Meadowvale Foods Ltd
Registered name: MEADOWVALE FOODS LTD
Part of Laf Holdings Limited groupMeadowvale Foods Ltd made £142m revenue and £6.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Meadowvale Foods Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £142m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £6.2m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Shropshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shropshire, West Midlands
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- 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 immediate parent company is MVH Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £83.4m | £119m | £122m | £142m |
| Cost of sales | £69.9m | £104m | £107m | £125m |
| Gross profit | £13.5m | £14.6m | £15.1m | £16.9m |
| Operating profit | £6.8m | £7.5m | £7.7m | £8.1m |
| Profit before tax | £6.8m | £7.6m | £7.9m | £8.3m |
| Profit after tax | £5.5m | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.5m | £6.3m | £6.1m | £6.2m |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 30 | 31 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 5.3% | 5% | 4.3% |
| Gross margin | 16.2% | 12.3% | 12.4% | 11.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £2.8m | £4m | £3.9m | £4.3m |
| Profit per employee | £184k | £209k | £195k | £187k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.1% | ▲2.6% | ▲17.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.1% | ▼3.2% | ▲2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.3% | ▲6.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.3m | £5m | £5.5m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £11.1m | £17.4m | £13.4m | £19.6m |
| Fixed assets | £618k | £654k | £632k | £654k |
| Current assets | £33.7m | £35.3m | £35.8m | £43.4m |
| Debtors | £9.7m | £11.3m | £12.5m | £13.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £187k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £19.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £654k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Laf Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- MVH Limited75–100%
- Meadowvale Foods Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Ready Foods LimitedRev. £12.6m · Profit £77.3k
- Seafeast LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- MJS Blackshaw Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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