GLINWELL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Operating as the ultimate parent entity for an agricultural group, this unlisted public company is a commercial grower of vegetables with operations linked to Smallford Nurseries in Hertfordshire.
Get an alert when GLINWELL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£9k
-85.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+3.9% vs 2024
Employees
270
+15.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£194k
+225.2% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £65,619,000 | £68,187,000 | £78,104,000 | +14.5% | |
| Operating profit | £609,000 | £235,000 | £447,000 | +90.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £223,000 | -£155,000 | £194,000 | +225.2% | |
| Net profit | £486,000 | -£232,000 | £321,000 | +238.4% | |
| Cash | £421,000 | £62,000 | £9,000 | -85.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,290,000 | £20,029,000 | £22,323,000 | +11.5% | |
| Net assets | £19,040,000 | £17,779,000 | £18,471,000 | +3.9% | |
| Equity | £19,040,000 | £17,779,000 | £18,471,000 | +3.9% | |
| Average employees | 202 | 233 | 270 | +15.9% | |
| Wages | £8,462,000 | £10,337,000 | £10,111,000 | -2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £620,000 | £905,000 | £492,000 | -45.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £310,000 | £452,000 | £246,000 | -45.6% |
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 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | -0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.7% | 1.2% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 43.1% | 46.2% | 54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.04x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 1.58x | 0.60x | 1.77x |
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
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Group structure
- GLINWELL PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- Glinwell Marketing Limited 100%
- Smallford Land Limited 100%
- Hertfordshire Growers Limited 100%
- Hertfordshire Growers Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLETTI, Giuseppe | Secretary | 2011-03-22 | — | — |
| CANNATELLA, Salvatore | Director | 1995-05-22 | Jan 1974 | British |
| COLLETTI, Giuseppe | Director | 1995-05-22 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLETTI, Salvatore Pino | Secretary | — | 2010-12-25 |
| CANNATELLA, Francesco | Director | — | 2011-03-04 |
| COLLETTI, Salvatore Pino | Director | — | 2010-12-25 |
| GUDDEMI, Domenico | Director | — | 1995-05-20 |
| GUDDEMI, Giuseppe | Director | 1995-05-22 | 2000-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felicia Cannatella | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-09 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2018-11-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.