{"name":"HOUGHTON HAMS LIMITED","company_number":"02919146","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1994-04-14","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"58-60 Tenter Road, Moulton Park Industrial Estate, Northampton, England, NN3 6AX","postcode":"NN3 6AX","sic_codes":[{"code":10130,"description":"Production of meat and poultry meat products"}],"principal_activity":"The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of producers of cured cooked ham and pork meat products.","previous_names":[{"name":"DAMSON ORCHARD LIMITED","changed_on":"1994-09-26"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Medium","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2025-03-31","next_due":"2026-12-31"},"employees":{"count":93,"accounts_date":"2025-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","turnover":22210630,"profit_loss":2187415,"net_assets":8473352,"cash":3483961,"average_employees":93},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","turnover":20999273,"profit_loss":1832317,"net_assets":6618587,"cash":3997993,"average_employees":93},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","turnover":15664188,"net_assets":5455170,"cash":2528896},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","turnover":11678877,"net_assets":4432995,"cash":2480220},{"financial_date":"2021-03-31","net_assets":2666622,"cash":998790}],"officers":{"current":4,"resigned":2,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_summary":"Houghton Hams is an exceptionally well-performing niche player in the UK cured and cooked ham market, delivering operating margins of approximately 13% — roughly double the best-in-class listed competitor benchmark — while growing revenue at a three-year CAGR of ~24%. Its premium British-provenance positioning, conservative capital structure, and family stewardship provide a durable competitive moat, though its sub-£25M scale and product concentration create vulnerabilities relative to the sector's dominant processors. The company's trajectory from £1.3M to £8.5M in net assets over a decade marks it as one of the strongest-performing mid-sized meat processors in the UK.","website":"https://houghtonhams.co.uk/","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/houghton-hams","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02919146","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/houghton-hams/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/houghton-hams"}