WITHERS FRUIT FARM 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

  -1.8%

  £22,569,351 → £22,159,184

• Cash

  -44.5%

  £1,666,089 → £925,052

• Net assets

  +32.4%

  £8,023,712 → £10,622,356

• Employees

  -0.4%

  275 → 274

• Operating profit

  +7.3%

  £3,267,288 → £3,506,115

• Profit before tax

  +10.7%

  £2,499,922 → £2,766,880

• Wages

  +2.9%

  £8,565,269 → £8,812,996

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

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Hazlewoods LLP

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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “The addition of a new cold store at Monkton Farm by the end of the season, along with other improvements, contributed to enhanced product quality.”
• “Further expansion included substantial apple and blueberry plantings, which are expected to increase production of these crops over the coming years.”
• “A major investment in a 6 MW boiler house has commenced and is expected to be operational by spring 2025. Extensive underground and overground pipework will enable environmentally friendly heating for a large existing field of tunnels. In addition, a new high-tech greenhouse, constructed using twin-skinned polythene, will also be heated. This design allows for earlier production, helping us meet customer demand at both ends of the season.”
• “On 5 March 2025, 150,000 preference shares were redeemed for £150,000.”
• “The total amount contracted for but not provided in the financial statements was £481,976 (2023 - £Nil).”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

3

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.