Frank King (Wigan) Limited
Registered name: FRANK KING (WIGAN) LIMITED
Part of Frank King Group Limited groupFrank King (Wigan) Limited made £23.5m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 30 Jan 2026.
Frank King (Wigan) Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £23.5m in the year to 30 Jan 2026, with £1.2m profit and 161 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Wigan; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1978
- 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 | 26 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 30 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £22.2m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £16m | £17.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.2m | £5.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | £4.2m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Employees (average) | 132 | 154 | 161 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6% | 5.3% | 5% |
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 27.9% | 25% |
| Revenue per employee | £161k | £144k | £146k |
| Profit per employee | £9.7k | £7.6k | £7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% | ▲5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.2% | ▼0.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲4.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £166k | £651k |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £4.8m | £5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £5.4m | £4.8m |
| Debtors | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £255k | £135k | £296k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £146k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲291%
- Now £651k
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 161
- Deferred income
- ▲119%
- Now £296k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £2.9m
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
- Frank King Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Frank King Holdings Limited75–100%
- Value Meats Limited75–100%
- Frank King (Wigan) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jan 2026 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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