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Next accounts due

2027-01-05 (in 8mo)

Last filed for 2025-04-05

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-14 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-31

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£116K

+598.9% vs 2024

Net assets

£9M

+8.6% vs 2024

Employees

53

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£413K

+240% vs 2024

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-05

Metric Trend 2021-04-052022-04-052023-04-052024-04-052025-04-05
Turnover £9,682,741£8,084,278
Operating profit -£84,213£614,466
Profit before tax -£295,285£413,266
Net profit -£582,187£286,157
Cash £16,563£115,752
Total assets less current liabilities £13,620,249£14,264,968
Net assets £8,658,231£9,406,509
Equity £5,563,050£5,949,237£7,415,739£8,658,231£9,406,509
Average employees 5353
Wages £1,215,463£1,313,235
Directors' remuneration £106,696£93,888

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 2025-04-05 vs 2024-04-05

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 2021-04-052022-04-052023-04-052024-04-052025-04-05
Operating margin -0.9%7.6%
Net margin -6.0%3.5%
Return on capital employed -0.6%4.3%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 52.9%49.2%
Current ratio 1.78x1.98x
Interest cover -0.29x2.20x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Smailes Goldie Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors' are of the opinion that there are no material uncertainties regarding the ability of the group to continue to trade as a going concern during this period and accordingly these financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. LIMESTONE FARMING COMPANY LIMITED · parent
    1. The Limestone Land Company Limited 100% · Ireland · Farming and stud related activities

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
GILES, Richard Arthur Secretary 1999-01-06 British
ROWLES, Bruce Henry Director Apr 1960 British
ROWLES, John William Director Jun 1929 British
ROWLES NICHOLSON, Clifford Graham Director Aug 1955 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
DESBOTTES, Ian William Secretary 1998-02-09 1998-10-30
HOEY, Guy John Secretary 1998-02-09
ROWLES NICHOLSON, Clifford Graham Secretary 1998-10-30 1999-01-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr John Anthony Shepherdson Individual voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2019-01-14 Active
Mr Kevin Simon Webster Individual voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Ceased 2024-01-16
Mr Colin Roderick Palmer Individual voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-07-08
Mr James Charles Stewart Reynolds Milligan-Manby Individual voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Bruce Henry Rowles Individual significant-influence-or-control-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Clifford Graham Rowles Nicholson Individual significant-influence-or-control-as-trust 2016-04-06 Active
Mr John William Rowles Individual Shares 50–75% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 162 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-04-29 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-04-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-02-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-12-16 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-04-29 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2025-04-29 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-04-29 SH10 capital Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2025-04-02 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-02 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-01 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-01 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-12-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-12-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2024-09-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-09-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-29 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2024-01-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-12-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2023-04-22 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-04-22 SH02 capital Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital
2023-04-19 SH06 capital Capital cancellation shares

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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