ALEXANDER HARLEY SEEDS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+380.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£15M
+13.3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
86
-2.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-13.8% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,539,204 | — | — | — | £23,966,204 | £25,721,842 | |
| Operating profit | — | £462,538 | — | — | — | £1,402,140 | £1,561,971 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £807,134 | — | — | — | £2,042,382 | £1,760,918 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,551,753 | £742,030 | £1,779,133 | — | £2,054,384 | £1,778,821 | |
| Cash | -£2,211,879 | £129 | £398,493 | £770 | — | £211,335 | £1,015,544 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £7,837,023 | £7,857,531 | — | — | £13,588,331 | £15,267,873 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,822,662 | £7,745,046 | £9,057,521 | — | £13,376,580 | £15,155,401 | |
| Equity | £6,270,909 | £7,822,662 | £7,745,046 | — | £11,341,931 | £13,376,580 | £15,155,401 | |
| Average employees | — | 22 | 16 | 11 | — | 88 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | £1,024,725 | £643,164 | £412,030 | — | £3,328,939 | £3,447,724 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £215,301 | £295,204 |
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 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+7.3%
£23,966,204 £25,721,842
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+380.5%
£211,335 £1,015,544
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+13.3%
£13,376,580 £15,155,401
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-2.3%
88 86
-
Operating profit
+11.4%
£1,402,140 £1,561,971
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-13.8%
£2,042,382 £1,760,918
-
Wages
+3.6%
£3,328,939 £3,447,724
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2019-05-31 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-06-30 | 2022-06-30 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.6% | — | — | — | 5.9% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 8.8% | — | — | — | 8.6% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.9% | — | — | — | 10.3% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 40.2% | 39.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.80x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | — | 3.29x | — | — | — | 3.70x | 5.51x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and parent 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.”
Group structure
- ALEXANDER HARLEY SEEDS LIMITED · parent
- Alexander Harley Seeds (Milnathort) Ltd 100%
- Gentech Propagation Ltd 100%
- George Colliar 100%
- Senova Ltd 100%
- Cygnet Potato Breeders Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COULTER, Graeme | Secretary | 2022-02-01 | — | — |
| COULTER, Graeme Alexander | Director | 2025-09-19 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HARLEY, Douglas James | Director | 1995-01-17 | Jun 1964 | British |
| HARLEY, Wendy Balfour | Director | 2020-10-22 | Aug 1972 | British |
| ROBERTSON, Daniel Iain | Director | 2017-12-01 | Jun 1961 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALMERS, Alan David Hutchison | Secretary | 2014-10-27 | 2017-02-24 |
| HARLEY, Douglas James | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | 2014-10-27 |
| HARLEY, Ian Alexander William | Secretary | 1995-01-17 | 1996-02-29 |
| HARLEY, James Millar | Secretary | — | 1995-01-17 |
| THOMSON, Catherine Anne Macleod | Secretary | 2017-04-25 | 2022-01-31 |
| HARLEY, Alexander | Director | — | 1998-07-03 |
| HARLEY, Christine Keith | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2015-04-13 |
| HARLEY, Ian Alexander William | Director | 1995-01-17 | 1996-02-29 |
| HARLEY, James Millar | Director | — | 2019-04-12 |
| HEEP, Michael John | Director | — | 1989-08-16 |
| MCLELLAN, Peter Neil | Director | — | 1989-08-16 |
| MUTCH, Alan Charles | Director | — | 1989-08-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas James Harley | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-08-12 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-08-12 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2021-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.