Suffolk Agricultural Association
Registered name: SUFFOLK AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Suffolk Agricultural Association made £4.3m revenue and £343k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Suffolk Agricultural Association’s revenue grew 20% to £4.3m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £343k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other education” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ipswich, East of England
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.1m | £3.5m | £4.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £3.8m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | −£619k | −£294k | £514k |
| Profit before tax | −£540k | £110k | £338k |
| Profit after tax | −£585k | £110k | £343k |
| Profit (best available) | −£585k | £110k | £343k |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 38 | 50 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −18.7% | 3.1% | 8.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £101k | £92.9k | £85k |
| Profit per employee | −£18.9k | £2.9k | £6.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.7% | ▲20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲210.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲22.6% | ▲31.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £85k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.8k
- 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
- ▲32%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Trinity Park Events LimitedRev. £1.3m · Profit £78.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £343k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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