Brackley Farms Limited
Registered name: BRACKLEY FARMS LIMITED
Part of E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd groupBrackley Farms Limited made £35.4m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Brackley Farms Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £35.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Ross on Wye; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ross on Wye, West Midlands
- Age
- 40 yrs · since 1985
- 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 company's immediate and ultimate parent is E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £33.3m | £34.3m | £35.4m |
| Cost of sales | £32.9m | £32.4m | £32.8m |
| Gross profit | £342k | £1.9m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | −£592k | £520k | £1.8m |
| Profit before tax | −£701k | £399k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£332k | £788k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | −£332k | £788k | £1.6m |
| Staff costs | £992k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 27 | 30 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 1% | 5.5% | 7.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | −£12.3k | £26.3k | £52.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▲3.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲98.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | — | £0 | £596k |
| Net assets | −£26.6k | £761k | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3m | £2.7m | £2.1m |
| Current assets | £4m | £3.8m | £4.4m |
| Debtors | £332k | £214k | £49.9k |
| Deferred income | £2.4m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- 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
- ▲205%
- Now £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £596k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲35%
- Now £2.4m
- Fixed assets
- ▼22%
- Now £2.1m
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
- E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Brackley Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Ecd Poultry LimitedRev. £19.9m · Profit £1.7m
- Homme Soft Fruit LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £2.3m
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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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