D. GEDDES (FARMS) LIMITED
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Cash
£5.3m
-23% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£48m
+7.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
222
-3.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5m
-34% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,319,482 | £34,689,697 | £31,958,348 | -7.9% | |
| Operating profit | £5,853,069 | £6,658,613 | £4,218,293 | -36.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,857,721 | £6,765,271 | £4,463,221 | -34% | |
| Net profit | £3,922,594 | £5,032,464 | £3,503,423 | -30.4% | |
| Cash | £5,775,442 | £6,944,579 | £5,349,557 | -23% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,633,704 | £45,878,538 | £49,540,370 | +8% | |
| Net assets | £39,071,978 | £44,162,218 | £47,665,641 | +7.9% | |
| Equity | £39,071,978 | £44,162,218 | £47,665,641 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | 253 | 230 | 222 | -3.5% | |
| Wages | £9,211,991 | £8,865,274 | £9,464,788 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £677,573 | £677,573 | £699,692 | +3.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £140,400 | £140,400 | £163,599 | +16.5% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 19.2% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | 12.1% | 14.5% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.4% | 14.5% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.7% | 10.7% | 7.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.77x | 3.93x | 6.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 71.63x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- D. GEDDES (FARMS) LIMITED 1988-12-28 → present
- D. GEDDES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1957-12-10 → 1988-12-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Findlays Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that both entities have sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- D. GEDDES (FARMS) LIMITED · parent
- D Geddes (Contractors) Limited 100%
- W Steven Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEDDES, Frank | Director | — | Nov 1936 | British |
| GEDDES, Graham William Raitt | Director | — | Jun 1946 | British |
| GEDDES, Neil Birnie | Director | — | Feb 1948 | British |
| SMYTH, Derek Leighton | Director | — | Jul 1944 | British |
| SMYTH, Dorothy Janet | Director | — | Aug 1944 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTONS LAW LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2004-12-01 | 2026-01-21 |
| THORNTONS WS | Corporate Secretary | 1988-12-07 | 2004-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 120 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2017-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.