ABBOTS RIPTON FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-15 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2K
-69% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-0.2% vs 2024
Employees
56
-13.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£49K
-64.4% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £7,451,805 | £7,186,724 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £335,041 | £151,160 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £137,669 | £49,024 | |
| Net profit | — | -£102,180 | £198,701 | £516,676 | £81,305 | -£8,005 | |
| Cash | £4,055 | £5,537 | £22,381 | £11,809 | £4,871 | £1,509 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,942,579 | — | — | — | £5,006,002 | £7,191,292 | |
| Net assets | £3,572,247 | £3,470,067 | £3,668,768 | £4,185,444 | £4,323,398 | £4,315,393 | |
| Equity | £3,572,247 | — | — | — | £4,323,398 | £4,315,393 | |
| Average employees | 47 | 53 | 55 | 55 | 65 | 56 | |
| Wages | — | £985,936 | £938,193 | £1,133,292 | £1,499,351 | £1,287,936 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £75,914 | — | — | — | £59,885 | £105,970 |
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-3.6%
£7,451,805 £7,186,724
-
Cash
-69%
£4,871 £1,509
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£4,323,398 £4,315,393
-
Employees
-13.8%
65 56
-
Operating profit
-54.9%
£335,041 £151,160
-
Profit before tax
-64.4%
£137,669 £49,024
-
Wages
-14.1%
£1,499,351 £1,287,936
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.5% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 6.7% | 2.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.90x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.70x | 0.96x |
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
- ABBOTS RIPTON FARMING COMPANY LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- ABBOTS RIPTON ENGINEERING & MILLING CO.LIMITED 1959-01-28 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 14 March 2025, the shares in Elm Pub Company Limited were disposed to Backwoodsman Limited for a consideration of £nil.”
- “Since the year end, the company has rcorganised and reduced its direct farming operations, having agreed to a surrender of part of the land occupied under tenancy in return for compensation, engaged contractors to carry out farming operations and has disposed of plant and machinery that is no longer required.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNDY, Lesley Ann | Secretary | 2022-03-24 | — | — |
| DE RAMSEY, Alison Mary, Lady | Director | 2013-10-01 | Sep 1954 | British |
| DE RAMSEY, Lord, The Right Honourable | Director | — | Feb 1942 | British |
| FELLOWES, Andrew Edward, The Hon | Director | — | Mar 1950 | British |
| FELLOWES, Freddie John | Director | 2013-10-01 | May 1978 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLING, Lee Benjamin | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2022-03-25 |
| MORGAN, Marie Rose | Secretary | — | 2008-09-19 |
| READ, John Brooke | Secretary | 2008-09-19 | 2017-04-03 |
| DUBERLY, Archibald Hugh, Sir | Director | — | 2004-11-10 |
| FELLOWES, Ailwyn Edward, The Rt Hon | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| FELLOWES, Jennifer Julia, The Hon Mrs | Director | — | 2026-04-14 |
| MELLOWS, Anthony Roger, Professor | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1996-07-31 |
| PICKARD, Robert | Director | — | 1992-04-30 |
| SHELTON, Sarah, Honourable | Director | — | 2007-04-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Archibald Hugh Duberly | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Hugo Edward Stainton Jackson | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Lord John Ailwyn De Ramsey | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-03-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-04-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-10-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.