W B Chambers Farms Limited
Registered name: W B CHAMBERS FARMS LIMITED
Part of W B C F Holdings Limited groupW B Chambers Farms Limited made £89m revenue and £2.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
W B Chambers Farms Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £89m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.4m profit and 1,659 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts” and is based in Maidstone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidstone, South East
- Age
- 9 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent is”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £53.4m | £57m | £73.5m | £89m |
| Cost of sales | £47.9m | £49.1m | £63.6m | £74.6m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £7.9m | £9.9m | £14.4m |
| Operating profit | −£1.3m | £1.9m | £2m | £3.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | £1.3m | £1.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£1.9m | £694k | £1.2m | £2.4m |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.9m | £694k | £1.2m | £2.4m |
| Staff costs | £32.3m | £35.1m | £48.1m | £53m |
| Employees (average) | 1,347 | 1,317 | 1,675 | 1,659 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −3.6% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Gross margin | 10.3% | 13.9% | 13.5% | 16.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £39.7k | £43.3k | £43.9k | £53.6k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.4k | £527 | £736 | £1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▲28.9% | ▲21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲77.5% | ▲96.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲27.2% | ▼1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £303k | £1.3m | £134k | £629k |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £11.8m | £13.1m | £15.5m |
| Fixed assets | £17.6m | £16.6m | £20.9m | £14.8m |
| Current assets | £22.1m | £20.1m | £24.1m | £26.3m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £2.2m | £2m | £1.4m |
| Deferred income | £2.6m | £2.8m | £4.7m | £4.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 16.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £53.6k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.6%
- 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
- ▲19%
- Now £15.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲369%
- Now £629k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 1,659
- Deferred income
- ▲1%
- Now £4.7m
- Fixed assets
- ▼29%
- Now £14.8m
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
- W B C F Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- W B Chambers Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- WBC Imports LimitedRev. £134m · Profit £2.4m
- Team Berry (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Berry LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Team Growers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W B Friars 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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