Warrendale Group Limited
Registered name: WARRENDALE GROUP LIMITED
Warrendale Group Limited made £78.3m revenue and a £199k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Warrendale Group Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £78.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £199k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “raising of other animals” and is based in York; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- York, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 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 | 30 Sep 2021 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £55.3m | £60m | £78.3m |
| Cost of sales | £27.6m | £49.9m | £53.2m | £70.6m |
| Gross profit | — | £5.4m | £6.7m | £7.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.3m | £4.1m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £287k | £3.1m | £20.2k |
| Profit after tax | £1.8m | −£1.2m | −£3.8m | −£199k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.8m | −£1.2m | −£3.8m | −£199k |
| Staff costs | £493k | £702k | £700k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −2.1% | −6.4% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 9.8% | 11.2% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £5m | £5m | £4.9m |
| Profit per employee | £151k | −£106k | −£320k | −£12.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲30.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £10.9k | £0 | £154k | £79.7k |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £14.3m | £10.4m | £10.2m |
| Fixed assets | £28.7m | £33.3m | £33.5m | £33.2m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £5.2m | £2.2m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £171k | £808k | £133k | £370k |
| Deferred income | £199k | £2m | £126k | £151k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 42.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £10.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £79.7k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £151k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £33.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (7)
- Warrendale Poultry LimitedRev. £10m · Profit £3.6m
- Bloom Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Eggs Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wagyu Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrendale Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Warrendale Feedstock LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WF Legacy 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 2024 (profit −£199k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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