Direct Meats (Knights Farm) Ltd
Active03037523ManufacturingIncorporated 24 Mar 1995 · Witham
The principal activity of the company in the period under review was that of wholesale and retail meat distribution.
Revenue
£15.1m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£361k
Margin 4.0%
Employees
129
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£4.9m
Total assets £10.9m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
8 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
May 2019Not available
May 2020
£14.7m
May 2021
£9.2m▼ -37.2%
May 2022
£16.4m▲ +77.7%
May 2023
£19.5m▲ +18.9%
May 2024
£19.4m▼ -0.4%
May 2025
£19.7m▲ +1.4%
Dec 2025
£15.1m
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2025 | £15.1m | — | £492k | 129 | £4.9m |
| 31 May 2025 | £19.7m | ▲ +1.4% | -£315k | 116 | £4.5m |
| 31 May 2024 | £19.4m | ▼ -0.4% | £151k | 105 | £4.7m |
| 31 May 2023 | £19.5m | ▲ +18.9% | £588k | 102 | £4.6m |
| 31 May 2022 | £16.4m | ▲ +77.7% | £289k | 100 | £2.8m |
| 31 May 2021 | £9.2m | ▼ -37.2% | -£708k | 89 | £2.5m |
| 31 May 2020 | £14.7m | — | £22k | 118 | £2.1m |
| 31 May 2019 | — | — | — | — | £2.2m |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2025. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £15.1m
- Gross profit
- £2.2m
- Operating profit
- £603k
- Profit before tax
- £492k
- Profit after tax
- £361k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £10.9m
- Cash
- £280k
- Total liabilities
- £6.1m
- Net assets
- £4.9m
- Revenue per employee
- £117k
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