STOW AGRICULTURAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£609K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
54
Average over period
Profit before tax
£651K
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £14,882,900 | £14,512,652 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £626,532 | £649,684 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £627,501 | £651,189 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £486,782 | £506,672 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £717,588 | £609,354 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £5,327,368 | £5,943,723 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,194,765 | £5,629,437 | |
| Equity | £2,867,856 | £4,152,378 | £4,791,983 | £5,194,765 | £5,629,437 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 49 | 54 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,243,320 | £2,217,159 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £10,313 | £8,840 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 4.2% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 3.3% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 11.8% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 19.1% | 27.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 5.36x | 3.42x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- STOW AGRICULTURAL LIMITED 2011-03-04 → present
- STOW AGRICULTURUAL LIMITED 2011-02-25 → 2011-03-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company is party to a cross guarantee arrangement over its assets in relation to £2.5m of group bank loans, of which £2.1m was outstanding at the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHEATCROFT, Ben | Director | 2016-11-24 | Aug 1989 | British |
| WHEATCROFT, Edward | Director | 2011-02-25 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEATCROFT, David Lewis | Director | 2011-02-25 | 2023-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wentforth Associates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-31 | Active |
| Rhino Interiors Group Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-02-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.