available) | £406k | £323k | £1.4m | £822k |
| Staff costs | £3.5m | £3.9m | £4.2m | — |
| Employees (average) | 112 | 117 | 118 | 204 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 1.2% | 5.3% | — |
| Gross margin | 13.2% | 11.4% | 18.6% | — |
| Revenue per employee | £184k | £224k | £219k | — |
| Profit per employee | £3.6k | £2.8k | £11.6k | £4k |
| Cash conversion | −141.9% | −163.7% | −103.3% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27% | ▼1.4% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼20.4% | ▲324.3% | ▼40% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲0.9% | ▲72.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £892k | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.3m | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £2.8m | £2.8m | £4.1m | £3.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2m |
| Cash from operations | −£700k | −£722k | −£1.9m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4k
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▲73%
- Now 204
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲80%
- Now £3.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Grimshaw Lane Dairy LimitedFigures 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 31 May 2025 (profit £822k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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