STONEGATE AGRICULTURE LIMITED
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Cash
£145K
+155.1% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2.5M
+20.7% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
71
+4.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£390K
-70.7% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-26 | 2021-10-02 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,782,000 | £14,741,833 | £14,868,216 | £16,409,992 | £16,968,743 | £18,030,653 | +6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £125,302 | £511,775 | £70,848 | £542,768 | £1,356,651 | £415,084 | -69.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £398,873 | £510,453 | £48,316 | £514,230 | £1,333,071 | £390,059 | -70.7% | |
| Net profit | £308,778 | £346,512 | -£2,392 | £415,511 | £1,001,000 | £426,135 | -57.4% | |
| Cash | £28,272 | £61,585 | £605 | £76,085 | £56,817 | £144,957 | +155.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £305,478 | £1,250,619 | £1,539,874 | £1,843,392 | £2,664,014 | £2,980,839 | +11.9% | |
| Net assets | £297,960 | £644,472 | £642,080 | £1,057,591 | £2,058,591 | £2,484,726 | +20.7% | |
| Equity | £297,960 | £644,472 | £642,080 | £1,057,591 | £2,058,591 | £2,484,726 | +20.7% | |
| Average employees | 74 | 61 | 54 | 67 | 68 | 71 | +4.4% | |
| Wages | £1,843,146 | £1,437,145 | £1,414,102 | £1,736,615 | £1,919,876 | £2,031,059 | +5.8% | |
| 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. 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 | 2020-09-26 | 2021-10-02 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 3.5% | 0.5% | 3.3% | 8.0% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.4% | -0.0% | 2.5% | 5.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 41.0% | 40.9% | 4.6% | 29.4% | 50.9% | 13.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 78.2% | 71.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.93x | 1.07x | 1.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.14x | 18.61x | 57.53x | 15.39x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- STONEGATE AGRICULTURE LIMITED 2017-11-27 → present
- THAMES VALLEY FOODS LIMITED 1998-10-16 → 2017-11-27
- THAMES VALLEY EGGS LIMITED 1992-09-28 → 1998-10-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After assessing these factors, at the time of approving the financial statements, the director reasonably expects that the company possesses adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern basis of accounting remains adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- STONEGATE AGRICULTURE LIMITED · parent
- Thames Valley Eggs (Production) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company experienced 6% sales growth with turnover of £18.0m in the 52 weeks ended 27 September 2025 (52 weeks ended 28 September 2024: £17.0m).”
- “The company is investing in more rearing farms to ensure it can keep the supply of high quality pullets available for its own farms and other producers.”
- “The company's operating profit for the 52 weeks ended 27 September 2025 was £0.4m (52 weeks ended 28 September 2024: £1.4m).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORSE, Steven George | Secretary | 2024-03-05 | — | — |
| GOTT, Adrian David | Director | 2016-04-18 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Julian Christopher | Secretary | 2006-10-09 | 2008-09-23 |
| REDMAN, Nicholas James | Secretary | 2001-10-03 | 2002-04-11 |
| SHEPPARD, James David | Secretary | 2009-12-17 | 2019-04-03 |
| SWAFFIELD, Roger Leslie | Secretary | 2008-09-23 | 2009-12-17 |
| SWAFFIELD, Roger Leslie | Secretary | 2002-05-21 | 2006-10-09 |
| SWAFFIELD, Roger Leslie | Secretary | 1992-09-28 | 2001-10-03 |
| BAKER, James Bristow | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-10-02 |
| BALDWIN, Michael James | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2004-10-02 |
| COLES, John Patrick James | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1992-10-30 |
| CORBETT, Pamela Jane | Director | 2007-08-06 | 2009-06-24 |
| CORBETT, Richard Gerard | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2016-04-18 |
| CORBETT, Richard Gerard | Director | 2008-11-04 | 2009-06-24 |
| CURNICK, Timothy William | Director | 1992-09-28 | 2001-09-06 |
| DUNNE, John Stanton | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-10-02 |
| FRIEND, Ian Gerald | Director | 1996-06-04 | 1998-10-02 |
| GARNETT, Patrick Graham | Director | 1995-09-26 | 1997-12-31 |
| GORDON, Stephen Jude Budos | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-10-02 |
| KENT, Michael Richard John | Director | 2007-07-21 | 2007-07-24 |
| KENT, Michael Richard John | Director | 2001-08-20 | 2006-11-07 |
| LLOYD, William David | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1994-03-22 |
| NICHOLS, James William | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-10-02 |
| PERSEY, Roger Lucas | Director | 1992-09-28 | 2001-10-31 |
| REDMAN, Nicholas James | Director | 2001-09-26 | 2002-04-11 |
| ROGERS, Nicholas Ian | Director | 2006-11-07 | 2007-06-27 |
| SANDERS, George Bernard | Director | 1994-07-26 | 2000-09-30 |
| SCOTT, Paul Marshall | Director | 1997-12-02 | 2002-01-15 |
| SHEPPARD, James David | Director | 2007-08-06 | 2019-04-03 |
| SWAFFIELD, Roger Leslie | Director | 1992-09-29 | 2007-08-06 |
| VERGERSON, Jeffrey Vernon | Director | 1998-10-02 | 2003-05-31 |
| WATKINS, Donald John | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1995-11-13 |
| WATTS, David | Director | 1992-09-28 | 2000-08-02 |
| WHITE, Brian Keith | Director | 1995-09-26 | 2000-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stonegate Farmers Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2019-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.