Hartshead Meats (2011) Limited
Registered name: HARTSHEAD MEATS (2011) LIMITED
Hartshead Meats (2011) Limited made £75.2m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Hartshead Meats (2011) Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £75.2m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.8m profit and 62 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of meat” and is based in Ashton-Under-Lyne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashton-Under-Lyne, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate control of the company is held by Mr Richard J H Mullaney.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.3m | £75.2m |
| Cost of sales | £50.6m | £70.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.8m | £5m |
| Operating profit | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.3% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 6.9% | 6.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £906k | £1.2m |
| Profit per employee | £20.8k | £29.6k |
| Cash conversion | −96.8% | −73% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £4.1m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £6.5m | £9m |
| Debtors | £3.9m | £5.9m |
| Deferred income | £40.8k | £85.6k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £29.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −73%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- 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 £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲19%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲110%
- Now £85.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▲8%
- Now £3.1m
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 £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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