Bighams Limited
Registered name: BIGHAMS LIMITED
Bighams Limited made £154m revenue and £6.2m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Bighams Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £154m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £6.2m profit. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared meals and dishes”; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £133m | £144m | £154m |
| Cost of sales | −£106m | −£112m | −£120m |
| Gross profit | £26.6m | £32.3m | £33.9m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £8.4m | £9.1m |
| Profit before tax | £5.6m | £7.6m | £8.7m |
| Profit after tax | £4.7m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.7m | £5.3m | £6.2m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.6% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 20.1% | 22.4% | 22% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.8% | ▲6.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲11.8% | ▲17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Similar profitable businesses
- Manton Wood LimitedMelton Mowbray · Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
- Revenue
- £161m
- Profit
- £496k
- Staff
- 1,072
- Troy Foods (Salads) LimitedLeeds · Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
- Revenue
- £57.8m
- Profit
- £2.1m
- Staff
- 235
- Tiffin Sandwiches LimitedBradford · Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes
- Revenue
- £57.2m
- Profit
- £3.4m
- Staff
- 698
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £6.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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