Badger Ales Limited
Registered name: BADGER ALES LIMITED
Part of Hall & Woodhouse Limited groupBadger Ales Limited made £193k revenue and £50.2k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2026.
Badger Ales Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £193k in the year to 31 Jan 2026, with £50.2k profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of beer” and is based in Dorset; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorset
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1974
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 25 Jan 2024 | 25 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £197k | £207k | £207k | £193k |
| Cost of sales | −£152k | −£161k | −£161k | −£143k |
| Operating profit | £45.1k | £46k | £46k | £50.2k |
| Profit before tax | £45.1k | £46k | £46k | £50.2k |
| Profit after tax | £45.1k | £46k | £46k | £50.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £45.1k | £46k | £46k | £50.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 22.9% | 22.2% | 22.2% | 25.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.2% | — | ▼6.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲1.8% | — | ▲9.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hall & Woodhouse Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Badger Ales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Blandford Beer Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hall & Woodhouse Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- King & Barnes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rio Drinks LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woodhouse Inns LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit £50.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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