WALDERSEY FARMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-22 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£869K
-62.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£23M
+115% vs 2024
Employees
35
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£535K
-149.8% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,335,393 | £15,897,930 | |
| Operating profit | £1,714,304 | -£113,474 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,074,836 | -£535,353 | |
| Net profit | £805,761 | -£448,968 | |
| Cash | £2,321,343 | £869,393 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,020,277 | £24,362,113 | |
| Net assets | £10,546,694 | £22,680,642 | |
| Equity | £10,546,694 | £22,680,642 | |
| Average employees | 35 | 35 | |
| Wages | £1,501,328 | £1,747,833 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £300,040 | £436,995 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.7%
£15,335,393 £15,897,930
-
Cash
-62.5%
£2,321,343 £869,393
-
Net assets
+115%
£10,546,694 £22,680,642
-
Employees
0%
35 35
-
Operating profit
-106.6%
£1,714,304 -£113,474
-
Profit before tax
-149.8%
£1,074,836 -£535,353
-
Wages
+16.4%
£1,501,328 £1,747,833
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.2% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | -2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | -0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.5% | 17.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.98x | 4.38x | |
| Interest cover | 2.68x | -0.27x |
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
- WALDERSEY FARMS LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- QUESTFLOSS LIMITED 1980-03-07 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- 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 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.”
Significant events
- “In September 2024 the farmed area increased by 16% with the addition of new land to the west of our holding. In September 2025 a further 6% increase in land area took the farm area to in excess of 8,000 hectares.”
- “In September 2025 the Board agreed to the capitalisation of a debenture loan of £12,000,000 plus £582,908 accrued interest in exchange for 12million shares.”
- “Applications to the Sustainable Farming Initiative were successful in early 2025, allowing us to make changes to sustainable cropping with the introduction of cover crops and new wildlife habitats such as bird and insect feeding habitats across the estate as well as implementing new soil management approaches.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Mark David | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| BRAGG, Alex | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jun 1989 | British |
| GLADWIN, Pamela Mary | Director | 2014-01-01 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HALL, Mark David | Director | 2024-09-02 | May 1973 | British |
| HATTERSLEY, John Nicholas | Director | 1998-04-01 | Jan 1954 | British |
| RIDLEY, William Forde | Director | 2024-01-26 | Jul 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Jack William | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1987 | British |
| THOMPSON, James Michael | Director | 2025-04-01 | Mar 1981 | British |
| WARBURTON, Richard John | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1966 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COCKING, Geoffrey Brian | Secretary | 1996-03-06 | 1998-03-30 |
| HATTERSLEY, John Nicholas | Secretary | 1998-04-01 | 2006-04-13 |
| KERR, Alastair John | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2024-09-02 |
| LOXTON, Robert Brian | Secretary | 2006-04-13 | 2021-03-31 |
| WALKER, Stephen | Secretary | — | 1993-09-23 |
| WILKINSON, William James | Secretary | 1993-09-23 | 1995-06-30 |
| ALLISTON, John Charles | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2014-06-30 |
| CLARKE, Richard Michael | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2015-06-22 |
| COCKING, Geoffrey Brian | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1998-03-30 |
| FRANCIS, James Lloyd | Director | — | 1992-10-31 |
| GARDNER, David Andrew | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| GILES, Anthony Kent | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-04-30 |
| KERR, Alastair John | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2024-09-02 |
| KERR, Alastair John | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| LAW, Robert Lachlan | Director | 2011-12-01 | 2013-05-08 |
| LOXTON, Robert Brian | Director | 1992-07-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| LUGG, Gordon Walter Joseph | Director | — | 2003-07-31 |
| PORTER, Cedric William | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| STOCKLEY, Ian Arthur | Director | 2002-07-01 | 2011-12-09 |
| WARD, Stephen Tom | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2025-04-01 |
| WILKINSON, William James | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rlam Natural Capital General Partner Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-26 | Active |
| South Yorkshire Pensions Authority | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-01-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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