ELVEDEN FARMS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33m
+7.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
214
-0.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.9m
-32.1% 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 | £27,260,313 | £29,384,597 | £28,056,982 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £4,159,627 | £5,272,369 | £2,490,482 | -52.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,645,125 | £4,303,771 | £2,921,961 | -32.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,263,567 | £3,074,563 | £2,302,084 | -25.1% | |
| Cash | £0 | £7,364,453 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,069,906 | £55,435,981 | £42,804,043 | -22.8% | |
| Net assets | £26,427,186 | £30,601,749 | £32,903,833 | +7.5% | |
| Equity | £26,427,186 | £30,601,749 | £32,903,833 | +7.5% | |
| Average employees | 207 | 215 | 214 | -0.5% | |
| Wages | £5,944,959 | £6,440,244 | £5,868,318 | -8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £203,925 | £344,292 | £376,031 | +9.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £41,062 | £26,250 | £31,421 | +19.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £146,983 | £171,579 | £183,348 | +6.9% |
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 | 15.3% | 17.9% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 10.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 9.5% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 56.1% | 51.6% | 45.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 2.92x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | 2.71x | 3.34x | 2.13x |
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
- ELVEDEN FARMS LIMITED 1991-12-24 → present
- DE FACTO 215 LIMITED 1991-02-25 → 1991-12-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, which is considered to be at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. For these reasons, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWMAN, Lisa | Secretary | 2022-02-04 | — | — |
| BLENKIRON, Andrew Irwin | Director | 2024-04-08 | Dec 1964 | British |
| BOWMAN, Lisa Jane | Director | 2015-05-20 | Feb 1973 | British |
| DODSWORTH, Lindsay Diane | Director | 2024-07-09 | May 1962 | British |
| DUNCAN, Andrew | Director | 2023-06-07 | Apr 1965 | British |
| KENDALL, Peter Ashley, Sir | Director | 2024-07-09 | May 1960 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYT, Edward Fairfax | Secretary | 1991-03-07 | 1997-05-27 |
| DOUGLAS, Michael John | Secretary | 1997-05-27 | 2021-09-03 |
| HOWARD, Robin Ivan | Secretary | 2021-09-03 | 2022-02-04 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1991-02-25 | 1991-03-07 |
| BOYT, Edward Fairfax | Director | 1991-03-07 | 1997-05-27 |
| BRIERLEY, Kenneth Charles | Director | 1998-02-12 | 2007-11-06 |
| BUCKLE, James Kennedy | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2024-10-01 |
| DOUGLAS, Michael John | Director | 1997-10-03 | 2021-09-03 |
| GUINNESS, Arthur Edward Rory, The Earl Of Iveagh | Director | 1993-09-29 | 2023-03-01 |
| GULLY, Steve Thomas | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2017-03-02 |
| HOWARD, Robin Ivan | Director | 2024-06-28 | 2024-10-01 |
| HOWARD, Robin Ivan | Director | 2014-05-06 | 2024-05-07 |
| MONKS, Ian Mighell | Director | 1997-02-27 | 2021-05-27 |
| PAUL, Jonathan Martin | Director | 1997-02-27 | 1999-03-31 |
| SHERWOOD, Charles Maxwell | Director | 1991-03-07 | 1997-12-31 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-02-25 | 1991-03-07 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1991-02-25 | 1991-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.