NORTH HERTS FARMERS GRAIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-28 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-30.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+12.6% vs 2024
Employees
8
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+164.4% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £95,756,989 | £99,807,313 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £396,646 | £1,270,291 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £512,294 | £1,354,442 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £383,933 | £1,015,519 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,705,967 | £1,189,076 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £7,460,376 | £8,400,230 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,460,376 | £8,400,230 | |
| Equity | — | — | £5,524,982 | £6,149,792 | — | £7,460,376 | £8,400,230 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 8 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £802,179 | £1,301,373 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £509,244 | £890,115 |
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£95,756,989 £99,807,313
-
Cash
-30.3%
£1,705,967 £1,189,076
-
Net assets
+12.6%
£7,460,376 £8,400,230
-
Employees
+14.3%
7 8
-
Operating profit
+220.3%
£396,646 £1,270,291
-
Profit before tax
+164.4%
£512,294 £1,354,442
-
Wages
+62.2%
£802,179 £1,301,373
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 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 5.3% | 15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 51.1% | 50.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.95x | 1.97x |
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
- NORTH HERTS FARMERS GRAIN LIMITED 1991-06-11 → present
- SPEED 1548 LIMITED 1991-05-14 → 1991-06-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Harvest 2024 produced a challenging crop with low protein levels in wheat, low nitrogen levels in barley and high incidences of ergot admixture in all cereal crops.”
- “The wet weather seen during the autumn of 2024 negatively affected the establishment of crops drilled and reduced the plants ability to cope with the hot and dry weather seen during the spring and the summer of 2025.”
- “The company remains concerned about the financial health of its growers due to challenging weather, poor current profitability and Government policies on land use and taxation.”
- “The value of such contracts entered into during the year ended 31 July 2025 was £1,759,731(2024: £2,064,186).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRTH, Martin | Secretary | 2021-05-26 | — | — |
| CLARK, Alistair George | Director | 2019-01-16 | Apr 1950 | British |
| FIRTH, Martin James | Director | 2018-02-05 | May 1975 | British |
| MACKAY, Daniel | Director | 2014-02-10 | Dec 1969 | British |
| SAPSED, Frank Lewis | Director | 1992-03-30 | Nov 1950 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Michael Lindsay | Director | 1992-03-30 | Feb 1948 | British |
| SMITH, Robin Warner | Director | 2013-01-21 | May 1955 | British |
| STRZELECKI, Richard Michael | Director | 2021-03-31 | Feb 1978 | British |
| VIGUS, Roy Kenneth | Director | 1992-03-30 | Dec 1952 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian Tristan | Director | 2023-04-18 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST, John Gerald | Secretary | 1991-05-30 | 1995-10-24 |
| SHEPPARD, Michael Lindsay | Secretary | 1995-10-24 | 2021-05-26 |
| MBC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-05-14 | 1991-05-30 |
| ASHLEY, William | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2013-01-21 |
| BOTT, Andrew John | Director | 2003-04-28 | 2014-02-10 |
| BOTT, Charles Henry Arden | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2003-04-25 |
| FINDLAY, Scott Hunter | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2021-02-25 |
| HARDING, Geoffrey Howard | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2010-01-25 |
| ROBERTS, Howard Charles | Director | 1992-03-30 | 1993-09-21 |
| SAPSED, Alan | Director | 1991-05-30 | 2017-01-25 |
| SHEPPARD, Michael Gurney | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2003-10-04 |
| WALLACE, John Walter Murray | Director | 1992-03-30 | 2018-03-06 |
| MBC NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-05-14 | 1991-05-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Farmers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-10-08 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2022-03-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-10-22 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-07-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.