WHITSBURY FARM & STUD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-40.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£36M
+117.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
31
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-81.5% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £10,752,631 | £12,743,469 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £25,305,296 | £4,683,934 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £25,345,521 | £4,689,735 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £20,028,235 | £3,494,626 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £60,067 | £1,866,422 | £1,110,853 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £12,877,935 | £16,672,470 | £40,541,515 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £12,816,890 | £16,647,609 | £36,179,751 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £12,816,890 | £16,647,609 | £36,179,751 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 28 | 31 | 31 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,310,069 | £1,233,040 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £288,781 | £652,205 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+18.5%
£10,752,631 £12,743,469
-
Cash
-40.5%
£1,866,422 £1,110,853
-
Net assets
+117.3%
£16,647,609 £36,179,751
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
31 31
-
Operating profit
-81.5%
£25,305,296 £4,683,934
-
Profit before tax
-81.5%
£25,345,521 £4,689,735
-
Wages
-5.9%
£1,310,069 £1,233,040
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 36.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 186.3% | 27.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 151.8% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 57.6% | 20.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 5.21x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2823.94x | 267.73x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Francis Clark LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has net current assets of £6,268,033 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
- WHITSBURY FARM & STUD LIMITED · parent
- Whitsbury Manor Stud Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 24 January 2025 the company completed the purchase of Manor Farm Estate Rockbourne at a net contract price of £14,450,000, in part financed by additional mortgage of £7,000,000 from Lloyds Bank plc that has been secured by legal charge on this property and the company's other assets.”
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 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-03-22 | 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
- 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.