Farmers Fresh (Wales) Limited
Registered name: FARMERS FRESH (WALES) LIMITED
Part of Farmers First Limited groupFarmers Fresh (Wales) Limited made £48.8m revenue and £949k profit in the year to 30 May 2025.
Farmers Fresh (Wales) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £48.8m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £949k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of meat and meat products” and is based in Wrexham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wrexham, Wales
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2024 | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £45.6m | £49.6m | £48.8m |
| Cost of sales | £38.8m | £43.4m | £42.7m |
| Gross profit | £6.8m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Operating profit | £67.3k | £186k | £996k |
| Profit before tax | −£76k | £47.9k | £936k |
| Profit after tax | −£59.1k | £73.9k | £949k |
| Profit (best available) | −£59.1k | £73.9k | £949k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.3m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 59 | 58 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 15% | 12.5% | 12.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £774k | £855k | £856k |
| Profit per employee | −£1k | £1.3k | £16.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▼1.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲1185% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.7% | ▼1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £11.9k | £11.9k | £0 |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.6m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £8.7m | £8.2m |
| Deferred income | £363k | £194k | £427k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £856k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £16.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.7%
- 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
- ▲58%
- Now £2.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- ▲120%
- Now £427k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.2m
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
- Farmers First Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Farmers Fresh (Wales) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Farmers Fresh LimitedRev. £85.2m · Profit £180k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £949k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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