West Scottish Lamb Limited
Registered name: WEST SCOTTISH LAMB LIMITED
West Scottish Lamb Limited made £74.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
West Scottish Lamb Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £74.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.1m profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores” and is based in Industrial Estate Carlisle; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Industrial Estate Carlisle, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.7m | £51.6m | £56.9m | £71.1m | £74.5m |
| Cost of sales | £48.2m | £47.2m | £53.9m | £68m | £69.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.5m | £4.4m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £2m | £552k | £956k | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £1.9m | £579k | £1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £496k | £979k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £496k | £979k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3.5m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 67 | 71 | 63 | 69 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 2.4% | 2.7% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 6.9% | 8.5% | 5.4% | 4.4% | 6.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £718k | £770k | £802k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit per employee | £16.9k | £20.6k | £7k | £15.5k | £16k |
| Cash conversion | −153.3% | −106.8% | −1.5% | −89.4% | 65.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲10.4% | ▲24.9% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▼64% | ▲97.2% | ▲12.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.9% | ▲6% | ▼11.3% | ▲9.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £3.3m | £4.1m | £3.5m | £3.4m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.9m | £7.4m | £8.4m | £9.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.9m | £2m |
| Current assets | £7.4m | £9.7m | £10m | £11.2m | £14m |
| Debtors | £3.1m | £4.3m | £5.2m | £5.8m | £9.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.5m | −£2.1m | −£8.4k | −£854k | £943k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 65.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £9.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼26%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲10%
- Now £2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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