FREELAND (UK) LTD

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

  -11%

  £15,158,708 → £13,496,038

• Cash

  -50.9%

  £1,168,243 → £573,877

• Net assets

  +4.2%

  £2,671,404 → £2,784,888

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +6.5%

  46 → 49

  highest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  -74.8%

  £752,500 → £189,371

• Profit before tax

  -80.9%

  £703,867 → £134,203

• Wages

  +11.4%

  £1,802,751 → £2,009,001

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

Consolidated group

Auditor

D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited

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 group's and the 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

1. FREELAND (UK) LTD · parent
   1. Freeland Horticulture Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Production and supply of topsoil
   2. Freeland Scientific Limited 50% · United Kingdom · Production of soil maintenance hardware
   3. Berkswell Recycling Limited 100% · United Kingdom

Significant events

• “The wet Winter/Spring of 23-24 also had a significant influence over the amount of topsoil which could be sold, and it was April before the rain stopped which then allowed the increase in soil production and landscape sites were then dry enough to receive the soil.”
• “The uncertainty created with the general election in June and the budget in October compounded the problem and with uncertainty comes a shrinking of investment as companies looked to minimise risk and consolidate.”
• “The Spring of 24 was one of the wettest on record and as a result the public were not as active in their gardens either creating green waste or purchasing garden products. As a result - the window for gardening activity was shortened and this reduced the income for the group.”
• “The Environmental Agency don't appear to be enforcing RPS190 however it's only a matter of time when they will catch up and bring these companies into line.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

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.