The Welsh Sausage Company Limited
Registered name: THE WELSH SAUSAGE COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Red Sky Food Group Limited groupThe Welsh Sausage Company Limited made £11.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
The Welsh Sausage Company Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £11.8m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Welshpool; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Welshpool, West Midlands
- 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. From the filing: “Red Sky Food Bidco Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.8m | £11.8m |
| Cost of sales | £10m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.7m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.8m | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.1m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 36 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.9% | 12.8% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 31.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £410k | £319k |
| Profit per employee | £57.1k | £41k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼19.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼26.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £4.5m | £443k |
| Net assets | £9.6m | £11.1m |
| Fixed assets | £646k | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £11m | £10.7m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £319k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £11.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £443k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲159%
- Now £1.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Red Sky Food Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Red Sky Food Midco Limited75–100%
- Red Sky Food Bidco Limited75–100%
- The Welsh Sausage Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Delenco Foods LimitedRev. £22.6m · Profit £4m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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