Cleveleys Foods Limited
Registered name: CLEVELEYS FOODS LIMITED
Cleveleys Foods Limited made £14.1m revenue and £458k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Cleveleys Foods Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £458k profit and 75 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Halesworth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halesworth, East of England
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £12.6m | £13.2m | £13.4m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.9m | £11.6m | £11.6m | £12.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2m |
| Operating profit | £952k | £653k | £688k | £581k |
| Profit before tax | £931k | £660k | £741k | £629k |
| Profit after tax | £770k | £473k | £542k | £458k |
| Profit (best available) | £770k | £473k | £542k | £458k |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 70 | 70 | 71 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 3.6% | 4% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 13.7% | 12.3% | 13.3% | 14.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £180k | £189k | £189k | £188k |
| Profit per employee | £11k | £6.8k | £7.6k | £6.1k |
| Cash conversion | −118.5% | −168.3% | −48.5% | −118.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▲1.3% | ▲5.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼38.6% | ▲14.8% | ▼15.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲1.4% | ▲5.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £1.7m |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £4.6m | £5m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £5m | £5.1m | £4.1m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £42k | £38k | £34k | £30k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£1.1m | −£334k | −£687k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £188k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −118.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.7%
- 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
- 12.3%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £1.7m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £30k
- Fixed assets
- ▲72%
- Now £2.8m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £458k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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