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Company No. 01646975 · Incorporated 28 Jun 1982

Worsley Wholesale Butchers Limited

Registered name: WORSLEY WHOLESALE BUTCHERS LIMITED

Part of Bullcliff Ltd group

Worsley Wholesale Butchers Limited made £53.8m revenue and £263k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025. read from filing text

Worsley Wholesale Butchers Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £53.8m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £263k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Liversedge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection G · Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehiclesSIC 46320Wholesale of meat and meat products
Status
Active
Location
Liversedge, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
44 yrs · since 1982
Type
Private Limited Company

Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.

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's parent undertaking is Bullcliff Limited. The parent company is the only company to produce financial statements that consolidate the results of the company. The registered office of Bull”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2025

Key figures

Small teamCapital-light
Revenue
£53.8m
Growth ▲20%
Profit
£263k
Growth —
Profit margin
0.5%
Gross 2.2%
Employees
2
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£131k
Revenue/employee £26.9m
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 202430 Nov 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£37.6m£46.7m£44.8m£53.8m
Cost of sales£35.8m£45.3m£44m£52.6m
Gross profit£1.8m£1.4m£790k£1.2m
Operating profit£994k£490k−£109k£351k
Profit before tax£986k£483k−£114k£350k
Profit after tax£783k£418k−£85.8k£263k
Profit (best available)£783k£418k−£85.8k£263k
Staff costs£146k£157k£164k£158k
Employees (average)2222
Ratios
Profit margin2.1%0.9%−0.2%0.5%
Gross margin4.8%3%1.8%2.2%
Revenue per employee£18.8m£23.4m£22.4m£26.9m
Profit per employee£392k£209k−£42.9k£131k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲24.2%▼4%▲20%
Profit growth—▼46.7%▼120.5%—
Headcount growth—0%0%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£539k£633k£59.9k£50k
Net assets£1.6m£1.9m£1.8m£2m
Fixed assets£280k£378k£276k£347k
Current assets£5.3m£5.4m£4.4m£5.3m
Debtors£3.4m£3.6m£3.4m£4.2m
Deferred income£5.9k£6.3k£11.3k£11.8k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
2.2%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£26.9m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£131k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
0.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
7.8%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲9%
Now £2m
Cash at bank
▼17%
Now £50k
Headcount
0%
Now 2
Deferred income
▲4%
Now £11.8k
Fixed assets
▲26%
Now £347k

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Bullcliff Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Worsley Wholesale Butchers Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £263k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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