HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-03 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-19
Watchouts
Cash
£257K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£1M
Equity attributable
Employees
43
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-03-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
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Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£36,879 | £858,122 | |
| Cash | £365,485 | £257,189 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £980,953 | £1,765,065 | |
| Net assets | £202,401 | £1,278,469 | |
| Equity | £202,401 | £1,278,469 | |
| Average employees | 40 | 43 | |
| Wages | £1,085,268 | £1,281,610 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2023-12-31
Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior.
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.5% | 41.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.50x | 0.86x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have reviewed future plans and believe they have sufficient resources to continue as a going concern. Therefore, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HENRY DOUBLEDAY RESEARCH ASSOCIATION · parent
- Organic Enterprises Limited 1%
- Garden Organic Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Published research report 'Every Garden Matters' in April 2024.”
- “Heritage Seed Library awarded a two-year grant from National Lottery Heritage Fund.”
- “Heritage Seed Library's mission recognized by Garfield Weston Foundation with a generous grant.”
- “Launched Growing Partners initiative.”
- “Re-entered the National Gardens Scheme with Ryton Organic Gardens.”
- “Secured the National Calendula Collection, Garden Organic's third official Collection.”
- “Experimented with using tuning forks to help pollinate tomatoes in 2024.”
- “Seed Guardians recognized with an 'Environment Champion Award' in the Community Inspiration Awards, 2024.”
- “Secured funding for 'Sowing Your Seeds heritage crops for a resilient future' a two-year project from National Lottery Heritage Fund.”
- “Launched a partnership with Flagship Housing to offer initiatives to tenants and staff.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 77 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALI, Rizwan | Secretary | 2023-10-17 | — | — |
| ARROWSMITH, Keith Grant | Director | 2021-09-17 | Mar 1953 | British |
| BOND, David | Director | 2025-02-27 | Dec 1966 | British |
| BOSHER, Caroline | Director | 2025-02-27 | Apr 1981 | Australian |
| DAWSON, Catherine Sara | Director | 2023-05-18 | Jan 1957 | British |
| DENNIS, Will | Director | 2026-02-24 | May 1986 | British |
| MAZZA, Nadia | Director | 2024-07-19 | Aug 1973 | British |
| MCINDOE, Joylon Thorpe | Director | 2022-06-25 | Dec 1973 | British |
| VARNEY, John Charles | Director | 2025-02-27 | Sep 1956 | British |
Show 77 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURT, Julie Sharon | Secretary | 2009-05-16 | 2022-05-27 |
| FORD, Joanne | Secretary | 2023-01-30 | 2023-10-17 |
| GEAR, Alan | Secretary | — | 2003-10-31 |
| HART, Ed | Secretary | 2007-07-20 | 2008-09-05 |
| HENDERSON, Patricia Jane | Secretary | 2022-05-27 | 2023-01-30 |
| KAY WILLIAMS, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 2003-11-01 | 2007-07-20 |
| NEEDHAM, Susan | Secretary | 2008-09-06 | 2009-05-15 |
| ALEXANDER, Adam David | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2024-06-05 |
| ALLAN, David Hay | Director | 1999-11-20 | 2010-05-22 |
| BARTLETT-FRERIKS, Marjan | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2022-06-25 |
| BEARMAN, Richard Andrew | Director | 1996-11-24 | 2006-09-02 |
| BLACKBURN PADDON, Rachel | Director | 2023-09-22 | 2024-02-23 |
| BLYTH, William Arthur, Dr | Director | — | 2004-09-11 |
| BOOTH, Alan | Director | 2006-09-02 | 2013-05-11 |
| BOURNE, William Francis, Dr | Director | — | 2007-09-08 |
| BRADLEY, Martyn Farnworth | Director | 2004-10-16 | 2005-10-01 |
| BRADLEY, Martyn Farnworth | Director | 2004-10-16 | 2008-09-06 |
| BROWN, John Robert | Director | 2013-05-13 | 2015-05-14 |
| BROWN, Margaret Ann | Director | 2011-05-14 | 2016-05-13 |
| BUCKNALL, Sally Ann, Dr | Director | 2000-11-25 | 2015-05-14 |
| BULL, Jeffrey David | Director | — | 1996-11-21 |
| COLESHILL, Gail Marie | Director | 2011-05-14 | 2018-05-18 |
| COLLINS, Andrew Richard Sherman, Dr | Director | 2014-05-10 | 2023-05-18 |
| DE THAMPLE, Rachel | Director | 2018-11-23 | 2020-09-18 |
| DODD, Graham Frederick | Director | — | 1993-01-23 |
| ELLICOCK, Wendy Elizabeth | Director | 1996-11-24 | 2006-09-02 |
| ELLIOTT, Renee Jeanne | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2020-09-18 |
| ELLIS, Peggy Edith, Dr | Director | — | 1995-04-28 |
| EYRE, Margaret Lynn, Dr | Director | 2011-05-14 | 2022-06-25 |
| FISHER, Mark Nicholas | Director | 1995-11-03 | 2001-01-31 |
| FOSTER VANDER ELST, Nicole Jacqueline, Mariette | Director | 2015-05-14 | 2017-02-27 |
| GAFFNEY, Liam | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2022-06-25 |
| GARRETT, Alfred John, Dr | Director | 1991-10-05 | 2007-09-08 |
| HARBOUR, Anthony Graham William | Director | — | 2006-09-02 |
| HASKINS, Robert Allan, Dr | Director | — | 2014-05-10 |
| HODGES, Robert Reginald David Harris, Dr | Director | — | 1994-10-28 |
| HOPE, Nicola | Director | 2023-05-18 | 2025-02-27 |
| HOWELL, Stephen Harcourt | Director | 2014-09-06 | 2022-06-25 |
| HOYLE, John Roger Horrocks | Director | 2020-09-18 | 2020-10-25 |
| HUTT, Julie Ann | Director | 2010-05-22 | 2012-08-11 |
| KEY, Roger Colin | Director | 2002-11-30 | 2017-05-18 |
| KITCHENER, Henry Herbert, Earl Kitchener Of Khartoum | Director | — | 2008-01-01 |
| KUNZ, Martin Albrecht, Dr | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2010-05-22 |
| L'ESTRANGE, Naomi Helen | Director | 2014-05-10 | 2021-09-17 |
| LUCAS, Jonathan Tristram | Director | — | 2005-10-01 |
| LYONS, Philippa Mary | Director | 2013-05-11 | 2020-09-18 |
| MCCULLOCH, Robert Alan | Director | — | 2000-12-18 |
| MILLIGAN, John Livingstone | Director | 2006-09-02 | 2014-05-10 |
| MITCHELL, Mark Gordon | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2025-10-22 |
| PEARSON, David, Dr | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2009-09-06 |
| PEARSON, Gerald | Director | — | 1997-11-22 |
| PEEBLES, Eibhlin Catriona | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2020-09-29 |
| PETRIE, John Robert Wheeler | Director | 2000-11-25 | 2010-09-01 |
| PINDER, Kathryn | Director | 2002-11-30 | 2012-05-12 |
| ROBINSON, David Christopher | Director | 2021-10-18 | 2025-02-27 |
| ROBINSON, Leslie | Director | 2024-06-06 | 2025-09-04 |
| ROE, Peter Alan | Director | 2010-05-22 | 2014-05-10 |
| RUSSACK, Pauline | Director | 1991-10-05 | 2002-11-02 |
| SANDFORD, Amanda Jane | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2024-06-05 |
| SAYER, Emma Jane, Dr | Director | 2021-09-17 | 2023-05-18 |
| SAYER, Tania Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2017-05-18 | 2018-02-27 |
| SCOTT, Julia | Director | 1996-11-24 | 2006-09-02 |
| SHAW, Elaine Margaret | Director | 2010-05-22 | 2019-06-20 |
| SILVER, Ruth Philippa | Director | 1993-11-21 | 2001-01-31 |
| STEELE, Judith | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2017-05-18 |
| STEELE, Kim Warren | Director | 2006-09-02 | 2007-05-29 |
| STICKLAND, Susan Jacqueline | Director | 1993-11-21 | 1998-05-01 |
| STOTT, Martin Abraham | Director | 2012-05-12 | 2018-05-14 |
| TAYLOR, Rhiannon Louise | Director | 2022-06-25 | 2025-09-04 |
| THOMPSON, Raymond | Director | — | 1991-10-05 |
| UNGOED THOMAS, Caroline Mary | Director | 2000-11-25 | 2011-05-14 |
| WALKER, Keith | Director | 2019-06-20 | 2022-01-13 |
| WAYNE, Judith | Director | 2012-05-12 | 2021-09-17 |
| WILKINSON, Irene | Director | 2008-09-06 | 2013-05-11 |
| WISSETT-WARNER, Kevin James | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2021-06-07 |
| WRIGHT, Angela | Director | 2022-06-25 | 2026-02-06 |
| WRIGHT, Doreen Mary | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No persons with significant control on record.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 281 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.