Ethos Farm Limited
Registered name: ETHOS FARM LIMITED
Part of Ethos Farm Holdings Limited groupEthos Farm Limited made £26.6m revenue and £660k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ethos Farm Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £26.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £660k profit and 730 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Aylesbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Aylesbury, South East
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.6m | £20.9m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.2m | £16.5m | £21.6m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.4m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £1m | £876k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1m | £889k |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £782k | £660k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £782k | £660k |
| Staff costs | £6.9m | £16m | £22.1m |
| Employees (average) | 285 | 598 | 730 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 3.8% | 2.5% |
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 20.9% | 18.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.3k | £34.9k | £36.4k |
| Profit per employee | £5.3k | £1.3k | £904 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲96.3% | ▲27.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼47.8% | ▼15.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲109.8% | ▲22.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £907k | £341k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £74.2k | £141k | £167k |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £6.3m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £3m | £3.4m | £2.5m |
| Deferred income | £407k | £1.3m | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £36.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £904
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.4%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲261%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲22%
- Now 730
- Deferred income
- ▼21%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £167k
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
- Ethos Farm Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ethos Farm Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ef International Parking Services LtdFigures 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £660k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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