TANGMERE AIRFIELD NURSERIES LTD
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Cash
£10m
-20.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£25m
-8.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
154
+1.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£903k
-0.7% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,761,749 | £23,621,852 | £22,081,315 | £26,364,175 | £25,832,807 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £346,663 | £818,535 | £676,004 | £678,516 | £372,573 | -45.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £594,454 | £637,994 | £976,800 | £909,060 | £902,974 | -0.7% | |
| Net profit | £572,565 | £577,152 | £1,013,548 | £730,690 | £989,774 | +35.5% | |
| Cash | £7,205,696 | £9,045,258 | £13,514,940 | £12,791,625 | £10,132,527 | -20.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £26,636,994 | £27,328,587 | £28,892,238 | £28,685,928 | £26,168,902 | -8.8% | |
| Net assets | £25,571,535 | £26,148,687 | £27,867,738 | £27,498,428 | £25,068,202 | -8.8% | |
| Equity | £25,571,535 | £26,148,687 | £27,867,738 | £27,498,428 | £25,068,202 | -8.8% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 143 | 139 | 152 | 154 | +1.3% | |
| Wages | £3,501,894 | £3,699,866 | £4,092,478 | £4,492,128 | £4,842,105 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £105,635 | £110,734 | £109,879 | £112,368 | £124,314 | +10.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 2.8% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.3% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 10.1% | 9.0% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 13.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 9.65x | 9.89x | 7.78x | |
| Interest cover | 23.83x | 93.92x | — | — | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- TANGMERE AIRFIELD NURSERIES LTD 2012-01-05 → present
- TANGMERE PRODUCE LIMITED 2003-12-24 → 2012-01-05
- TANGMERE AIRFIELD NURSERIES LIMITED 1988-08-09 → 2003-12-24
- BUSHRIM LIMITED 1988-05-31 → 1988-08-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the director has concluded that there is no material uncertainty and that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- TANGMERE AIRFIELD NURSERIES LTD · parent
- Finca de Pela P.L. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEARLE, Robert | Secretary | 2011-08-01 | — | — |
| HOUWELING, Dick Johannes | Director | 2003-05-01 | Jun 1974 | Dutch |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUWELING, Dick Johannes | Secretary | 2011-03-22 | 2011-08-01 |
| TIFFANY, Keith Leonard | Secretary | — | 2011-03-22 |
| HOUWELING, Dirk | Director | — | 2019-12-05 |
| KENT, Brian Edward | Director | 1995-09-13 | 1999-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Old Airfield Tangmere Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-10 | Active |
| Mr Dick Johannes Houweling | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-12 | Ceased 2020-03-10 |
| Mr Marcel Houweling | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-12-12 | Ceased 2020-03-10 |
| Mr Dirk Houweling | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2019-12-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.