CLARKE MEATS LIMITED
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Executive summary
Clarke Meats Limited is a well-capitalised, mid-tier regional meat processor and wholesaler that has demonstrated exceptional balance sheet growth over the past decade, accumulating net assets of £8.4M on turnover approaching £20M — a financial position that significantly exceeds typical sector benchmarks. The company's integrated cutting plant and wholesale model, combined with its conservative leverage profile, positions it as a resilient operator within a challenging sector characterised by low margins, input cost volatility, and ongoing consolidation pressure. The concentrated family ownership provides strategic stability but introduces key-person and succession risks that are common failure points in this industry.
Shareholders' funds
£8,398,583
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is that of wholesale of meat, poultry and game and a licenced cutting plant.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-09-09
- Employees
- 45 (2025 accounts · was 43 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Unit 1 The Triangle Business Park, Paddock, Huddersfield, HD1 4RR
- Postcode
- HD1 4RR
- Capital
- 300 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-18
- Next due by
- 2027-09-01
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10110 Processing and preserving of meat
- 10120 Processing and preserving of poultry meat
- 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- clarkemeats.co.uk
- Phone
- 01484480486
MEAT WHOLESALER, POULTRY WHOLESALER, GAME DEALER
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CLARKE & WHITHAM LIMITED | 2011-04-11 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| ALLEN ROW, THE TRIANGLE PADDOCK, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, HD1 4RR | 2015-10-08 |
| 62 MARKET STREET, MILNSBRIDGE, HUDDERSFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE HD3 4HT | 2002-05-16 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 59 similar companies in HD — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (45 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
The class of 1999
43%
of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.