Bernard Matthews Foods (Sunderland) Limited
Registered name: BERNARD MATTHEWS FOODS (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED
Part of Boparan Private Office Limited groupBernard Matthews Foods (Sunderland) Limited made £123m revenue and £4.5m profit in the year to 28 Dec 2025.
Bernard Matthews Foods (Sunderland) Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £123m in the year to 28 Dec 2025, with £4.5m 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
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 29 Dec 2023 | 28 Dec 2024 | 29 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £97.8m | £104m | £104m | £123m |
| Cost of sales | −£78.1m | −£92.7m | −£86.3m | −£108m |
| Gross profit | £19.7m | £11.8m | £18.2m | £14.7m |
| Operating profit | £9.5m | £7.2m | £7.2m | £6.4m |
| Profit before tax | £9.5m | £7.3m | £7.3m | £6.4m |
| Profit after tax | £7.4m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £4.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.4m | £5.6m | £5.6m | £4.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — | — |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 3.6% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 11.3% | 17.4% | 11.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.9% | — | ▲17.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼23.7% | — | ▼20.6% |
| 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
- 3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.9%
- 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%
- Bernard Matthews Foods (Sunderland) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Banham Poultry (2018) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Bernard Matthews Foods (Derby) 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
- Shazan Foods LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 28 Dec 2025 (profit £4.5m), 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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