Bawnbua Foods Ltd
Registered name: BAWNBUA FOODS LTD
Part of Bawnbua Holdings Ltd groupBawnbua Foods Ltd made £44.9m revenue and a £29.8k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Bawnbua Foods Ltd’s revenue grew 2% to £44.9m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £29.8k and 132 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Lurgan; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lurgan, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £44.3m | £44.9m |
| Cost of sales | £39m | £39.8m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £950k | £958k |
| Profit before tax | £131k | £55.9k |
| Profit after tax | −£39.3k | −£29.8k |
| Profit (best available) | −£39.3k | −£29.8k |
| Employees (average) | 135 | 132 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.1% | −0.1% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 11.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £328k | £340k |
| Profit per employee | −£291 | −£225 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.5k | £331k |
| Net assets | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Current assets | £29.5k | £331k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £340k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£225
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲21774%
- Now £331k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bawnbua Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Bawnbua Foods Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bawnbua Foods Ni LtdRev. £44.9m · Profit −£29.8k
- Bawnbua Foods GB LtdFigures 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 Jan 2025 (profit −£29.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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