CHESTNUTT ANIMAL FEEDS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7M
-3.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£11M
+14.7% vs 2024
Employees
30
+7.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.2M
+81.8% 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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,936,540 | £43,412,175 | +20.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,166,395 | £2,175,170 | +86.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,213,278 | £2,205,790 | +81.8% | |
| Net profit | £888,722 | £1,645,441 | +85.1% | |
| Cash | £4,899,456 | £4,745,733 | -3.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,981,332 | £12,659,625 | +15.3% | |
| Net assets | £9,745,601 | £11,180,242 | +14.7% | |
| Equity | £9,745,601 | £11,180,242 | +14.7% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 30 | +7.1% | |
| Wages | £1,124,444 | £1,370,501 | +21.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £216,751 | £313,197 | +44.5% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.6% | 17.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 4.02x | 4.12x | |
| Interest cover | 23.30x | 38.72x |
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
- Moore (N.I.) 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Turnover for the year is £13,412,175 compared to £35,936,540 for the previous year. This represents a increase in turnover of 21%.”
- “The company plans to continue to further drive efficiency levels in the production and distribution facilities, thus leading to increased levels of turnover, gross profit margin and operating profits.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHESTNUTT, James | Secretary | 2010-03-16 | — | — |
| BEATTIE, Richard Joseph | Director | 2026-05-07 | Jan 1995 | British |
| CHESTNUTT, Doreen | Director | 2010-03-16 | Sep 1959 | British |
| CHESTNUTT, James Alexander | Director | 2010-03-16 | Jan 1959 | British |
| DUNLOP, David Andrew | Director | 2018-07-02 | Nov 1988 | British |
| KERR, John Paul | Director | 2025-09-10 | May 1972 | British |
| MCCONAGHIE, Norman Howard | Director | 2018-07-02 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MCKAY, Daniel Joseph | Director | 2018-07-02 | Aug 1979 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Alexander Chestnutt | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Mrs Hazel Doreen Chestnutt | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust) | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Mr James Alexander Chestnutt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2026-03-30 |
| Mrs Doreen Chestnutt | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-16 | Ceased 2026-03-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.