PROCESSORS & GROWERS RESEARCH ORGANISATION
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Cash
£568k
+7.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£3m
+6.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
19
+5.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£189k
+7,730.2% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £1,373,216 | £1,375,029 | £1,550,195 | +12.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£15,867 | £8,381 | +152.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,479 | £189,153 | +7,730.2% | |
| Net profit | £125,068 | -£2,479 | £189,153 | +7,730.2% | |
| Cash | £590,952 | £526,108 | £567,875 | +7.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,864,909 | £2,858,801 | £3,047,954 | +6.6% | |
| Net assets | £2,861,280 | £2,858,801 | £3,047,954 | +6.6% | |
| Equity | £2,861,280 | £2,858,801 | £3,047,954 | +6.6% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 18 | 19 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £607,024 | £880,878 | £878,538 | -0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — |
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 | — | -1.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 9.1% | -0.2% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.6% | 0.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.37x | 3.89x | 4.37x |
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
- Forrester Boyd Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“By considering expected future income versus future financial obligations, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that PGRO has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual reports and accounts.”
Group structure
- PROCESSORS & GROWERS RESEARCH ORGANISATION · parent
- PGRO Research Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VICKERS, Roger George | Secretary | 2013-01-01 | — | — |
| BUMSTEAD, Stephen | Director | 2010-05-01 | Dec 1956 | British |
| FRANCIS, Stephen John | Director | 2009-04-21 | Oct 1961 | British |
| GOODWIN, George Sidney | Director | 2025-06-04 | Mar 1993 | British |
| MAGUIRE, James Ashley | Director | 2020-09-08 | Feb 1990 | British |
| PORTAS, Stephen Jeffrey | Director | 2016-11-22 | Feb 1960 | British |
| REDMAN, Graham Paul | Director | 2025-06-04 | Jun 1970 | British |
| RENNER, George James | Director | 2021-06-15 | Jun 1977 | British |
| RINGROSE, William | Director | 2023-06-05 | Jan 1987 | British |
| SAUNDERS, Jessica | Director | 2025-06-04 | Mar 1995 | British |
| SEDGLEY, David John | Director | 2016-06-07 | Jun 1972 | British |
| STOWE, Charles Sargent | Director | 2013-06-11 | Apr 1969 | British |
| WARD, John Richard Stanton | Director | 2017-06-13 | Oct 1959 | British |
| WILSON, Richard John | Director | 2023-06-06 | Jun 1987 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GENT, Geoffrey Philip | Secretary | 1994-11-01 | 2007-11-15 |
| KINGDOM, Alan | Secretary | — | 1994-11-01 |
| POTTER, Salvador Patrick James | Secretary | 2007-11-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| BARRETT, Patrick Edward | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2016-06-07 |
| BEARMAN, Michael | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1998-05-12 |
| BEAVEN, Lawrence James | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| BURY, Andrew | Director | 2009-11-05 | 2025-03-18 |
| COLLINGS, Christopher Romer | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2019-06-25 |
| COTTEY, Lewis Jason | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2021-06-15 |
| DAWSON, Aimee | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2018-06-19 |
| DICKINSON, Martin John | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2013-06-11 |
| DILLON-ROBINSON, John Jeremy | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| DONALD, Andrew Michael Mark | Director | 2002-05-14 | 2006-05-09 |
| FENTON, John Powell | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2020-09-08 |
| GAGG, James Ashton | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| GENT, Geoffrey Philip | Director | — | 1995-05-16 |
| GOODING, Michael Jonathan, Professor | Director | 2014-11-04 | 2018-06-19 |
| GOSLING, James Henry | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| HAYWARD, Matthew John | Director | 2013-06-11 | 2017-04-11 |
| HEMINGTON, Stuart | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2012-07-04 |
| HIRST, Richard John | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2013-04-24 |
| HODGE, David Hugh | Director | — | 1992-05-12 |
| HOLMES, Michael George | Director | 1995-05-16 | 1996-05-14 |
| HOPWOOD, James Matthew | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2024-07-16 |
| LAWFORD, Michael Anthony Acland | Director | 1996-05-14 | 2000-05-09 |
| LEGGOTT, Mark Richard | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2016-06-07 |
| MARX, Steven Paul | Director | 2006-05-09 | 2020-09-08 |
| PECK, Adrian Michael | Director | 2000-05-09 | 2004-05-11 |
| RENNER, Christopher George | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2021-06-15 |
| RIGGALL, Martin Paul | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2012-07-04 |
| RIX, Phillip James | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2016-06-07 |
| SHULDHAM, Michael | Director | 2021-06-15 | 2025-11-04 |
| SMITH, Franciszek Graham | Director | 2016-06-07 | 2020-09-08 |
| SMITH, Peter John | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2016-11-22 |
| SPARKES, Debbie Louise, Professor | Director | 2018-06-19 | 2024-06-04 |
| THOMAS, Radburne Telfer | Director | 2004-05-11 | 2016-06-07 |
| VAN DER HAVE, Willem | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2018-06-19 |
| WRIGHT, Colin Arthur | Director | 1998-05-12 | 2002-05-14 |
| YEWBREY, Thomas James | Director | 2018-06-19 | 2025-03-18 |
| YOUNG, James Andrew | Director | 2009-04-21 | 2016-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- 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.