Stonegate Agriculture Limited
Registered name: STONEGATE AGRICULTURE LIMITED
Part of Stonegate Group Holdings Ltd groupStonegate Agriculture Limited made £18m revenue and £426k profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Stonegate Agriculture Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £18m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £426k profit and 71 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Chippenham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chippenham, South West
- 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 | 1 Oct 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 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) | £14.9m | £16.4m | £17m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £14.3m | £16m | £14.3m | £14.9m |
| Gross profit | £616k | £365k | £2.7m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £70.8k | £543k | £1.4m | £415k |
| Profit before tax | £48.3k | £514k | £1.3m | £390k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4k | £416k | £1m | £426k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4k | £416k | £1m | £426k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.9m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 63 | 68 | 71 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0% | 2.5% | 5.9% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 4.1% | 2.2% | 15.8% | 17.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £260k | £250k | £254k |
| Profit per employee | −£44 | £6.6k | £14.7k | £6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.4% | ▲3.4% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲140.9% | ▼57.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▲7.9% | ▲4.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £605 | £76.1k | £56.8k | £145k |
| Net assets | £642k | £1.1m | £2.1m | £2.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £6.6m | £7.2m | £6.4m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £985k | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Deferred income | £1.3m | £819k | £814k | £739k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £254k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 12.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.3%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £2.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲155%
- Now £145k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 71
- Deferred income
- ▼9%
- Now £739k
- Fixed assets
- ▲3%
- Now £2.3m
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
- Stonegate Group Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Stonegate Food Group Limited75–100%
- Stonegate Farmers Limited75–100%
- Stonegate Agriculture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Thames Valley Eggs (Production) 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 27 Sep 2025 (profit £426k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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