North Herts Farmers Grain Limited
Registered name: NORTH HERTS FARMERS GRAIN LIMITED
North Herts Farmers Grain Limited made £99.8m revenue and £1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
North Herts Farmers Grain Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £99.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1m profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods” and is based in Weston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Weston, East of England
- Age
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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: “In the directors' opinion the company is controlled by all of the directors acting in concert.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £104m | £112m | £95.8m | £99.8m |
| Cost of sales | £102m | £109m | £94.1m | £96.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.2m | £1.6m | £2.9m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £397k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £764k | £1.4m | £512k | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £625k | £1.1m | £384k | £1m |
| Profit (best available) | £625k | £1.1m | £384k | £1m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.4m | £938k | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.6% | 1% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Gross margin | 2.2% | 2.9% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £11.6m | £12.5m | £13.7m | £12.5m |
| Profit per employee | £69.4k | £126k | £54.8k | £127k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 617.3% | 0% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲7.6% | ▼14.8% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲81.6% | ▼66.2% | ▲164.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼22.2% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £4.5m | £1.7m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £7.2m | £7.5m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1k | £4.6k | £3.4k | £2.6k |
| Current assets | £15.8m | £17.3m | £15.3m | £17.1m |
| Debtors | £11.2m | £10.6m | £9.3m | £12.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £1.4m | £957k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £592k | −£2.7m | £2.4m | −£361 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £12.5m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £127k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 0%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼30%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲52%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼25%
- Now £2.6k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- Federated Farmers Limited 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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