Leprino Foods Limited
Registered name: LEPRINO FOODS LIMITED
Leprino Foods Limited made £394m revenue and £7.7m profit in the year to 1 Nov 2025.
Leprino Foods Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £394m in the year to 1 Nov 2025, with £7.7m profit and 397 employees. The company is classified under “butter and cheese production” and is based in Northwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northwich, North West
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 4 Jan 2024 | 4 Jan 2025 | 1 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £371m | £415m | £394m |
| Cost of sales | −£309m | −£342m | −£331m |
| Gross profit | £61.5m | £73.4m | £62.7m |
| Operating profit | £7.9m | £13.2m | £9.3m |
| Profit before tax | £10.5m | £15.1m | £10.3m |
| Profit after tax | £7.7m | £10.5m | £7.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.7m | £10.5m | £7.7m |
| Employees (average) | 373 | 387 | 397 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 2.5% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 16.6% | 17.7% | 15.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £994k | £1.1m | £992k |
| Profit per employee | £20.7k | £27k | £19.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▼5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲35.7% | ▼26.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▲2.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 15.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £992k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.3k
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now 397
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Leprino Foods Pension Trustees LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 1 Nov 2025 (profit £7.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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