BATES FARMS & DAIRY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-35.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+14.6% vs 2024
Employees
204
+72.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-24.4% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £25,854,629 | £30,090,044 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,851,913 | £1,385,027 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,834,512 | £1,387,143 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £1,369,756 | £1,000,624 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £2,152,137 | £1,379,550 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,479,033 | £4,014,478 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,338,143 | £3,823,997 | |
| Equity | £2,369,597 | £2,425,404 | £2,348,233 | £3,338,143 | £3,823,997 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 118 | 204 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,654,126 | £4,995,848 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £152,054 | £146,297 |
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 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+16.4%
£25,854,629 £30,090,044
-
Cash
-35.9%
£2,152,137 £1,379,550
-
Net assets
+14.6%
£3,338,143 £3,823,997
-
Employees
+72.9%
118 204
-
Operating profit
-25.2%
£1,851,913 £1,385,027
-
Profit before tax
-24.4%
£1,834,512 £1,387,143
-
Wages
+36.7%
£3,654,126 £4,995,848
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 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.2% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 53.2% | 34.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.72x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 58.83x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Ltd
- 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 group's and the 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
- BATES FARMS & DAIRY LIMITED · parent
- Grimshaw Lane Dairy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group has acquired additional rounds and a new dairy in the year under review.”
- “During the year ended 31 May 2025, the Company acquired the following businesses' goodwill and assets, which are included within Intangible and Tangible Fixed Assets note and are amortised and depreciated in line with the policy notes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATES, Christopher Edward | Director | 2015-06-05 | Mar 1983 | British |
| BATES, Cyril | Director | — | Feb 1944 | British |
| BATES, Stevan Mark | Director | 2015-06-05 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGE, Shirley | Secretary | — | 2015-10-16 |
| BATES, Bryan | Director | — | 2018-02-06 |
| HODGE, Shirley | Director | — | 2015-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stevan Mark Bates | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-07-13 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Edward Bates | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-02-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.