Omega Proteins Limited
Registered name: OMEGA PROTEINS LIMITED
Omega Proteins Limited made £136m revenue and £6.5m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Omega Proteins Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £136m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £6.5m profit and 262 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 1999
- 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 at year end is Leo Group Holdings Midco Limited (company number 128996), a company incorporated in Jersey. The ultimate parent company is Leo Group Family Holdings Lim”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £111m | £142m | £156m | £136m |
| Cost of sales | £93.4m | £126m | £150m | £120m |
| Gross profit | £17.3m | £16.2m | £5.6m | £16.4m |
| Operating profit | £10.4m | £10.2m | £1m | £12.4m |
| Profit before tax | £11.2m | £5m | −£555k | £9m |
| Profit after tax | £7.2m | £3.8m | −£338k | £6.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.2m | £3.8m | −£338k | £6.5m |
| Staff costs | £8.8m | £10.3m | £10.5m | £11.9m |
| Employees (average) | 209 | 228 | 259 | 262 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.5% | 2.6% | −0.2% | 4.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.6% | 11.4% | 3.6% | 12% |
| Revenue per employee | £529k | £625k | £602k | £519k |
| Profit per employee | £34.5k | £16.5k | −£1.3k | £24.8k |
| Cash conversion | 88.7% | 171.2% | 1808% | 123.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲9.6% | ▼12.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼48% | ▼109% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲13.6% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £3.3m | £4.8m | £2.7m |
| Net assets | £2.5m | £6.3m | £5.9m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £51.6m | £66.5m | £76.2m | £85.9m |
| Current assets | £23.3m | £38.7m | £33.4m | £34.7m |
| Debtors | £9.2m | £13.1m | £16.1m | £11.7m |
| Deferred income | £6.9m | £16.1m | £4.6m | £4.1m |
| Cash from operations | £9.2m | £17.5m | £18.4m | £15.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £519k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 123.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 63.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- 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
- ▲59%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £2.7m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 262
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £4.1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £85.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £6.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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