BRANSTON LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +20.7%

  £265,616,000 → £320,492,000

• Cash

  +28.1%

  £6,082,000 → £7,791,000

• Net assets

  +8.9%

  £55,585,000 → £60,544,000

• Employees

  +20.9%

  863 → 1,043

• Operating profit

  +25.8%

  £6,344,000 → £7,980,000

• Profit before tax

  +29.4%

  £5,420,000 → £7,015,000

• Wages

  +24%

  £28,760,000 → £35,652,000

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

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.

1. BRANSTON LIMITED 2003-11-03 → present
2. BRANSTON POTATOES LIMITED 1994-04-18 → 2003-11-03
3. BRANSTON PACKERS LIMITED 1994-01-21 → 1994-04-18

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Having considered the above risks and uncertainties, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BRANSTON LIMITED · parent
   1. Branston Potatoes Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   2. The Real Potato Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   3. The Real Vegetable Company Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant
   4. APS Biocontrol Limited 40% · Scotland · Trading

Significant events

• “Turnover of the Company increased by 21% compared to the previous year whilst total volumes increased by 20%. The volume increase was driven by market share growth of the Company's key customer, a broadening of customer base, launch of brand and the full-year effect of the new factories opened in the prior year period.”
• “The Company has extended its solar PV system across its sites, significantly increasing renewable capacity, and installed electric car chargers. The Group also operates an anaerobic digestion plant which turns waste into energy.”
• “The Lincoln site electrical ring main was installed in September 2024. Enabling all Lincoln factories to utilise renewable PV energy generated across the site. Benefits include a reduction in energy usage, cost and improved reliability.”
• “The bank facility of £19,000,000 (2024 £17,088,000), used to fund capital expenditure, has accrued interest at SONIA plus 1.5% from August 2023. The related equipment was commissioned in January 2025 and repayments, over a 5-year period, commenced.”
• “The previous bank loan where £117,000 was outstanding at 28 July 2024 was fully repaid in August 2024.”
• “In the year ended 27 July 2025, the Group advanced a further interest-bearing loan of £1,567,000 (2024: £1,245,000) to the Agri-tech businesses and £116,000 was received taking the total loan to £5,671,000 (2024: £4,220,000). An impairment provision of £578,000 (2024: £1,129,000) was made in the period taking the carrying value of the loans to £989,000 (2024: £116,000).”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.