FARMHOUSE BISCUITS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Cash
£849K
+142.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-17.4% vs 2023
Employees
236
+5.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£992K
-504.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £19,426,613 | £19,223,153 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £395,601 | -£882,015 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £245,184 | -£992,338 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £177,919 | -£761,463 | |
| Cash | — | — | £350,257 | £849,132 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £6,578,073 | £5,246,483 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,941,646 | £4,910,183 | |
| Equity | — | — | £5,941,646 | £4,910,183 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 223 | 236 | |
| Wages | — | — | £6,538,220 | £6,684,561 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £307,300 | £332,925 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-30 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-1%
£19,426,613 £19,223,153
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Cash
+142.4%
£350,257 £849,132
-
Net assets
-17.4%
£5,941,646 £4,910,183
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Employees
+5.8%
223 236
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Operating profit
-323%
£395,601 -£882,015
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Profit before tax
-504.7%
£245,184 -£992,338
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Wages
+2.2%
£6,538,220 £6,684,561
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.0% | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 0.9% | -4.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.0% | -16.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 38.0% | 45.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.80x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 2.51x | -7.52x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Pierce C A Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate. ... Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least the next twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “2024 proved to be a difficult year, which led to key changes at board level, including the appointment of a new Managing Director, Debbie Hammonds, in October 2024 to oversee the changes required.”
- “The sales decline contributed to a loss for the period of £0.9m. While this has been difficult for the Directors, rapid changes have been implemented, and lessons from 2024 have been applied to strengthen performance in 2025.”
- “By working with our banking partners, we have secured increased peak working capital facilities, giving us a strong platform to build for the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMONDS, Deborah | Director | 2022-10-01 | Jul 1975 | British |
| MCIVOR, Gillian | Director | 2003-04-06 | Nov 1962 | British |
| WEBSTER, Simon | Director | 2025-07-31 | Dec 1979 | British |
| WHALLEY, Joanne | Director | 2022-04-01 | Jan 1980 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MC IVOR, Dorothy May | Secretary | — | 2025-07-31 |
| ACHESON-GRAY, Philip De Behr | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2026-03-11 |
| BIRBECK, Anthony James | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-06-30 |
| LIVESEY, David | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2024-08-31 |
| MCIVOR, Dorothy May | Director | — | 2025-07-31 |
| MCIVOR, Ronald Philip | Director | — | 2021-10-09 |
| MCIVOR, Wendy | Director | 2003-04-06 | 2025-07-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ronald Philip Mcivor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-10-09 |
| Mrs Dorothy May Mcivor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Ms Gillian Mcivor | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.