W.R. Haines (Leasow Farms) Limited
Registered name: W.R. HAINES (LEASOW FARMS) LIMITED
W.R. Haines (Leasow Farms) Limited made £12.3m revenue and a £312k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
W.R. Haines (Leasow Farms) Limited’s revenue fell 15% to £12.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £312k and 57 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Chipping Campden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chipping Campden, South West
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.2m | £15.8m | £14.5m | £12.3m |
| Cost of sales | £12.2m | £14.9m | £14.1m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £848k | £378k | £243k |
| Operating profit | £409k | £233k | −£34.9k | −£327k |
| Profit before tax | £377k | £180k | −£120k | −£411k |
| Profit after tax | £377k | £180k | −£89.6k | −£312k |
| Profit (best available) | £377k | £180k | −£89.6k | −£312k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 57 | 57 | 57 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 1.1% | −0.6% | −2.5% |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 5.4% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Revenue per employee | £207k | £277k | £254k | £216k |
| Profit per employee | £5.9k | £3.2k | −£1.6k | −£5.5k |
| Cash conversion | −80.2% | −136.1% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.2% | ▼8.1% | ▼14.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼52.2% | ▼149.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.9% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £75.3k | £54k | £29.4k | £38.7k |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £929k |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.9m | £3.2m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £71.6k | £36.4k | £25.3k | £33.5k |
| Cash from operations | −£329k | −£318k | −£415k | −£146k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £216k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- 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
- ▼25%
- Now £929k
- Cash at bank
- ▲32%
- Now £38.7k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £33.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼10%
- Now £2.6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£312k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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