Shazan Foods Limited
Registered name: SHAZAN FOODS LIMITED
Part of Boparan Private Office Limited groupShazan Foods Limited made £143m revenue and £5.3m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Shazan Foods Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £143m in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £5.3m profit. The company is classified under “processing and preserving of poultry meat” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £128m | £132m | £132m | £143m |
| Cost of sales | −£116m | −£122m | −£122m | −£128m |
| Gross profit | £11.9m | £10.2m | £10.2m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £7m | £3.3m | £3.3m | £6.9m |
| Profit before tax | £6.7m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £6.6m |
| Profit after tax | £11.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £5.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £11.3m | £3.2m | £3.2m | £5.3m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.8% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.3% | 7.7% | 7.7% | 10.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.6% | — | ▲7.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.3% | — | ▲62.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 10.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Boparan Private Office Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Amber Rei Holdings Limited75–100%
- Boparan Manufacturing Group Limited75–100%
- Shazan Foods Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Shazan Frozen Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (7)
- Banham Poultry (2018) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bernard Matthews Foods (Derby) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bernard Matthews Foods (Sunderland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bernard Matthews Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bernard Matthews Frozen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elkes Biscuits LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Holland's Pies LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £5.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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