M. Keys Limited
Registered name: M. KEYS LIMITED
M. Keys Limited made £59.1m revenue and £5.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
M. Keys Limited’s revenue fell 4% to £59.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £5.1m profit and 168 employees. The company is classified under “raising of swine/pigs” and is based in Fivemiletown; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fivemiletown, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £61.7m | £59.1m |
| Cost of sales | £43.3m | £41.7m |
| Gross profit | £18.4m | £17.4m |
| Operating profit | £9.3m | £6.2m |
| Profit before tax | £9m | £5.9m |
| Profit after tax | £7.5m | £5.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £7.5m | £5.1m |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £7.1m |
| Employees (average) | 149 | 168 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 12.1% | 8.5% |
| Gross margin | 29.8% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £414k | £352k |
| Profit per employee | £50k | £30.1k |
| Cash conversion | 128.4% | 112.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼32.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £7.4m | £5.9m |
| Net assets | £29.2m | £32.7m |
| Fixed assets | £26.1m | £30.8m |
| Current assets | £22m | £21.5m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £930k | £838k |
| Cash from operations | £12m | £7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £352k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £30.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 112.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.4%
- 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
- ▲12%
- Now £32.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £5.9m
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 168
- Deferred income
- ▼10%
- Now £838k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £30.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (6)
- M. Keys Farms LimitedRev. £37.4m · Profit £3.7m
- Corbally Farms LimitedRev. £11.3m · Profit £860k
- M Keys Transport LtdRev. £10.2m · Profit £341k
- Annagh Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castlebrook Farms LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KW Farms LimitedFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £5.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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