PENRITH FARMERS AND KIDDS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)
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Cash
£1.9M
-11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£7.2M
+5.9% vs 2023
Employees
39
-4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£279K
-33.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-06-30.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,162,615 | £2,422,503 | +12% | |
| Operating profit | £357,082 | £212,992 | -40.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £417,689 | £278,999 | -33.2% | |
| Net profit | £413,278 | £263,363 | -36.3% | |
| Cash | £2,203,321 | £1,940,616 | -11.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,013,736 | £7,292,957 | +4% | |
| Net assets | £6,765,039 | £7,161,285 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £6,765,039 | £7,161,285 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 39 | -4.9% | |
| Wages | £1,419,627 | £1,527,864 | +7.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £442,950 | £409,228 | -7.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.5% | 8.8% | |
| Net margin | 19.1% | 10.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 2.9% | |
| Current ratio | 11.18x | 6.51x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saint & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PENRITH FARMERS AND KIDDS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) · parent
- PFK Rural Limited 100%
- PFK Estate Agency Limited 100%
Significant events
- “A group restructure was completed where PFK's Rural Land Agency department was hived down into PFK Rural Limited (1 July 2023) and PFK's Estate Agency department into PFK Estate Agency Limited (1 January 2024).”
- “One property acquisition (25 Little Dockray, Penrith) and one disposal (Kirkby Stephen estate office) were made to enhance and simplify the property portfolio.”
- “A dividend of £0.50p per share has been recommended.”
- “A planning application for a commercial development off Mile Lane was approved in November 2023.”
- “The lease for the Auction Mart site at Skirsgill, Penrith, has been renegotiated.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Andrew Meredith | Secretary | 2023-11-17 | — | — |
| CALROW, Robert Derek | Director | 2023-06-20 | Aug 1941 | British |
| CARRUTHERS, Justine | Director | 2026-03-30 | Jun 1971 | British |
| CRAIG, Robert Keith | Director | 2023-04-03 | Aug 1970 | British |
| GREEN, Andrew Meredith | Director | 2020-04-15 | Dec 1962 | British |
| LANCASTER, Ian Callander | Director | 2022-02-17 | Apr 1956 | British |
| LANCASTER, Lynne Marie | Director | 2020-08-19 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WHARAM, Bernard Paul Henry | Director | 2016-09-26 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHALL, William John | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2005-03-21 |
| HIBBERT, David | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| LANCASTER, Stephen John | Secretary | 2015-03-02 | 2017-04-24 |
| MCKEGG, Stewart | Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2004-04-30 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Secretary | 2005-03-21 | 2015-02-28 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Secretary | 1998-01-30 | 2000-07-24 |
| WEBB, Joseph William | Secretary | 2017-04-24 | 2023-11-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, John | Director | — | 1993-08-06 |
| BASHALL, William John | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2011-11-30 |
| BASHALL, William John | Director | 2002-10-29 | 2002-12-12 |
| BELL, Stuart Scarr | Director | — | 2002-08-30 |
| BLUE, Kyle Killoran Campbell | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2015-03-02 |
| BOWMAN, Arthur Maurice | Director | — | 2007-12-20 |
| BRITTON, David Robin | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2017-03-08 |
| BROWN, Jeanette | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| DUNN, Stephen Gerard | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2022-06-10 |
| GOOD, Robert Lindsay | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2017-01-12 |
| HOLLIDAY, Andrew Irving | Director | — | 2003-04-18 |
| HOLLINS-GIBSON, Joseph Stephen | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2003-12-12 |
| JENKINSON, Henry Colin | Director | — | 2002-08-20 |
| KIDD, Lindsay Altham | Director | — | 2002-12-13 |
| LANCASTER, Stephen John | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2020-06-30 |
| LIDDLE, Julie | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Rachel Ann | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2020-06-26 |
| MILBOURN, Katherine Margaret | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-09-20 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Director | — | 2015-02-28 |
| MOSSOP, William Faulder | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2016-01-15 |
| RAINE, Joseph William | Director | — | 1993-08-06 |
| ROBSON, John Donald Hayton | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2026-04-02 |
| ROWLANDS, John Dalzell | Director | 2015-07-03 | 2021-06-24 |
| SCOTT, Irving Cape | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-11-29 |
| STALKER, Jonathan | Director | — | 2015-01-20 |
| WEBB, Joseph William | Director | 2020-04-29 | 2023-11-17 |
| WILSON, George | Director | — | 2004-05-25 |
| WILSON, John Stephen Robert | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2021-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.