Varfell Farms Ltd
Registered name: VARFELL FARMS LTD
Part of Greosn Holdings Limited groupVarfell Farms Ltd made £28.5m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Varfell Farms Ltd’s revenue grew 23% to £28.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 160 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other non-perennial crops” and is based in Penzance; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penzance, South West
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19m | £23m | £23.1m | £28.5m |
| Cost of sales | £16.7m | £19.9m | £20.1m | £24.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £3.1m | £3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £2.3m | £3m | £2.6m |
| Profit before tax | £3.6m | £2.1m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £1.6m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.4m | £6.1m | £5.2m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 133 | 206 | 162 | 160 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.5% | 6.9% | 9.8% | 7.9% |
| Gross margin | 12.2% | 13.5% | 13.1% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £143k | £112k | £143k | £178k |
| Profit per employee | £23.6k | £7.7k | £14k | £14.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲21.2% | ▲0.4% | ▲23.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼49.4% | ▲42.3% | ▼0.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲54.9% | ▼21.4% | ▼1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.1k | £5.6k | £905 | £700k |
| Net assets | £29.9m | £31.9m | £34.6m | £36.9m |
| Fixed assets | £34.1m | £35.6m | £37.1m | £47.3m |
| Current assets | £9.5m | £10.3m | £12.1m | £14.9m |
| Debtors | £418k | £589k | £957k | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £117k | £331k | £115k | £387k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £178k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £14.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 166%
- 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
- 7.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £36.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲77222%
- Now £700k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 160
- Deferred income
- ▲236%
- Now £387k
- Fixed assets
- ▲28%
- Now £47.3m
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
- Greosn Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Greosn Ltd75–100%
- Yellow Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Varfell Farms Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Greenyard Flowers UK 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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