Sam Browne Foods Limited
Registered name: SAM BROWNE FOODS LIMITED
Sam Browne Foods Limited made £23.5m revenue and £940k profit in the year to 29 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Sam Browne Foods Limited’s revenue grew 44% to £23.5m in the year to 29 Sep 2025, with £940k profit and 56 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Driffield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Driffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- 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 | 29 Sep 2024 | 29 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.4m | £23.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.8m | £19.5m |
| Gross profit | £3.6m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £922k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £924k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £668k | £940k |
| Profit (best available) | £668k | £940k |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 56 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 21.9% | 16.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £442k | £419k |
| Profit per employee | £18.1k | £16.8k |
| Cash conversion | −206.2% | −43.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲43.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲51.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1m |
| Net assets | £3.9m | £4.8m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £7.1m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £4.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£555k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £419k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −43.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 17.9%
- 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
- ▲21%
- Now £4.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼40%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲51%
- Now 56
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲24%
- Now £3.2m
Similar profitable businesses
- Delenco Foods LimitedLondon · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £22.6m
- Profit
- £4m
- Staff
- 87
- Houghton Hams LimitedNorthampton · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £22.2m
- Profit
- £2.2m
- Staff
- 93
- McKeown Fine Foods LimitedRasharkin · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £25.9m
- Profit
- £3.3m
- Staff
- 129
- Dartmouth Foods LtdPlymouth · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £20.2m
- Profit
- £526k
- Staff
- 116
- R Owton (Wholesale Butchers) LimitedSouthampton · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £29.8m
- Profit
- £229k
- Staff
- 114
- Buitelaar Foods LimitedKnaresborough · Production of meat and poultry meat products
- Revenue
- £31.3m
- Profit
- £2.4m
- Staff
- 13
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 29 Sep 2025 (profit £940k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.