SANDS AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY LIMITED
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Cash
£116k
+38.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.9m
-8.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
47
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1.3m
-204.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As a result of the difficulties experienced within the agricultural section as a whole and the pressure this puts on securing machine orders, these conditions indicate a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,564,827 | £13,163,483 | £11,086,913 | -15.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,164,529 | -£359,695 | -£1,218,255 | -238.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,203,917 | -£422,276 | -£1,285,666 | -204.5% | |
| Net profit | -£2,293,252 | -£314,417 | -£1,260,895 | -301% | |
| Cash | £540,287 | £83,749 | £115,628 | +38.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,469,139 | £3,730,220 | £3,357,858 | -10% | |
| Net assets | £3,419,158 | £3,188,609 | £2,905,597 | -8.9% | |
| Equity | £3,419,158 | £3,188,609 | £2,905,597 | -8.9% | |
| Average employees | 48 | 47 | 47 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,742,271 | £2,104,867 | £2,094,289 | -0.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £198,715 | £205,330 | £211,564 | +3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £77,233 | £3,794 | £3,811 | +0.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £112,360 | £116,653 | £121,575 | +4.2% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -18.7% | -2.7% | -11.0% | |
| Net margin | -19.8% | -2.4% | -11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -48.4% | -9.6% | -36.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.3% | 62.5% | 58.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.23x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | -56.38x | -7.61x | -22.13x |
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
- SANDS AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- FELTRARE FARMS LIMITED 1973-12-19 → 1978-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As a result of the difficulties experienced within the agricultural section as a whole and the pressure this puts on securing machine orders, these conditions indicate a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANDS, Thomas Neal | Secretary | 2005-08-31 | — | British |
| SANDS, Amanda Jane | Director | — | Dec 1960 | British |
| SANDS, Thomas William Hubert | Director | 2015-02-10 | Sep 1987 | British |
| SANDS, Thomas Neal | Director | — | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICHOLLS, Peter Sydney Aubin | Secretary | 1997-07-31 | 2003-12-12 |
| SANDS, Thomas Neal | Secretary | — | 1997-07-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Elizabeth Jane | Secretary | 2003-12-12 | 2005-08-31 |
| FOLLOS, Gordon | Director | 2002-05-22 | 2006-09-20 |
| SANDS, Andrew Barnard | Director | — | 2007-02-27 |
| SANDS, Enid Mary | Director | — | 2001-06-01 |
| SANDS, Hubert Barnard | Director | — | 2000-10-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Holdings (2007) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-21 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-02-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.