HOP FARM REAL ESTATE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
Cash
£601K
-11.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
-19.3% first positive since 2022
Employees
57
-14.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
-25.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £7,753,581 | £7,919,527 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£91,485 | £41,541 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£877,909 | -£1,102,475 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£920,513 | -£1,264,193 | |
| Cash | £13,073 | £79,657 | £514,459 | £244,408 | £678,063 | £601,452 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,022,281 | -£370,499 | -£1,364,308 | £3,212,131 | £12,652,758 | £11,383,736 | |
| Net assets | -£1,022,281 | -£1,170,499 | — | £3,212,131 | £6,535,999 | £5,271,806 | |
| Equity | -£1,022,281 | -£1,170,499 | -£1,364,308 | £3,212,131 | £6,535,999 | £5,271,806 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 57 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,626,673 | £1,411,290 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+2.1%
£7,753,581 £7,919,527
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Cash
-11.3%
£678,063 £601,452
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Net assets
-19.3%
£6,535,999 £5,271,806
first positive since 2021
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Employees
-14.9%
67 57
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Operating profit
+145.4%
-£91,485 £41,541
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Profit before tax
-25.6%
-£877,909 -£1,102,475
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Wages
-13.2%
£1,626,673 £1,411,290
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -1.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -11.9% | -16.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -0.7% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.30x | 0.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -0.10x | 0.04x |
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
- Galloways Accounting (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- HOP FARM REAL ESTATE LIMITED · parent
- Kent Entertainment Properties Limited 100%
- Melrose Stores Limited 100%
- Hillborough Properties Limited 100%
- Eastern Beach Leisure Limited 100%
- Hemsby Belle Aire Limited 100%
- Kent Entertainment Limited 100%
- New Romney Holiday Park Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULL, Donna Marie | Director | 2011-02-11 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Christopher Kerr | Secretary | 2006-03-14 | 2006-04-20 |
| DUNBAR, Mark | Secretary | 2011-02-21 | 2013-02-26 |
| HUME KENDALL, Simon Patrick | Secretary | 2006-04-20 | 2007-05-04 |
| POLLARD, Brent | Secretary | 2004-12-20 | 2006-03-14 |
| TURNER, Paul David | Secretary | 2009-02-10 | 2010-10-11 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-12-20 | 2004-12-20 |
| BROWN, Christopher Kerr | Director | 2006-03-14 | 2008-06-24 |
| BULL, David Peter | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2011-02-15 |
| BULL, Donna Marie | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2012-06-20 |
| BULL, Tracey Joanne | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2012-06-20 |
| BULL, Tracey Joanne | Director | 2011-02-11 | 2012-06-20 |
| ELTON, James Robert | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2013-02-15 |
| GILLON, Guy Michael L'Estrange | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2013-02-15 |
| HUME KENDALL, Simon Patrick | Director | 2007-05-02 | 2008-06-24 |
| HUME KENDALL, Simon Patrick | Director | 2006-03-14 | 2006-04-20 |
| MCGIVERN, Dustin James, Dr | Director | 2012-06-11 | 2013-02-15 |
| PARRETT, Malcolm Bruce | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2008-06-13 |
| POLLARD, Fiona Ann | Director | 2004-12-20 | 2006-03-14 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-12-20 | 2004-12-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David Peter Bull | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-05-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.