Ecd Poultry Limited
Registered name: ECD POULTRY LIMITED
Part of E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd groupEcd Poultry Limited made £19.9m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Ecd Poultry Limited’s revenue grew 2% to £19.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “raising of poultry” and is based in Ross-on-Wye; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ross-on-Wye, West Midlands
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2020
- 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 E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd, incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £19.5m | £19.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £18.7m | £17.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £782k | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | £238k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | £192k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | £354k | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £354k | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | — | £808k | £1m |
| Employees (average) | 19 | 19 | 20 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 1.8% | 8.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 4% | 11.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1m | £996k |
| Profit per employee | — | £18.6k | £85.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲384% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲5.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £122k | £802 | £0 |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £2.1m | £3.8m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £3.6m | £5.4m |
| Debtors | £929k | £506k | £324k |
| Deferred income | £220k | £204k | £1.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £996k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £85.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- 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
- ▲83%
- Now £3.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲624%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼13%
- Now £1.4m
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
- E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Ecd Poultry Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Brackley Farms LimitedRev. £35.4m · Profit £1.6m
- Homme Soft Fruit LimitedRev. £12.3m · Profit £2.3m
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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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