Processed meat & poultry
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
1431
Active companies
1067
Formed in latest 12 months
108
Median active-company age
8.8 years
Revenue known
52
Importers
178
Exporters
73
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,431 |
| Active companies | 1,067 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 108 |
| Importers | 178 |
| Exporters | 73 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 52 known, 1015 unknown (4.9%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025-12 | 4 | 11 |
| 2026-01 | 8 | 10 |
| 2026-02 | 3 | 5 |
| 2026-03 | 15 | 7 |
| 2026-04 | 15 | 4 |
| 2026-05 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026-06 | 6 | 7 |
| 2026-07 | 3 | 11 |
| 2026-08 | 3 | 5 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values. Companies House Active records with dormant accounts are shown as Dormant; the remaining Companies House Active records are shown as Active. Blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 963 |
| Dissolved | 322 |
| Dormant | 104 |
| Liquidation | 38 |
| In Administration | 4 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| West Midlands | 87 |
| West Yorkshire | 59 |
| Greater Manchester | 54 |
| Inner London - East | 50 |
| Outer London - East and North East | 46 |
| Northern Ireland | 44 |
| Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | 43 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 34 |
| Inner London - West | 33 |
| Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear | 29 |
Geography coverage: 1053 known, 14 unknown (98.7%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 428 |
| 1m-15m | 276 |
| 15m-54m | 41 |
| 54m+ | 49 |
Revenue-range coverage: 794 known, 273 unknown (74.4%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 250 |
| Small | 428 |
| Medium | 15 |
| Large | 76 |
| Holding | 12 |
| Dormant | 104 |
Company-size coverage: 885 known, 182 unknown (82.9%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 165 |
| 1–9 | 328 |
| 10–49 | 171 |
| 50–249 | 43 |
| 250+ | 9 |
Employee coverage: 716 known, 351 unknown (67.1%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 106 |
| 1–3 years | 134 |
| 3–5 years | 102 |
| 5–10 years | 229 |
| 10–20 years | 230 |
| 20+ years | 266 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1067 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| 10130 | 1,067 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 115 |
| Exporter only | 10 |
| Both | 63 |
| Neither | 879 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02 — Meat and edible meat offal | 94 | £5,227,144,191 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 82 | £13,497,000,144 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 56 | £10,016,573,947 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 50 | £4,115,268,343 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 16 — Meat, fish, and seafood preparations | 49 | £2,865,787,971 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 35 | £1,969,190,127 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 34 | £3,046,317,394 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 48 — Paper and Paperboard Products | 29 | £547,001,497 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 28 | £1,484,165,512 | 2019-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 22 | £2,240,227,030 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 — Meat, fish, and seafood preparations | 37 | £104,196,090 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 02 — Meat and edible meat offal | 36 | £842,262,149 | 2016-05-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 19 — Cereal and milk-based food products | 22 | £356,334,884 | 2018-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 22 | £827,363,232 | 2016-11-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 05 — Animal-based products not listed elsewhere | 15 | £33,663,286 | 2016-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 21 — Miscellaneous food products | 15 | £836,528,850 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 20 — Prepared or preserved plant-based foods | 14 | £10,593,659 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 10 | £391,114,645 | 2017-08-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 15 — Fats, Oils, and Waxes from Animals, Plants, or Microbes | 7 | £7,273,150 | 2021-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 04 — Dairy, eggs, honey, and edible animal products | 6 | £57,315,411 | 2016-08-01 – 2025-06-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 180 | 856 | 211 | 80.2% |
| Holding company | 0 | 856 | 211 | 80.2% |
| Solo founder | 345 | 856 | 211 | 80.2% |
| Ecommerce | 25 | 126 | 941 | 11.8% |
| Website | 148 | 156 | 911 | 14.6% |
| 107 | 156 | 911 | 14.6% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Chesterfield Poultry Limited | £245,764,750 |
| Vine Meats Ltd | £184,132,000 |
| Gafoor Pure Halal Ltd | £178,281,403 |
| Banham Poultry (2018) Ltd | £121,474,036 |
| Kepak Kirkham Limited | £104,880,333 |
| Ravendale Foods Limited | £102,985,577 |
| Pickstock Foods Ltd | £97,315,165 |
| David Wood Baking Limited | £94,736,599 |
| M J Birtwistle & Co Limited | £79,136,412 |
| Pukka Pies Limited | £65,215,066 |
Revenue coverage: 52 known, 1015 unknown (4.9%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other (not elswhere classified) | 6,995 |
| Bread, pastry, cakes | 5,746 |
| Coffee and coffee substitutes | 1,869 |
| Prepared meals and dishes | 1,327 |
| Condiments and seasonings | 1,059 |
| Buscuits, rusks, crackers and similar | 950 |
| Chocolate and cocoa | 948 |
| Fruits & vegetable products | 931 |
| Ice cream | 827 |
| Raw meats | 772 |
| Homogenized food, dietetic food | 688 |
| Juices | 669 |
| Sugar confectionery | 536 |
| Fish & sea products | 478 |
| Tea | 470 |
| Breakfast cereals and similar | 350 |
| Butter & cheese | 314 |
| Oils (vegetable, animal and fish) & fats | 305 |
| Yoghurts, dry milk, other milk products | 291 |
| Raw poultry | 269 |
| Other | 688 |
SIC classification
SIC 10130 — Production of meat and poultry meat products
Includes
production of dried, salted or smoked meat, production of meat products such as: sausages, salami, puddings, "andouillettes", saveloys, bolognas, pâtés, rillettes, boiled ham
Excludes
manufacture of prepared frozen meat and poultry dishes, see ##10.85, manufacture of soup containing meat, see ##10.89, wholesale trade of meat, see ##46.32, packaging of meat, see ##82.92