Vivers Scotlamb Limited
Registered name: VIVERS SCOTLAMB LIMITED
Part of J.W. Galloway Limited groupVivers Scotlamb Limited made £48.4m revenue and £348k profit in the year to 2 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Vivers Scotlamb Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £48.4m in the year to 2 Mar 2025, with £348k profit and 67 employees. The company is classified under “production of meat and poultry meat products” and is based in Annan; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Annan, Scotland
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 subsidiary undertaking of J.W. Galloway Limited. The ultimate controlling party is J.W. Galloway Limited which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in Scotland. The ad”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Feb 2023 | 25 Feb 2024 | 2 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.4m | £38.6m | £48.4m |
| Cost of sales | £32.6m | £37.1m | £47m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.5m | £1.4m |
| Operating profit | £877k | £408k | £234k |
| Profit before tax | £881k | £409k | £236k |
| Profit after tax | £698k | £300k | £348k |
| Profit (best available) | £698k | £300k | £348k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 77 | 70 | 67 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 2% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 5.2% | 3.9% | 2.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £447k | £551k | £722k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | £4.3k | £5.2k |
| Cash conversion | −18.6% | 528.4% | 212.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▲25.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼57% | ▲16% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.1% | ▼4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.8m | £615k | £19k |
| Net assets | £5m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £9m | £7.3m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £2.1m | £1.5m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £406k | £180k | £214k |
| Cash from operations | −£163k | £2.2m | £498k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £722k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 212.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼97%
- Now £19k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 67
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £214k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £1.2m
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
- J.W. Galloway Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Vivers Scotlamb Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Scotbeef Inverurie LimitedRev. £62.5m · Profit −£3m
- New Zealand Lamb Shops LimitedFigures not disclosed
- R.B. Meiklejon LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Scotbeef LimitedRev. — · Profit £136k
- Strathaven Abattoir 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 2 Mar 2025 (profit £348k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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