Metcalfe Farms (Holdings) Ltd
Registered name: METCALFE FARMS (HOLDINGS) LTD
Metcalfe Farms (Holdings) Ltd made £44.7m revenue and £4.3m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Metcalfe Farms (Holdings) Ltd’s revenue grew 12% to £44.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £4.3m profit and 163 employees. The company is classified under “activities of production holding companies” and is based in Leyburn; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leyburn, North East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £40m | £44.7m |
| Cost of sales | £29.6m | £35.4m |
| Gross profit | £10.5m | £9.3m |
| Profit before tax | £8.9m | £5.8m |
| Profit after tax | £6.8m | £4.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £6.8m | £4.3m |
| Employees (average) | 144 | 163 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 17% | 9.7% |
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 20.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £278k | £274k |
| Profit per employee | £47.3k | £26.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲11.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼36.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £98.8k | £98.4k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £26.9m |
| Fixed assets | £800k | £801k |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £26.8m |
| Debtors | £0 | £10.5k |
| Deferred income | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 20.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £274k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £26.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▲357%
- Now £26.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼0%
- Now £98.4k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 163
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £801k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (5)
- Metcalfe Farms (Haulage) LimitedRev. £32.9m · Profit £1m
- Metcalfe Estates LtdFigures not disclosed
- Metcalfe Farms (Contracting) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Metcalfe Farms LtdFigures not disclosed
- Metcalfe Haulage LtdFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £4.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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