The Lakes Freerange Egg Company Ltd.
Registered name: THE LAKES FREERANGE EGG COMPANY LTD.
The Lakes Freerange Egg Company Ltd. made £108m revenue and £4.9m profit in the year to 30 Oct 2025.
The Lakes Freerange Egg Company Ltd.’s revenue grew 15% to £108m in the year to 30 Oct 2025, with £4.9m profit and 148 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats” and is based in Penrith; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Penrith, North West
- Age
- 29 yrs · since 1997
- 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 | 30 Oct 2023 | 30 Oct 2024 | 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £69.5m | £94.5m | £108m |
| Cost of sales | −£64.3m | −£86.6m | −£98.2m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £7.9m | £10.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £4.7m | £6.6m |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £4.8m | £6.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £3.5m | £4.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £3.5m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 116 | 129 | 148 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.5% | 3.7% | 4.5% |
| Gross margin | 7.4% | 8.4% | 9.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £599k | £733k | £733k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £27.2k | £33.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36% | ▲14.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲242.3% | ▲40.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.2% | ▲14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £733k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £33.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now 148
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Performance Pullets LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Oct 2025 (profit £4.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 21 Oct 2026
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