DUFFIELDS MILLS LIMITED
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Cash
£12M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33M
Equity attributable
Employees
168
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5.1M
Period ending 2023-09-30
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £130,698,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £5,126,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £5,091,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £3,950,000 | — | |
| Cash | £11,737,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,898,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £33,153,000 | — | |
| Equity | £33,153,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 168 | — | |
| Wages | £6,942,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £844,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.53x | |
| Interest cover | 73.23x |
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
- Larking Gowen
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has considerable financial resources and continues to trade profitably in the current financial period. As a result, the directors believe that the Group is well placed to manage its business risks. Accordingly the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the consolidated financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DUFFIELDS MILLS LIMITED · parent
- W.L. Duffield & Sons Limited 100%
- Duffields (South West) Limited 100%
- Duffields Hautbois Farms Limited 100%
- Riverside Feeds Limited 100%
- The Hautbois Trading Company Limited 100%
- Wm.C. Duffield Limited 100%
- Saxlingham 2025 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In November 2025 the Company completed on the purchase of the Wingham mill for the sum of £6 million.”
- “In addition, a Group company, completed on a purchase of an investment property in October 2025 for the sum of £960,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHASE, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2012-03-23 | — | — |
| ANNABLE, Robert | Director | 2015-03-20 | Sep 1957 | British |
| CHASE, Paul Michael | Director | 2021-08-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
| DUFFIELD, Alistair William | Director | 1995-12-19 | May 1970 | British |
| NEWMAN, Martin Edward Alan | Director | 2010-10-01 | Apr 1957 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Francis Sidney | Secretary | — | 1997-02-14 |
| HILLS, David Edward | Secretary | 1997-02-14 | 2012-04-05 |
| BOND, Francis Sidney | Director | — | 1996-02-09 |
| CAMERON, Robert | Director | 1997-12-18 | 1999-06-30 |
| DUFFIELD, Hugh Anthony | Director | — | 2007-07-23 |
| HILLS, David Edward | Director | 1995-12-19 | 2017-12-31 |
| LAWRENCE, John Thomas | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2015-03-20 |
| MCLEAN, Douglas Robin | Director | — | 1996-11-08 |
| SHARMAN, Peter William | Director | — | 1997-02-14 |
| WHARTON, Charles William | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Richard Lionel Gordon | Director | 1997-02-14 | 2007-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alistair William Duffield | Individual | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2020-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.