Harvest Wildlife Products Ltd
Registered name: HARVEST WILDLIFE PRODUCTS LTD
Harvest Wildlife Products Ltd made £17.1m revenue and £99.3k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
Harvest Wildlife Products Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £17.1m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £99.3k profit and 85 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared pet foods” and is based in Grimsby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grimsby, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £18m | £18.4m | £17.1m |
| Cost of sales | £14.4m | £14.8m | £14.4m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £2.2m | £3.2m | £4m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £175k | £818k | £1.4m | £123k |
| Profit before tax | £80k | £567k | £1.2m | £24.2k |
| Profit after tax | £56.4k | £430k | £834k | £99.3k |
| Profit (best available) | £56.4k | £430k | £834k | £99.3k |
| Staff costs | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.9m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 69 | 84 | 85 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 2.4% | 4.5% | 0.6% |
| Gross margin | 13.5% | 17.7% | 21.8% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £261k | £219k | £201k |
| Profit per employee | £633 | £6.2k | £9.9k | £1.2k |
| Cash conversion | 285.1% | 111.1% | 46.7% | −131.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.6% | ▲2.1% | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲662.9% | ▲94% | ▼88.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼22.5% | ▲21.7% | ▲1.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £390k | £206k | £449k | £220k |
| Net assets | £909k | £1m | £1.5m | £1.6m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £4.6m | £4.9m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £415k | £246k | £313k | £216k |
| Cash from operations | £498k | £909k | £656k | −£162k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £201k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −131.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £220k
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 85
- Deferred income
- ▼31%
- Now £216k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £4.2m
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 Jul 2025 (profit £99.3k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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