Glebe Farm Foods Limited
Registered name: GLEBE FARM FOODS LIMITED
Glebe Farm Foods Limited made £17.2m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Glebe Farm Foods Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £17.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.3m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other food products” and is based in ST. Neots; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Neots, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £14.6m | £15m | £17.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £11.3m | £10m | £11.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £3.3m | £4.9m | £5.6m |
| Operating profit | — | −£727k | £662k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | −£759k | £471k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£759k | −£1m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£759k | −£1m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 55 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −5.2% | −7% | 7.8% |
| Gross margin | — | 22.6% | 32.8% | 32.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £266k | £262k | £312k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£13.8k | −£18.3k | £24.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.2% | ▲14.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲17% | ▲3.6% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3.8m | £1.2m | £893k | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £8m | £6.2m | £5.2m | £6.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £5.3m | £9.7m | £9m |
| Current assets | £9m | £4.6m | £4.7m | £5.6m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 32.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £312k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £24.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £6.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲100%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £9m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Glebe Farm Beverages LtdFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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