Belton Farm Limited
Registered name: BELTON FARM LIMITED
Part of Belton Farm Group Limited groupBelton Farm Limited made £46.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Belton Farm Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £46.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “butter and cheese production” and is based in Shropshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shropshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 53 yrs · since 1973
- 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 Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking of Belton Farm Group Limited which is the ultimate parent company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40.9m | £39.3m | £42.5m | £46.1m |
| Cost of sales | £36.4m | £34.2m | £36.5m | £38.8m |
| Gross profit | £4.5m | £5.1m | £6m | £7.3m |
| Operating profit | £2.5m | £2.7m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £1.9m | £1.4m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.1m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £5.6m |
| Employees (average) | 104 | 99 | 98 | 122 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 11.1% | 13.1% | 14% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £393k | £397k | £434k | £378k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £10.6k | £15.9k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.8% | ▲8% | ▲8.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.9% | ▲47.5% | ▲8.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼1% | ▲24.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £33.7k | £109k | £67.6k | £18.4k |
| Net assets | £18.1m | £19.1m | £20.7m | £21.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £3.7m | £6m |
| Current assets | £33.1m | £37.8m | £41.5m | £43.6m |
| Debtors | £5.3m | £5.2m | £5.9m | £6.9m |
| Deferred income | £13.3k | £0 | £0 | £50.3k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £378k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.9%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £21.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £18.4k
- Headcount
- ▲24%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £50.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▲64%
- Now £6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Belton Farm Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Belton Farm Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Belton Farm Trading LimitedRev. — · Profit £38.7k
- Belton Packing & Logistics LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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