Pickstock Telford Limited
Registered name: PICKSTOCK TELFORD LIMITED
Pickstock Telford Limited made £195m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Pickstock Telford Limited’s revenue grew 36% to £195m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 360 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Telford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Telford, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 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) | £138m | £135m | £144m | £195m |
| Cost of sales | £120m | £123m | £133m | £180m |
| Gross profit | £17.5m | £11.9m | £10.3m | £14.6m |
| Operating profit | £7.7m | £245k | −£1.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8m | £1.2m | −£409k | £2.6m |
| Profit after tax | £6.5m | £1m | £101k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.5m | £1m | £101k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £11.1m | £13.3m | £14.3m | £15m |
| Employees (average) | 323 | 346 | 373 | 360 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 12.7% | 8.8% | 7.2% | 7.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £427k | £390k | £385k | £541k |
| Profit per employee | £20k | £3k | £271 | £5.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲6.6% | ▲35.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼84.1% | ▼90.1% | ▲1952% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▲7.8% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £28m | £19.3m | £18.5m | £6.2m |
| Net assets | £53.8m | £51.8m | £51.9m | £54m |
| Fixed assets | £12.9m | £15.7m | £16.1m | £19.4m |
| Current assets | £45.7m | £39.6m | £39.1m | £42.5m |
| Debtors | £12m | £11.7m | £11.4m | £17.3m |
| Deferred income | £752k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £2.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £541k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £54m
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 360
- Deferred income
- ▲89%
- Now £2.9m
- Fixed assets
- ▲20%
- Now £19.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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