PEACOCK & BINNINGTON LIMITED
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Cash
£742k
+67,092% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
-2.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
160
-3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£279k
+20.4% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £83,606,281 | £79,298,902 | £73,495,523 | -7.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,524,823 | £1,329,541 | £813,191 | -38.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £308,799 | -£350,681 | -£279,112 | +20.4% | |
| Net profit | £129,455 | -£307,294 | -£261,542 | +14.9% | |
| Cash | £143,831 | £1,104 | £741,800 | +67,092% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,898,834 | £13,074,709 | £12,211,364 | -6.6% | |
| Net assets | £10,694,424 | £10,399,268 | £10,149,864 | -2.4% | |
| Equity | £10,694,424 | £10,399,268 | £10,149,864 | -2.4% | |
| Average employees | 163 | 165 | 160 | -3% | |
| Wages | £6,036,943 | £6,169,606 | £6,244,716 | +1.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £727,165 | £623,058 | £433,760 | -30.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £88,780 | £83,759 | £86,936 | +3.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £179,216 | £118,184 | £165,425 | +40% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -0.4% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 10.2% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.5% | 74.1% | 70.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.20x | 1.29x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 1.25x | 0.79x | 0.74x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- PEACOCK & BINNINGTON LIMITED 2025-11-05 → present
- PEACOCK & BINNINGTON 1937-06-18 → 2025-11-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RNS Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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”
Group structure
- PEACOCK & BINNINGTON LIMITED · parent
- Northfield Agricultural Services Limited 100%
- Franks Curtis Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FARLEIGH, Mark Peter | Secretary | 2016-04-01 | — | — |
| BOURNE, Marcus James | Director | 2016-01-01 | Dec 1970 | British |
| FARLEIGH, Mark Peter | Director | 2019-01-24 | May 1981 | British |
| MAIN, Graham William | Director | 2010-01-11 | Jul 1970 | British |
| PEACOCK, Nicholas Allen | Director | 1992-10-17 | Mar 1969 | British |
| WALKER, Andrew James | Director | 2019-01-24 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, Graham | Secretary | — | 2016-04-01 |
| BACON, Les | Director | 1995-12-31 | 2019-03-02 |
| BLOW, Derek, Mr. | Director | — | 2011-11-30 |
| CROSS, Richard | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2024-10-31 |
| DAFFERN, Rodney | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| DOUCE, Philip Alan | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2002-08-02 |
| FRANKS, David Peter | Director | 2021-10-29 | 2025-12-12 |
| GLADDING, Kevin | Director | 2001-07-07 | 2010-07-31 |
| JONES, John Drury | Director | — | 2008-12-31 |
| PEACOCK, Michael Allen | Director | — | 2023-02-18 |
| ROTHERY, Christopher Charles | Director | — | 1994-04-10 |
| SCOTT, William Albert | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| WHITELEY, Andrew John | Director | 2011-07-10 | 2015-03-06 |
| WRIGHT, Graham | Director | — | 2016-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peacock & Binnington Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-05 CERT1 Certificate re registration unlimited to limited
- 2025-11-05 RR06 Reregistration private unlimited to private limited company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-11-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-05 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-05 | CERT1 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration unlimited to limited | |
| 2025-11-05 | RR06 | change-of-name | Reregistration private unlimited to private limited company | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.