Reeves Butchers Ltd.
Registered name: REEVES BUTCHERS LTD.
Part of Baobab Topco Limited groupReeves Butchers Ltd. made £16.4m revenue and £260k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Reeves Butchers Ltd.’s revenue grew 6% to £16.4m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £260k profit and 80 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores” and is based in Bracknell; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bracknell, South East
- Age
- 29 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 immediate parent undertaking is Reeves Butchers Holdings Ltd (company number:”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 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) | £13.3m | £15.2m | £15.5m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £12.8m | £12.9m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £842k | £807k | £379k |
| Profit before tax | £1m | £781k | £759k | £367k |
| Profit after tax | £807k | £621k | £584k | £260k |
| Profit (best available) | £807k | £621k | £584k | £260k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.5m | £3m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 54 | 65 | 63 | 80 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 1.6% |
| Gross margin | 18.2% | 15.7% | 16.8% | 13.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £246k | £234k | £245k | £205k |
| Profit per employee | £14.9k | £9.6k | £9.3k | £3.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.6% | ▲1.5% | ▲6.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23% | ▼6% | ▼55.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.4% | ▼3.1% | ▲27% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £899k | £320k | £780k | £422k |
| Net assets | £541k | £1.2m | £1.7m | £887k |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £310k | £190k | £638k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.2m | £3.7m | £2.7m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £93.4k | £91.6k | £262k | £256k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 13.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £205k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.8%
- 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
- ▼49%
- Now £887k
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £422k
- Headcount
- ▲27%
- Now 80
- Deferred income
- ▼2%
- Now £256k
- Fixed assets
- ▲235%
- Now £638k
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
- Baobab Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Reeves Butchers Group Limited75–100%
- Reeves Butchers Holdings Ltd75–100%
- Reeves Butchers Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £260k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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