Moores Animal Feeds Limited
Registered name: MOORES ANIMAL FEEDS LIMITED
Moores Animal Feeds Limited made £42.2m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Moores Animal Feeds Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £42.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £1.7m profit and 33 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals” and is based in Ballymena; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ballymena, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £42.7m | £42.2m |
| Cost of sales | £38.9m | £38m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £4.1m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 29 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Profit per employee | £56.8k | £52.7k |
| Cash conversion | 161% | 111% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲5.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.1m | £7.9m |
| Net assets | £10.6m | £12m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £2m |
| Current assets | £11.6m | £12.2m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £148k | £243k |
| Cash from operations | £3.3m | £2.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.3m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £52.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 111%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.4%
- 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
- ▲13%
- Now £12m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £7.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▲65%
- Now £243k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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