BARFOOT FARMS 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

  +4.4%

  £19,176,635 → £20,028,087

  highest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  +2,280.2%

  £41,031 → £976,620

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +11.3%

  £12,940,902 → £14,399,312

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -10%

  130 → 117

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -38.8%

  £3,418,225 → £2,092,087

• Profit before tax

  -53.2%

  £4,281,986 → £2,001,932

  first positive since 2022

• Wages

  -7.7%

  £5,281,340 → £4,876,848

  lowest in 4 filed years

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. BARFOOT FARMS LIMITED 2002-01-07 → present
2. BLAKEDEW 330 LIMITED 2001-09-28 → 2002-01-07

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

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. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. 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. The business and the wider Group to which it belongs continue to maintain strong reserves and have a robust asset base and as a result we remain confident the company has the ability to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BARFOOT FARMS LIMITED · parent
   1. Barfoot Energy Limited 100% · England and Wales · Production of electricity from anaerobic digestion

Significant events

• “We continue to struggle with the ongoing shortages of labour created by Brexit and the end of freedom of movement.”
• “Changes in the subsidy and regulatory framework. The withdrawal of the EU farming subsidies and the introduction of its UK only replacement are changing the viability of certain farming practices.”
• “In 2023 Barfoots of Botley Limited released Barfoot Farms Limited from its obligation to repay £2m of the existing loan between the 2 companies, by way of a formal Deed of Release dated 20 December 2023.”

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

1

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.