Woodlark Farms Ltd
Registered name: WOODLARK FARMS LTD
Part of Dartan Hall Holdings Ltd groupWoodlark Farms Ltd made £819k revenue and a £35.5k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2024.
Woodlark Farms Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £819k in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with a loss of £35.5k and 3 employees. The company is classified under “raising of swine/pigs” and is based in Dorchester; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dorchester, South West
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- 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 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £730k | £819k |
| Cost of sales | £256k | £153k |
| Gross profit | £474k | £665k |
| Operating profit | £69.2k | £116k |
| Profit before tax | −£64.4k | −£29.4k |
| Profit after tax | −£48.3k | −£35.5k |
| Profit (best available) | −£48.3k | −£35.5k |
| Employees (average) | 7 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −6.6% | −4.3% |
| Gross margin | 64.9% | 81.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £104k | £273k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.9k | −£11.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼57.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 81.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £273k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.8k
- 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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼57%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Dartan Hall Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Woodlark Farms Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (7)
- Belmont Farms LimitedRev. £8.3m · Profit −£2.9m
- Greencircle Renewables LtdRev. £4.1m · Profit £230k
- Lonsdale Fabrications LtdRev. £1.4m · Profit −£12.8k
- Birchwood Renewables LimitedRev. £766k · Profit −£123k
- Green Generation (UK) LimitedRev. £647k · Profit −£830k
- Crockway Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- JMW Farms LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2024 (profit −£35.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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