James T Blakeman & Co Limited
Registered name: JAMES T BLAKEMAN & CO LIMITED
Part of Cranswick PLC groupJames T Blakeman & Co Limited made £50.4m revenue and £2.2m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2024.
James T Blakeman & Co Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £50.4m in the year to 27 Sep 2024, with £2.2m profit and 175 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Hessle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hessle, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1992
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £50.8m | £51.3m | £50.4m |
| Cost of sales | £41.2m | £43.4m | £41.6m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £7.9m | £8.8m |
| Operating profit | £5.3m | £2.9m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £5.2m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Staff costs | £6.7m | £6.5m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 189 | 180 | 175 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 4% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 15.3% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £269k | £285k | £288k |
| Profit per employee | £21.9k | £11.4k | £12.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼50.4% | ▲9.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% | ▼2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £820k | £1.3m |
| Net assets | £4.9m | £5.2m | £5.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.5m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Current assets | £11.7m | £13.5m | £12.1m |
| Debtors | £4m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Deferred income | £609k | £793k | £691k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £288k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.2%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £5.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62%
- Now £1.3m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 175
- Deferred income
- ▼13%
- Now £691k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £5.5m
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
- Cranswick PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Cranswick Country Foods PLC75–100%
- James T Blakeman & Co (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- James T Blakeman & Co Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- James T. Blakeman (Services) LimitedRev. £22.7m · Profit £309k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Sep 2024 (profit £2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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