ASHLEY CHASE ESTATE LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

  +2.3%

  £54,257,887 → £55,528,206

• Cash

  -62.6%

  £1,536,613 → £575,128

• Net assets

  +10.1%

  £16,473,418 → £18,132,272

• Employees

  +2.2%

  138 → 141

• Operating profit

  +15.8%

  £1,797,257 → £2,081,488

• Profit before tax

  +14.1%

  £1,794,628 → £2,048,000

• Wages

  +9.8%

  £4,297,378 → £4,719,350

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Old Mill 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 group 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.”

Group structure

1. ASHLEY CHASE ESTATE LIMITED · parent
   1. Ford Farm USA LLC 100% · USA · Cheese sales

Significant events

• “The directors consider the long-term primary risks facing the business are: competition from other UK cheese exporters and domestic cheese producers in our major markets; the volatility of global dairy market pricing; US global trade policy especially relating to increased levels of tariffs on UK products; the current higher levels of global geo-political instability; and the potential effect of adverse foreign exchange rates. In addition, the last two years have seen elevated risks emanating from a significant rise in inflation rates and the consequent increase in interest base rates.”
• “The announcement in April 2025 of an additional 10% tariff on most items, including cheese and dairy products, imported into the USA from the UK and many other countries was an unwelcome one.”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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