Barfoot Farms Limited
Registered name: BARFOOT FARMS LIMITED
Part of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP groupBarfoot Farms Limited made £19.1m revenue and a £135k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Barfoot Farms Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £19.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £135k and 141 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Bognor Regis; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bognor Regis, South East
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 company's immediate parent is Posbrook Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £16.3m | £19.2m | £20m | £19.1m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £13.9m | £13.6m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £5.3m | £6.4m | £3.9m |
| Operating profit | −£713k | £3.4m | £2.1m | −£127k |
| Profit before tax | −£803k | £4.3m | £2m | −£231k |
| Profit after tax | −£669k | £3.9m | £1.5m | −£135k |
| Profit (best available) | −£669k | £3.9m | £1.5m | −£135k |
| Staff costs | £6.6m | £6m | £5.5m | £7.4m |
| Employees (average) | 151 | 130 | 117 | 141 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −4.1% | 20.3% | 7.3% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 27.8% | 32.1% | 20.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £148k | £171k | £136k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.4k | £30k | £12.5k | −£956 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.4% | ▲4.4% | ▼4.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼62.6% | ▼109.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼13.9% | ▼10% | ▲20.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £291k | £41k | £977k | £509k |
| Net assets | £9m | £12.9m | £14.4m | £14.3m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £11.8m | £11.5m | £14.5m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £3.6m | £6.6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £265k | £686k | £470k | £299k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £10k | £0 | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £136k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£956
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £14.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £509k
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 141
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲26%
- Now £14.5m
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
- Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Penntrust Limited75–100%
- Barfoots Management Limited75–100%
- Posbrook Holdings Limited75–100%
- Barfoot Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Barfoots of Botley LimitedRev. £244m · Profit £10.8m
- Barfoot Energy LtdRev. — · Profit £686k
- Barfoot Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£135k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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