Extra Detail Limited
Registered name: EXTRA DETAIL LIMITED
Extra Detail Limited made £347m revenue and £2.6m profit in the year to 26 Sep 2025.
Extra Detail Limited’s revenue grew 23% to £347m in the year to 26 Sep 2025, with £2.6m profit and 1,022 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Pontefract; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Pontefract, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 27 Sep 2023 | 26 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2024 | 26 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £254m | £282m | £282m | £347m |
| Cost of sales | £230m | £259m | £259m | £326m |
| Gross profit | £24m | £22.1m | £22.1m | £21.3m |
| Operating profit | £6.4m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit before tax | £6.5m | £4.4m | £4.4m | £3.6m |
| Profit after tax | £4.8m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.8m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 889 | 970 | 952 | 1,022 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 7.9% | 7.9% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £286k | £290k | £296k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | £5.4k | £3.2k | £3.3k | £2.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.9% | — | ▲23.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.7% | — | ▼17.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.1% | — | ▲7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 1,022
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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- Profit
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- Staff
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 26 Sep 2025 (profit £2.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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