M. Keys Farms Limited
Registered name: M. KEYS FARMS LIMITED
Part of M. Keys Limited groupM. Keys Farms Limited made £37.4m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
M. Keys Farms Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £37.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.7m profit and 51 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
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 is a wholly owned subsidiary of M. Keys Limited, a company incorporated in Northern Ireland. The directors consider Mr M Keys to be the ultimate controlling party.”
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) | £39.3m | £37.4m |
| Cost of sales | £29.6m | £28.7m |
| Gross profit | £9.6m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | £6.3m | £4.2m |
| Profit before tax | £6.2m | £4.2m |
| Profit after tax | £5.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £5.2m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 51 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.2% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 23.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £892k | £734k |
| Profit per employee | £118k | £72.5k |
| Cash conversion | 94.5% | 86.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼4.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼28.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Net assets | £15.7m | £17.9m |
| Fixed assets | £10.1m | £11.5m |
| Current assets | £17.9m | £17.8m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £397k | £322k |
| Cash from operations | £5.9m | £3.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £734k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £72.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 86.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 30.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £17.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £2.5m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 51
- Deferred income
- ▼19%
- Now £322k
- Fixed assets
- ▲13%
- Now £11.5m
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
- M. Keys Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- M. Keys Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- 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 £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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