Kendal Nutricare Ltd
Registered name: KENDAL NUTRICARE LTD
Part of Greenwood Foods Ltd groupKendal Nutricare Ltd made £38.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024 (revenue not disclosed).
Kendal Nutricare Ltd reported £38.3m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 186 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other milk products” and is based in Kendal; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal, North West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £35.9m | £38.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £35.9m | £38.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.8m | £11.4m |
| Employees (average) | 156 | 186 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £230k | £206k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £17.7m | £31.7m |
| Net assets | £50.3m | £88.7m |
| Fixed assets | £18.4m | £34.5m |
| Current assets | £54.1m | £108m |
| Debtors | £7.9m | £34.7m |
| Deferred income | £1.6m | £31.7m |
| Cash from operations | −£20.1m | −£68.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £206k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £88.7m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £31.7m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 186
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £31.7m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £34.5m
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
- Greenwood Foods Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Kendal Nutricare Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Kendamil LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit £38.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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