CARRS BILLINGTON AGRICULTURE (SALES) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-07 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£655K
+119.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
-11.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
496
-4.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1M
-981.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-03 | 2023-09-02 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £361,469,874 | £323,369,918 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,076,188 | -£551,661 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,729,795 | £115,667 | -£1,019,244 | |
| Net profit | £2,855,971 | -£420,571 | -£773,244 | |
| Cash | £12,073,978 | £297,909 | £655,032 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,746,933 | £34,383,772 | £31,022,537 | |
| Net assets | £32,927,700 | £32,507,129 | £28,733,885 | |
| Equity | £32,927,700 | £32,507,129 | £28,733,885 | |
| Average employees | 526 | 520 | 496 | |
| Wages | £15,285,573 | £16,784,833 | £16,862,228 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £374,744 | £0 | £11,971 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-09-02
-
Turnover
-10.5%
£361,469,874 £323,369,918
-
Cash
+119.9%
£297,909 £655,032
-
Net assets
-11.6%
£32,507,129 £28,733,885
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-4.6%
520 496
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-151.3%
£1,076,188 -£551,661
-
Profit before tax
-981.2%
£115,667 -£1,019,244
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+0.5%
£16,784,833 £16,862,228
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-09-03 | 2023-09-02 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.3% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.1% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 3.1% | -1.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.28x | 1.24x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.69x | -0.33x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CARRS BILLINGTON AGRICULTURE (SALES) LIMITED 2001-09-04 → present
- CARRS AGRICULTURE LIMITED 1989-11-15 → 2001-09-04
- OLIVER AND SNOWDON LIMITED 1923-05-03 → 1989-11-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited
- 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 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
- CARRS BILLINGTON AGRICULTURE (SALES) LIMITED · parent
- Phoenix Feeds Limited 100%
- Horse and Pet Warehouse Limited 100%
- Pearson Farm Supplies Limited 100%
- Paul Chuter Agricultural Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “As part of the sale of the share capital in the company from Carrs PLC to Edward Billington and Son Limited in 2023 the company has undertaken some restructuring and made some redundancies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUNSEY, Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 2023-09-01 | — | — |
| BLAKE, Gary Michael | Director | 2012-01-23 | Jun 1973 | British |
| HEWISON, Debbie Ellen | Director | 2024-08-05 | Jul 1981 | British |
| HUGHES, Stephen Glynn | Director | 2021-03-09 | Jan 1969 | British |
| STEEPLES, Paul William | Director | 2024-01-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARSHALL, David | Secretary | 2022-10-26 | 2023-09-01 |
| RATCLIFFE, Matthew | Secretary | 2016-11-25 | 2022-10-26 |
| WOOD, Katie | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | 2016-11-25 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Secretary | — | 2013-01-01 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Brian | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| AUSTIN, Neil | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2022-10-26 |
| COLE, Mark Augustus | Director | 2019-09-20 | 2022-10-26 |
| COPUS, Peter John | Director | 1995-05-12 | 2009-01-26 |
| CRAWFORD, John | Director | 1994-08-18 | 2008-03-31 |
| DALTON, Ian Thomas | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2001-09-03 |
| DAVIES, Timothy John | Director | 2013-03-01 | 2021-01-12 |
| DENBY, Stanley Allan | Director | 1993-07-15 | 2001-09-03 |
| DIXON, Kevin | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2020-05-18 |
| FORSTER, Michael Dean | Director | 2020-05-18 | 2022-02-24 |
| GATE, Ian | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2020-05-18 |
| GOODERHAM, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2011-11-11 |
| HOLMES, Christopher Nigel Couper | Director | — | 2013-07-31 |
| LIMMER, Andrew John | Director | 2022-02-24 | 2022-12-30 |
| MONAGHAN, David | Director | — | 2010-10-01 |
| MOUNTAIN, Hugh Gareth | Director | — | 1999-02-17 |
| PELHAM, Hugh Marcus | Director | 2021-01-12 | 2021-10-11 |
| QUINN, Richard | Director | 2023-02-02 | 2024-02-29 |
| SMITH, Simon | Director | — | 1992-05-22 |
| STEEPLES, Paul William | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2021-10-11 |
| TOMLINSON, Rae | Director | 1993-01-01 | 2019-09-20 |
| TUDOR, John Edward | Director | — | 1999-11-20 |
| WHITELEY, Lloyd Leslie Russell | Director | 2001-09-03 | 2021-03-09 |
| WILKINSON, Samuel Benjamin Graves | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2024-01-01 |
| WOOD, Ronald Chalmers | Director | — | 2001-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carr's Group Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-26 |
| Billington Agriculture Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Edward Billington And Son Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.