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WHITSBURY FARM & STUD LIMITED

Operating from Hampshire, the company is an equine stud farm and agricultural estate business engaged in horse breeding and property letting.

#01329943 · Active · Incorporated 1977-09-14 (48y 10m) · Last filing 2026-06-09 (1mo ago)
Consumer Staples · SIC 01430 · A Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-05-31 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-06-13 (in 11 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£34K

-96.9% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£41M

+13.8% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

34

+9.7% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£6.8M

+45.3% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31

Metric Trend 2022-08-312024-08-312025-08-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover —£12,743,469£14,552,582 +14.2%
Operating profit —£4,683,934£7,208,187 +53.9%
Profit before tax —£4,689,735£6,815,626 +45.3%
Net profit —£3,494,626£5,070,001 +45.1%
Cash £60,067£1,110,853£33,971 -96.9%
Total assets less current liabilities £12,877,935£40,541,515£55,608,719 +37.2%
Net assets £12,816,890£36,179,751£41,169,752 +13.8%
Equity £12,816,890£36,179,751£41,169,752 +13.8%
Average employees 283134 +9.7%
Wages —£1,233,040£1,327,207 +7.6%
Directors' remuneration —£652,205£231,356 -64.5%

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 2022-08-312024-08-312025-08-31
Operating margin —36.8%49.5%
Net margin —27.4%34.8%
Return on capital employed —11.6%13.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —20.2%30.9%
Current ratio —2.31x2.46x
Interest cover ——17.28x

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
PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The company has net current assets of £5,776,120 at year end and continues to be profitable, and cash generative post year end. The directors have considered the availability of committed bank facilities for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. They are satisfied that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. WHITSBURY FARM & STUD LIMITED · parent
    1. Whitsbury Manor Stud Limited 100% · England and Wales · non-trading bloodstock breeder

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 3 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HARPER, Edward John Secretary 2010-03-04 — —
HARPER, Christopher John Director — Jan 1941 British
HARPER, Edward John Director 2008-09-02 Nov 1983 British
HARPER, Nicola Wynn Director — Mar 1949 British
Show 3 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HARPER, Nicola Wynn Secretary — 2010-03-04
OAKSHOTT, Charles Michael Director 2001-09-01 2012-11-30
PRESTON, Jonathan John Eley Director — 2003-08-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Christopher John Harper Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2021-02-26
Mr Edward John Harper Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 121 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-09-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-05-30 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-27 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-01-27 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-07-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-05-31 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2023-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-04-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2022-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-03-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-06-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-04-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2021-03-02 PSC04 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2021-03-02 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2020-07-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-06-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-05-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full PDF
2019-07-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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