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Company No. 03116767 · Incorporated 20 Oct 1995

Samworth Brothers Limited

Registered name: SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED

Part of Chetwode Trustees 1 Limited group

Samworth Brothers Limited made £1.6bn revenue and £7.8m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.

Samworth Brothers Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £1.6bn in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £7.8m profit and 9,348 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in Leicestershire; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 10890Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Leicestershire, East Midlands
Age
30 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.

Latest accounts · year to 27 Dec 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£1.6bn
Growth ▲12.2%
Profit
£7.8m
Growth ▼55.4%
Profit margin
0.5%
Gross 18.1%
Employees
9,348
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£833
Revenue/employee £167k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to28 Dec 202427 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£1.4bn£1.6bn
Cost of sales£1.1bn£1.3bn
Gross profit£252m£282m
Operating profit£47.4m£37.4m
Profit before tax£28m£18.5m
Profit after tax£17.5m£7.8m
Profit (best available)£17.5m£7.8m
Employees (average)9,3489,348
Ratios
Profit margin1.3%0.5%
Gross margin18.1%18.1%
Revenue per employee£149k£167k
Profit per employee£1.9k£833
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.2%
Profit growth—▼55.4%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£67.5m£85.5m
Net assets£133m£115m
Fixed assets£311m£355m
Current assets£461m£506m
Debtors£173m£215m
Deferred income£31.9m£36m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
0.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
18.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£167k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£833
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
22.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
13.7%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼14%
Now £115m
Cash at bank
▲27%
Now £85.5m
Headcount
0%
Now 9,348
Deferred income
▲13%
Now £36m
Fixed assets
▲14%
Now £355m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Chetwode Trustees 1 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited75–100%
  3. Samworth Brothers Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (27)

Sister companies (3)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £7.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026

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