COBB FARMING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
Cash
£699K
+426.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+110.6% vs 2024
Employees
102
+5.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+56.9% 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
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £22,604,421 | £27,863,468 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £937,135 | £1,424,700 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £860,398 | £1,349,855 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £595,885 | £1,530,896 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £132,631 | £698,879 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £9,483,321 | £17,662,093 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £7,243,393 | £15,255,323 | |
| Equity | -£297,993 | -£1,293,050 | — | — | — | £7,243,393 | £15,255,323 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 97 | 102 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £3,321,395 | £3,836,027 | |
| 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+23.3%
£22,604,421 £27,863,468
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Cash
+426.9%
£132,631 £698,879
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Net assets
+110.6%
£7,243,393 £15,255,323
-
Employees
+5.2%
97 102
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Operating profit
+52%
£937,135 £1,424,700
-
Profit before tax
+56.9%
£860,398 £1,349,855
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Wages
+15.5%
£3,321,395 £3,836,027
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 | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.1% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 2.6% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 9.9% | 8.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.24x | 4.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 12.21x | 18.73x |
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
- Auditor
- Lentells (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 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.”
Significant events
- “In the year, the company recorded £1,594,932 of total qualifying R&D-related expenditure in relation to various projects, such as Protein Intake Trials for Dairy Efficiency, Advanced MA Butterfat Trials and Forage Efficiency and TMR Optimisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COBB, Alan Frank | Director | 2016-09-27 | Jan 1954 | British |
| COBB, David Claude | Director | 2016-09-27 | Jul 1948 | British |
| COBB, Nicholas Daniel | Director | 2016-09-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
| COBB, Polly Ada | Director | 2016-09-27 | Nov 1973 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Polly Ada Cobb | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Daniel Cobb | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-25 | Active |
| Mr David Claude Cobb | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-27 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
| Mr Alan Frank Cobb | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-27 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-18 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-05 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-18 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-11-08 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-08 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.