A.J. AND R.G.BARBER LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

• Turnover

  +8.3%

  £179,853,780 → £194,733,279

• Cash

  +68.1%

  £3,660,308 → £6,152,580

  highest in 3 filed years

• Net assets

  +8.2%

  £111,035,968 → £120,170,364

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +3%

  396 → 408

  highest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  +28.8%

  £11,746,552 → £15,132,240

• Profit before tax

  +42.9%

  £9,526,825 → £13,617,694

• Wages

  +17.7%

  £13,881,581 → £16,333,172

  highest in 3 filed years

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Old Mill 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 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

1. A.J. AND R.G.BARBER LIMITED · parent
   1. A.J & R.G Barber (Sales) Limited 100% · UK · Cheese wholesaling
   2. Ashley Chase Estate Limited 100% · UK · Cheese manufacture and wholesaling
   3. Ford Farm USA LLC 100% · USA · Cheese wholesaling
   4. AJ & RG Barber (EU) Limited 100% · Ireland · Dormant company
   5. Somerdale International Limited 100% · UK · Sale and distribution of food, drinks and related products
   6. Somerdale USA Inc. 100% · USA · Sale and distribution of food, drinks and related products
   7. Select Dairy Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company

Significant events

• “The decision to cease whey protein drying on site was taken during the year with operations ceasing in February 2025.”
• “Substantial investments were also made in in key business IT applications including, shortly after year end, a successful migration of core ERP system from resident servers to a "cloud" based platform.”
• “A key automated robotic palletising line was designed and ordered in the year and commissioned early in the following financial year.”
• “the announcement in April 2025 of an additional 10% tariff on most items, including cheese and dairy products, imported into the USA from the UK and many other countries was an unwelcome one.”

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

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

2

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.