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Company No. 07876663 · Incorporated 9 Dec 2011

Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd

Registered name: GAFOOR PURE HALAL LTD

Part of Gafoor Holding Limited group

Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd made £178m revenue and £6m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2024.

Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd’s revenue grew 27% to £178m in the year to 30 Nov 2024, with £6m profit and 488 employees. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of poultry meat” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Status
Active
Location
Preston, North West
Age
14 yrs · since 2011
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Nov 2024

Key figures

Capital-lightOperating leverage
Revenue
£178m
Growth ▲27.2%
Profit
£6m
Growth ▲95.9%
Profit margin
3.3%
Gross 12%
Employees
488
Change ▲29.1%
Profit / employee
£12.2k
Revenue/employee £365k
Profitable streak
4yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Nov 202130 Nov 202230 Nov 202330 Nov 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£107m£123m£140m£178m
Cost of sales£96.6m£112m£126m£157m
Gross profit£10.7m£11.8m£14.4m£21.4m
Operating profit£3.2m£2.5m£3.3m£7m
Profit before tax£3.2m£2.6m£3.3m£7m
Profit after tax£3.1m£2.4m£3m£6m
Profit (best available)£3.1m£2.4m£3m£6m
Staff costs£7.6m£8.2m£10.5m£13.4m
Employees (average)317364378488
Ratios
Profit margin2.9%1.9%2.2%3.3%
Gross margin10%9.5%10.2%12%
Revenue per employee£338k£339k£371k£365k
Profit per employee£9.9k£6.6k£8k£12.2k
Cash conversion−90.2%−171.1%——
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲15%▲13.6%▲27.2%
Profit growth—▼23.9%▲26.9%▲95.9%
Headcount growth—▲14.8%▲3.9%▲29.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£7.3m£9m£7.6m£14.8m
Net assets£18.5m£20.9m£14m£19.9m
Fixed assets£3.4m£5.5m£6.6m£9m
Current assets£24.2m£28.4m£25.2m£35.8m
Debtors£9.3m£11.3m£14.4m£17.8m
Deferred income£925k£1.6m£1.9m£979k
Cash from operations−£2.9m−£4.3m——
SourceAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.3%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£365k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£12.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
5.1%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.5%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
10%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲43%
Now £19.9m
Cash at bank
▲96%
Now £14.8m
Headcount
▲29%
Now 488
Deferred income
▼48%
Now £979k
Fixed assets
▲36%
Now £9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Gafoor Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Gafoor Pure Halal Ltdthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2024 (profit £6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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