PEARCE SEEDS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Cash
£50K
+196.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£78K
-11% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
+11.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£332K
-34.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-07-05.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £21,565,584 | £21,622,446 | £21,813,947 | +0.9% | |
| Operating profit | £870,842 | £979,278 | £690,230 | -29.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £596,818 | £505,581 | £331,524 | -34.4% | |
| Net profit | £428,644 | £633,521 | £169,835 | -73.2% | |
| Cash | £56,754 | £16,963 | £50,321 | +196.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,551,005 | £3,576,468 | £3,484,024 | -2.6% | |
| Net assets | £204,127 | £87,152 | £77,586 | -11% | |
| Equity | £204,127 | £87,152 | £77,586 | -11% | |
| Average employees | 44 | 45 | 50 | +11.1% | |
| Wages | £1,766,385 | £1,904,131 | £2,294,348 | +20.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 4.0% | 4.5% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 2.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.5% | 27.4% | 19.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.2% | 99.2% | 99.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.92x | 0.91x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 2.74x | 1.94x | 1.76x |
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
- PEARCE SEEDS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2012-12-11 → present
- PEARCE SEEDS LIMITED 1977-10-28 → 2012-12-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PEARCE SEEDS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- Pearce Seeds LLP 90.9%
- Superley Seeds Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “After the year end, the company purchased a property for £550,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUFFIN, Christine Marion | Secretary | 1997-11-14 | — | British |
| RUTTER, Timothy Arnold Henry | Director | 1993-01-15 | Apr 1965 | British |
| TUFFIN, Allan Trevor | Director | 2025-10-20 | Apr 1986 | British |
| TUFFIN, Christine Marion | Director | 1994-10-01 | Jul 1957 | British |
| TUFFIN, Kenneth Leslie | Director | — | Mar 1952 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Gillian Rose | Secretary | — | 1997-11-14 |
| PEARCE, Gillian Mary | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
| PEARCE, Michael John | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
| WHITE, Brian Frederick | Director | — | 1994-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Christine Marion Tuffin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth Leslie Tuffin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-06-06 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-04-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-04-19 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-17 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-06-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-06-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charles court order extend with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-04-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.