AB AGRI LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+112% vs 2024
Net assets
£111M
+0.8% vs 2024
Employees
1,312
+0.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4M
+17.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £999,022,000 | £978,093,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,639,000 | -£1,976,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,307,000 | -£3,543,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,149,000 | £1,053,000 | |
| Cash | £1,090,000 | £2,311,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £316,501,000 | £304,010,000 | |
| Net assets | £110,411,000 | £111,323,000 | |
| Equity | £110,411,000 | £111,323,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,301 | 1,312 | |
| Wages | £69,189,000 | £73,555,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £3,483,000 | £3,442,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-2.1%
£999,022,000 £978,093,000
-
Cash
+112%
£1,090,000 £2,311,000
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£110,411,000 £111,323,000
-
Employees
+0.8%
1,301 1,312
-
Operating profit
-125.9%
£7,639,000 -£1,976,000
-
Profit before tax
+17.7%
-£4,307,000 -£3,543,000
-
Wages
+6.3%
£69,189,000 £73,555,000
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 73.0% | 72.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.96x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | 0.61x | -0.20x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- AB AGRI LIMITED 2007-03-12 → present
- ABNA LIMITED 2001-02-01 → 2007-03-12
- ABN LIMITED 1994-08-23 → 2001-02-01
- ERNEST MELLING LIMITED 1923-11-16 → 1994-08-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering the support available from the intermediate parent company described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to continue in operation for 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- AB AGRI LIMITED · parent
- ABN (Overseas) Limited
- Roses Nutrition Limited
- LeafTC Limited
- ABN (Scotland) Limited
- ABNA Limited
- Agrilines Limited
- Premier Nutrition Products Limited
- Greencoat Limited
- Spectrum Aviation Limited
- AB Vista Europe B.V.
- AD Sherburn Limited
- Dairy Consulting Limited
- Greencoat Farm Limited
- Natural Vetcare Limited
- Shep-Fair Products Limited
- Nutrilabs GmbH*
- National Milk Records Limited
- National Livestock Records Limited*
- National Milk Laboratories Limited*
- National Milk Records Trustee Company Limited*
- Nordic Star Ltd*
- AB Agri Animal Nutrition Technology (Henan) Co., Ltd.
- ABNA Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd*
- Banbury Agriculture Limited*
- KO2 Limited*
- Nutrition Trading Limited
- Nutrition Trading (International) Limited*
- Nutritional Advanced Formulas (Ireland) Limited
- Independent Milk Laboratories Ltd 50%
Significant events
- “Assets held for sale (note 17 to the financial statement) were subsequently disposed of on 19 September 2025, resulting in a derecognition of the net assets held for sale of £1,639k.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard | Secretary | 2021-01-11 | — | — |
| BROWN, Kelly | Director | 2023-05-04 | Aug 1983 | British |
| BURROWS, Heidi Marie, Dr | Director | 2024-04-29 | May 1971 | British |
| CLARKE, James | Director | 2025-11-19 | Nov 1987 | British |
| MARTEL, Pascal | Director | 2019-05-08 | Jul 1976 | French |
| NOBRE, José Jorge | Director | 2018-01-11 | Nov 1961 | French |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Jessica Sophie | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2001-02-26 |
| GORE, Malcolm Raymond | Secretary | — | 1999-06-11 |
| RICHARDSON, Lyn | Secretary | 2001-07-24 | 2001-08-13 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Secretary | 2001-08-13 | 2020-12-24 |
| SMITH, Simon Joseph | Secretary | 2006-07-14 | 2006-09-29 |
| SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2001-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, William Bernard | Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| ALLEN, Mark Barry Lindon | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| CLOKE, Richard Charles | Director | 2006-10-13 | 2019-03-28 |
| COOPER, Richard Graham | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2021-01-11 |
| CROSS, Alistair Graham | Director | 2014-06-02 | 2020-04-14 |
| DOUGLAS, Ian Mayall | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2003-08-31 |
| FERNANDEZ LLARENA, Juan Ignacio | Director | 2020-09-21 | 2021-01-11 |
| GRAINGER, Stuart | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2008-03-14 |
| GREENHALGH, John Phillip | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2006-10-13 |
| GURVIS, Scott Michael | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2025-02-28 |
| HEASMAN, John Richard | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2004-11-03 |
| HEATH, Simon Mark | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2024-07-19 |
| HOOPES, Joshua Kevin | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2023-08-23 |
| JACKSON, Peter John | Director | 1994-10-28 | 2001-02-08 |
| KENT, Benjamin David Jemphrey | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2004-12-13 |
| KIMBERLEY, Nicholas | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| KIRIAKOPOULOS, Kostantinos Jim | Director | 2022-05-27 | 2025-11-30 |
| LANGLANDS, David Robin | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2003-10-20 |
| MARTINEZ PLATA, Jorge Erick | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2018-04-18 |
| MURPHY, Alan | Director | 2007-01-18 | 2019-11-30 |
| MURPHY, Alan | Director | 1998-04-01 | 2000-09-15 |
| MUTCH, John Michael | Director | — | 1992-05-31 |
| ONG, Bee Leng | Director | 2008-07-24 | 2010-06-15 |
| PECK, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2001-02-08 | 2007-01-18 |
| PLACE, Eric | Director | 1992-05-13 | 1994-11-01 |
| RAINE, Helen, Dr | Director | 1999-06-04 | 2006-10-17 |
| RICHARDSON, Alan | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
| SHIRBON, John Mervyn | Director | 1994-10-28 | 2000-07-01 |
| VAN STEKELENBURG, Bernardus Johannes Maria | Director | 2014-05-27 | 2016-12-31 |
| WELLOCK, Ian Jeffrey, Dr | Director | 2020-07-16 | 2024-04-29 |
| WILLIAMS, Gerald Owain | Director | 2011-05-16 | 2012-08-24 |
| YATES, Christopher Arthur | Director | 1998-03-02 | 1999-05-31 |
| YIEND, David Jonathan Douglas | Director | 1994-10-28 | 2018-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.B.F. Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.