CHESTNUTT ANIMAL FEEDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-30 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-16
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+43.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
28
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-36.7% vs 2023
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 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £41,785,704 | £35,936,540 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,958,260 | £1,166,395 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,917,786 | £1,213,278 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,614,546 | £888,722 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £3,421,594 | £4,899,456 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £10,164,275 | £10,981,332 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £9,042,879 | £9,745,601 | |
| Equity | £3,296,760 | £4,090,037 | £4,932,146 | £6,273,483 | £7,588,333 | £9,042,879 | £9,745,601 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 28 | 28 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,057,464 | £1,124,444 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £195,256 | £216,751 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
-14%
£41,785,704 £35,936,540
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Cash
+43.2%
£3,421,594 £4,899,456
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Net assets
+7.8%
£9,042,879 £9,745,601
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Employees
0%
28 28
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Operating profit
-40.4%
£1,958,260 £1,166,395
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Profit before tax
-36.7%
£1,917,786 £1,213,278
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Wages
+6.3%
£1,057,464 £1,124,444
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 | 2018-08-31 | 2019-08-31 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.9% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 19.3% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 28.6% | 31.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 5.08x | 4.02x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 37.12x | 23.30x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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.”
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 | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2026-03-30 | Active |
| Mrs Hazel Doreen Chestnutt | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-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 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.