Hawkridge Farmhouse Cheese Limited
Registered name: HAWKRIDGE FARMHOUSE CHEESE LIMITED
Part of Lactalis McLelland Limited groupHawkridge Farmhouse Cheese Limited made a £117k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Hawkridge Farmhouse Cheese Limited reported a loss of £117k in the year to 31 Dec 2025; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 40 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Redhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Redhill, South East
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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 parent company is Ambrosi (UK) Limited whose registered office is Grosvenor House, 65-71 London Road, Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom, RH1 1LQ.”
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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £478k | £210k | £52k | −£117k |
| Profit (best available) | £478k | £210k | £52k | −£117k |
| Employees (average) | 50 | 48 | 41 | 40 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £9.6k | £4.4k | £1.3k | −£2.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼56.2% | ▼75.2% | ▼325.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | ▼14.6% | ▼2.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £735k | £761k | £486k | £260k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.3m | £742k |
| Fixed assets | £435k | £452k | £418k | £355k |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £933k | £863k | £768k | £868k |
| Deferred income | £115k | £126k | £133k | £203k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 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
- −£2.9k
- 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
- ▼41%
- Now £742k
- Cash at bank
- ▼47%
- Now £260k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▲53%
- Now £203k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £355k
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
- Lactalis McLelland Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ambrosi (UK) Limited75–100%
- Hawkridge Farmhouse Cheese Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Anthony Rowcliffe and Son LimitedRev. £16.4m · Profit −£160k
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 −£117k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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