Sykes House Farm Limited
Registered name: SYKES HOUSE FARM LIMITED
Part of Live Yorkshire Limited groupSykes House Farm Limited made £13.3m revenue and £828k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Sykes House Farm Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £13.3m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £828k profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Harrogate; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harrogate, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- 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 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.2m | £12.1m | £13.3m |
| Cost of sales | £8.3m | £8m | £8.9m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Operating profit | £955k | £610k | £827k |
| Profit before tax | £996k | £688k | £866k |
| Profit after tax | £816k | £524k | £828k |
| Profit (best available) | £816k | £524k | £828k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.1m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 76 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 4.3% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 33.3% | 32.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £169k | £159k | £168k |
| Profit per employee | £11.3k | £6.9k | £10.5k |
| Cash conversion | −126.9% | −106.9% | −146.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▲10.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼35.8% | ▲58.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £745k | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £3.5m | £3.5m | £4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £2m | £2k |
| Current assets | £3.5m | £3.3m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £956k | £1m | £1m |
| Deferred income | £59.1k | £40k | £99.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.2m | −£652k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £168k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −146.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲89%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▲150%
- Now £99.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £2k
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
- Live Yorkshire Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sykes House Farm Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- 1883 Property 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 Jun 2025 (profit £828k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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