Withers Fruit Farm Limited
Registered name: WITHERS FRUIT FARM LIMITED
Withers Fruit Farm Limited made £26m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Withers Fruit Farm Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £26m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £1.9m profit and 301 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.6m | £22.2m | £26m |
| Cost of sales | £16.3m | £15.8m | £19.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.2m | £6.3m | £6.6m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £2.8m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2.2m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.2m | £2.7m | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £9.4m | £9.7m | £12.1m |
| Employees (average) | 275 | 274 | 301 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 9.6% | 12% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | 27.6% | 28.6% | 25.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £82.1k | £80.9k | £86.4k |
| Profit per employee | £7.9k | £9.7k | £6.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲22.7% | ▼27.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▲9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £925k | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £8m | £10.6m | £12.5m |
| Fixed assets | £21.6m | £24.2m | £25.5m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £7.2m | £7.5m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £3.1m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £447k | £445k | £425k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £86.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 98.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5%
- 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
- ▲18%
- Now £12.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲162%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲10%
- Now 301
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £425k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £25.5m
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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