Leander International Pet Foods Limited
Registered name: LEANDER INTERNATIONAL PET FOODS LIMITED
Part of Alphapet UK Ventures Limited groupLeander International Pet Foods Limited made £24.5m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Leander International Pet Foods Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £24.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared pet foods” and is based in Sayers Common; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sayers Common, 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. From the filing: “The parent undertaking is AlphaPet UK Ventures Limited.”
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&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) | £27.5m | £26.3m | £26.5m | £24.5m |
| Cost of sales | £21.2m | £18.8m | £18.6m | £16.9m |
| Gross profit | £6.3m | £7.5m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | £3.8m | £3.5m | £3.7m | £4m |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £3.6m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £3m | £2.9m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £3m | £2.9m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £2m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 31 | 37 | 33 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 11.5% | 10.9% | 16% |
| Gross margin | 23.1% | 28.5% | 29.7% | 31.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £889k | £710k | £803k | £743k |
| Profit per employee | £118k | £81.5k | £87.3k | £119k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲0.8% | ▼7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼4.5% | ▲36.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼10.8% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.4m | £2m | £2.6m | £4.6m |
| Net assets | £7.7m | £6.5m | £7.2m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £33.2k | £81.9k | £78.1k | £55.3k |
| Current assets | — | £9.2m | £8.6m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £5.4m | £3.8m | £3.4m | £2.7m |
| Deferred income | £812k | £750k | £0 | £9k |
| 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
- 16%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £743k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £119k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲73%
- Now £4.6m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £55.3k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Alphapet UK Ventures Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Leander International Pet Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- JR Pet Products LtdRev. £14.6m · Profit £5m
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 £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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