West Horsley Dairy Limited
Registered name: WEST HORSLEY DAIRY LIMITED
Part of Granarolo UK Limited groupWest Horsley Dairy Limited made £12.1m revenue and £36.4k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
West Horsley Dairy Limited’s revenue was £12.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £36.4k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Woking; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woking, South East
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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 | 27 Apr 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.3m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.2m | £11.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.1m | £792k |
| Operating profit | £1m | £49.4k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £115k |
| Profit after tax | £813k | £36.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £813k | £36.4k |
| Staff costs | £2.9m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 74 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.1% | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £234k | £157k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £473 |
| Cash conversion | −110.3% | −1646% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.6m |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £767k |
| Current assets | £5m | £5.5m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.3m |
| Deferred income | £464k | £393k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£813k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £157k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £473
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −1646%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £3.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £2.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £393k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £767k
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
- Granarolo UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- West Horsley Dairy Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Midland Chilled Foods LimitedRev. £49.9m · Profit £563k
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 £36.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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