PENRITH FARMERS AND KIDDS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE)
Trading as PFK, this Cumbrian public limited company acts as a holding entity for subsidiaries engaged in estate agency, rural land management, and property investment.
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Cash
£1.5m
-23.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.3m
+1.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
39
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£474k
+70% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Real Estate 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 | £2,162,615 | £2,422,503 | £2,693,512 | +11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £357,082 | £212,992 | £426,658 | +100.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £417,689 | £278,999 | £474,353 | +70% | |
| Net profit | £413,278 | £263,363 | £399,632 | +51.7% | |
| Cash | £2,203,321 | £1,940,616 | £1,478,375 | -23.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,013,736 | £7,292,957 | £7,465,642 | +2.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,765,039 | £7,161,285 | £7,288,227 | +1.8% | |
| Equity | £6,765,039 | £7,161,285 | £7,288,227 | +1.8% | |
| Average employees | 41 | 39 | 39 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,419,627 | £1,655,034 | £1,618,627 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £442,950 | £420,395 | £472,709 | +12.4% |
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 | 16.5% | 8.8% | 15.8% | |
| Net margin | 19.1% | 10.9% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.1% | 2.9% | 5.7% | |
| Current ratio | 11.18x | 6.51x | 5.02x |
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
- Saint & Co.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors do not believe there is any significant uncertainty over the Company's ability to trade as a going concern and that the preparation of the financial statements on a going concern basis remains appropriate.”
Group structure
- PENRITH FARMERS AND KIDDS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY(THE) · parent
- PFK Rural Limited 100%
- PFK Estate Agency Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At long last the Nutrient Neutrality rules which has affected our proposed residential development in Lazonby have been relaxed which should result in this development coming to fruition and further increasing the group's net asset value.”
- “The planning application for a commercial development on the site of the bungalow at the Auction Mart was approved in 2025 and the building has now been demolished with ground work being completed as the Board discuss the most appropriate and economically viable way forward with this area of land.”
- “In March 2026, however, we were delighted to welcome Justine Carruthers to the Board in a Non-Executive capacity.”
- “At the end of October 2025 Julie Liddle resigned from the Board and was followed by John Robson in April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Andrew Meredith | Secretary | 2023-11-17 | — | — |
| CALROW, Robert Derek | Director | 2023-06-20 | Aug 1941 | British |
| CARRUTHERS, Justine | Director | 2026-03-30 | Jun 1971 | British |
| CRAIG, Robert Keith | Director | 2023-04-03 | Aug 1970 | British |
| GREEN, Andrew Meredith | Director | 2020-04-15 | Dec 1962 | British |
| LANCASTER, Ian Callander | Director | 2022-02-17 | Apr 1956 | British |
| LANCASTER, Lynne Marie | Director | 2020-08-19 | Jan 1967 | British |
| WHARAM, Bernard Paul Henry | Director | 2016-09-26 | Jul 1961 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHALL, William John | Secretary | 2004-04-30 | 2005-03-21 |
| HIBBERT, David | Secretary | — | 1998-01-30 |
| LANCASTER, Stephen John | Secretary | 2015-03-02 | 2017-04-24 |
| MCKEGG, Stewart | Secretary | 2000-07-24 | 2004-04-30 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Secretary | 2005-03-21 | 2015-02-28 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Secretary | 1998-01-30 | 2000-07-24 |
| WEBB, Joseph William | Secretary | 2017-04-24 | 2023-11-17 |
| ARMSTRONG, John | Director | — | 1993-08-06 |
| BASHALL, William John | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2011-11-30 |
| BASHALL, William John | Director | 2002-10-29 | 2002-12-12 |
| BELL, Stuart Scarr | Director | — | 2002-08-30 |
| BLUE, Kyle Killoran Campbell | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2015-03-02 |
| BOWMAN, Arthur Maurice | Director | — | 2007-12-20 |
| BRITTON, David Robin | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2017-03-08 |
| BROWN, Jeanette | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2018-12-31 |
| DUNN, Stephen Gerard | Director | 2018-10-15 | 2022-06-10 |
| GOOD, Robert Lindsay | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2017-01-12 |
| HOLLIDAY, Andrew Irving | Director | — | 2003-04-18 |
| HOLLINS-GIBSON, Joseph Stephen | Director | 1993-08-06 | 2003-12-12 |
| JENKINSON, Henry Colin | Director | — | 2002-08-20 |
| KIDD, Lindsay Altham | Director | — | 2002-12-13 |
| LANCASTER, Stephen John | Director | 2015-02-02 | 2020-06-30 |
| LIDDLE, Julie | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Rachel Ann | Director | 2017-05-22 | 2020-06-26 |
| MILBOURN, Katherine Margaret | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2022-09-20 |
| MORRIS, Richard Caton | Director | — | 2015-02-28 |
| MOSSOP, William Faulder | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2016-01-15 |
| RAINE, Joseph William | Director | — | 1993-08-06 |
| ROBSON, John Donald Hayton | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2026-04-02 |
| ROWLANDS, John Dalzell | Director | 2015-07-03 | 2021-06-24 |
| SCOTT, Irving Cape | Director | 2003-11-03 | 2004-11-29 |
| STALKER, Jonathan | Director | — | 2015-01-20 |
| WEBB, Joseph William | Director | 2020-04-29 | 2023-11-17 |
| WILSON, George | Director | — | 2004-05-25 |
| WILSON, John Stephen Robert | Director | 2016-09-26 | 2021-02-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-09 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-07-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.