DENGIE CROPS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2M
+44.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£16M
+8.7% vs 2024
Employees
79
-3.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.7M
+100.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,396,778 | £20,429,286 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £770,013 | £1,564,935 | +103.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £827,709 | £1,658,468 | +100.4% | |
| Net profit | £774,800 | £1,258,338 | +62.4% | |
| Cash | £2,208,773 | £3,194,844 | +44.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,857,940 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £14,472,019 | £15,729,750 | +8.7% | |
| Equity | £14,472,019 | £15,729,750 | +8.7% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 79 | -3.7% | |
| Wages | £3,373,318 | £3,409,416 | +1.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £179,536 | £191,378 | +6.6% |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 22.2% | 12.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | 7.05x | 15.00x |
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
- DENGIE CROPS LIMITED 1989-01-27 → present
- SOUTHROCK LIMITED 1988-12-14 → 1989-01-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills
- 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.”
Group structure
- DENGIE CROPS LIMITED · parent
- Dengie Crop Driers Limited 100%
- East Essex Farmers Limited 100%
- East Essex Grain Marketing Limited 100%
- East Essex Grain Store Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no events subsequent to the year end which materially affect the results for the year of the company's state of affairs at 30 April 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DURRANT, Victoria | Secretary | 2026-04-30 | — | — |
| FISHER, Benjamin David | Director | 2021-04-20 | Apr 1980 | British |
| FISHER, John David | Director | — | Jul 1954 | British |
| HASSARD, Ian Robert | Director | 2002-01-01 | Nov 1957 | British |
| HOLLINGTON, Simon Alfred | Director | — | Mar 1960 | British |
| MALDEN, Robert Charles | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
| MEE, Christopher John | Director | 2015-06-16 | Jul 1958 | British |
| MEE, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2015-06-16 | Jul 1960 | British |
| PUDNEY, Michael Lawrence Austin | Director | — | Jan 1945 | British |
| SMITH, Martin Antony | Director | 2012-05-24 | Oct 1962 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNS, Angela | Secretary | 2017-01-24 | 2026-04-30 |
| PETTS, Christopher Donald | Secretary | — | 2017-01-24 |
| BINDER, Herbert George | Director | — | 1996-01-18 |
| FISHER, David John | Director | — | 2015-11-25 |
| GREEN, Peter Hubert | Director | — | 2011-11-23 |
| GREEN, Steven Peter | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2014-11-13 |
| LODGE, Peter John, Mr. | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MEE, John Dyson | Director | — | 2015-11-25 |
| MUIRHEAD, William John | Director | — | 1993-05-08 |
| PROCTER, Robert Lincoln | Director | — | 2019-11-25 |
| SMITH, Douglas Bevington | Director | — | 2002-09-25 |
| WYATT, Keir James Stanley | Director | — | 2002-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 339 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-04-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-25 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2026-02-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2025-05-16 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 18
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.