INDEPENDENT FERTILISERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-07 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+490.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+29.7% vs 2024
Employees
15
-6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£863K
+72.2% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £26,954,833 | £36,690,185 | |
| Operating profit | £416,930 | £981,657 | |
| Profit before tax | £500,897 | £862,616 | |
| Net profit | £377,553 | £645,272 | |
| Cash | £269,484 | £1,590,429 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,123,078 | £1,402,879 | |
| Net assets | £910,045 | £1,180,317 | |
| Equity | £910,045 | £1,180,317 | |
| Average employees | 16 | 15 | |
| Wages | £645,026 | £696,020 | |
| 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+36.1%
£26,954,833 £36,690,185
-
Cash
+490.2%
£269,484 £1,590,429
-
Net assets
+29.7%
£910,045 £1,180,317
-
Employees
-6.3%
16 15
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Operating profit
+135.4%
£416,930 £981,657
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Profit before tax
+72.2%
£500,897 £862,616
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Wages
+7.9%
£645,026 £696,020
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.1% | 70.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.4% | 90.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.05x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 8.25x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- INDEPENDENT FERTILISERS LIMITED 2003-11-06 → present
- RICHFIELDS FERTILIZERS LIMITED 2003-02-04 → 2003-11-06
- L&B (NO 14) LIMITED 2002-01-24 → 2003-02-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their assessment of the company's financial position and financial forecasts for period to 31 October 2026, the directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, William Bingham | Director | 2004-11-12 | Nov 1976 | British |
| COYLE, Sean Gerard | Director | 2023-09-08 | Oct 1972 | Irish |
| HERON, Claudine Jane | Director | 2024-10-08 | Aug 1975 | British |
| KENT, Brendan Francis | Director | 2022-09-01 | Nov 1968 | Irish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAULFIELD, John Derek | Secretary | 2002-01-24 | 2009-07-31 |
| JORDAN, Geoffrey William, Mr. | Secretary | 2009-07-31 | 2021-07-08 |
| IRVINE, John Walter | Director | 2002-01-24 | 2003-02-06 |
| LARKIN, Liam Noel | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2022-09-01 |
| MC BRIDE, Paul | Director | 2002-01-24 | 2003-02-06 |
| MCAULEY, John Morton | Director | 2003-02-06 | 2004-11-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhh Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.