GROVETREE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
Cash
£969K
+28% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+16.2% vs 2024
Employees
92
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£371K
+75% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-01
| Metric | Trend | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-27 | 2022-02-26 | 2023-02-25 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £21,009,624 | £23,811,057 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £220,904 | £377,808 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £211,861 | £370,687 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £186,369 | £311,482 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £756,712 | £968,787 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,467,680 | £2,574,373 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £1,920,651 | £2,232,133 | |
| Equity | £3,072,780 | £1,201,685 | £1,155,018 | £1,111,192 | £1,920,651 | £2,232,133 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 94 | 92 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,893,930 | £3,266,726 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £142,049 | £139,131 |
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 2025-03-01 vs 2024-03-02
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Turnover
+13.3%
£21,009,624 £23,811,057
-
Cash
+28%
£756,712 £968,787
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Net assets
+16.2%
£1,920,651 £2,232,133
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Employees
-2.1%
94 92
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Operating profit
+71%
£220,904 £377,808
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Profit before tax
+75%
£211,861 £370,687
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Wages
+12.9%
£2,893,930 £3,266,726
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 | 2020-02-29 | 2021-02-27 | 2022-02-26 | 2023-02-25 | 2024-03-02 | 2025-03-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 1.1% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.9% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 9.0% | 14.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.79x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 24.43x | 53.06x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Wright Vigar Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have considered the trading and financial position of the Group since the end of the period and are confident the Group will have a sufficient level of activity and sufficient cash resources to remain a going concern for the following 12 months.”
Group structure
- GROVETREE LIMITED · parent
- Hammond Produce Limited 100%
- Phoenix Farm Group Limited 90.4%
- Stoffell's Sauces Limited 100%
- Green Dragon Fuels Limited 100%
- Phoenix Speciality Oils Limited 90.4%
- Hammond Food Oils Limited 90.4%
- Borderfields Limited 90.4%
- Wharfe Valley Oils Limited 90.4%
- Harehope Limited 100%
Significant events
- “This included a full year's trading from WVOL, a business acquired in September 2023.”
- “Harehope Wholefoods Limited was incorporated on 1 September 2024. For the purposes of the group financial statements for the period ended 1 March 2025, the equity method has been applied.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, Philip Anthony | Secretary | 2017-12-03 | — | — |
| HAMMOND, Andrew Edward | Director | 2004-06-25 | Oct 1973 | British |
| HAMMOND, Jonathan William | Director | 2004-06-25 | May 1971 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Andrew Edward | Secretary | 2004-06-25 | 2009-06-08 |
| HARRISON, John Arthur | Secretary | 2009-06-08 | 2017-10-16 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-25 |
| HARRISON, John Arthur | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2017-10-16 |
| LILLEY, Philip Albert John | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2017-02-28 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-06-16 | 2004-06-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Thomas William Hammond | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-03-03 | Ceased 2025-02-27 |
| Mr David Hammond | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-03-03 | Ceased 2025-02-27 |
| Mr Jonathan William Hammond | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Edward Hammond | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-02-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-02-19 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.