Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd
Registered name: GAFOOR PURE HALAL LTD
Part of Gafoor Holding Limited groupGafoor 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2021 | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full 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) | 317 | 364 | 378 | 488 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.9% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 10% | 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 | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Gafoor Holding Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- 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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- Profit
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- Staff
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- Profit
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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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