JOSEPH HELER LIMITED
Company number 01071486 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Joseph Heler Limited has demonstrated exceptional revenue growth, more than doubling turnover from £72.5M (2020) to £152M (2025), significantly outpacing the broader UK cheese market and reflecting successful strategic investment in secondary processing capabilities. However, this growth has come at the cost of margin compression, with gross margins at approximately 5.6% sitting below typical sector benchmarks of 8-15%, and elevated leverage of ~70% following debt-financed capital expansion. The company occupies a compelling mid-tier position – combining heritage brand value with growing scale – but must now focus on translating revenue growth into sustainable profitability as interest costs consume over half of operating profit.
Shareholders' funds
£23,328,875
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of the production and distribution of cheese and dairy products.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1972-09-12
- Employees
- 181 (2025 accounts · was 173 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Laurels Farm, Hatherton, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 7PE
- Postcode
- CW5 7PE
- Capital
- 1,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 6 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-12
- Next due by
- 2026-12-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10512 Butter and cheese production
Officers 4 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-03-01).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB085143 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- joseph-heler.co.uk
- Phone
- 000028015, 0148422166607, 03863462300
Tradition matters, but doing things the right way matters more. Across our three UK sites, Heler Foods delivers end-to-end cheese manufacturing, packing and specialist format capabilities.
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE PARKES MONKS LANE, AUDLEM NR CREWE, CHESHIRE, CW3 0HP | 1995-01-15 |
| THE LAURELS FARM, HATHERTON, NANTWICH, CHESHIRE | 1986-05-09 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 9 similar companies in CW
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (181 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1972.
Competitors Crewe
This company ranks 1 among butter and cheese production in Crewe.
The class of 1972
53%
of the 6,034 companies incorporated in 1972 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2024-10-29
- Where
- Cheshire East
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH736454 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2024-10-29 | — |
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