Great Ness Poultry Limited
Registered name: GREAT NESS POULTRY LIMITED
Great Ness Poultry Limited made £11.3m revenue and £970k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025.
Great Ness Poultry Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £11.3m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £970k profit and 8 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Shrewsbury; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Shrewsbury, West Midlands
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £11m | £10.9m | £11.3m |
| Cost of sales | — | £10m | £9.6m | £9m |
| Gross profit | — | £976k | £1.3m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £365k | £660k | £1.6m |
| Profit before tax | — | £188k | £394k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | −£78.8k | £384k | £970k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£78.8k | £384k | £970k |
| Staff costs | — | £240k | £269k | £292k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −0.7% | 3.5% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 8.9% | 11.7% | 20.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | — | −£9.9k | £54.8k | £121k |
| Cash conversion | — | −250.8% | −138.1% | 109% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼1.2% | ▲4.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲153% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▼12.5% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £0 | £275k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £2.8m | £3.1m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £6.9m | £8.8m | £8.5m | £10.4m |
| Current assets | £206k | £275k | £1m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £19.1k | £17.4k | £148k | £468k |
| Deferred income | — | £172k | £163k | £623k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£914k | −£912k | £1.7m |
| 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
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £121k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 109%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 92%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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
- ▲31%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £275k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- ▲282%
- Now £623k
- Fixed assets
- ▲22%
- Now £10.4m
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 5 Apr 2025 (profit £970k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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