BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES (PARENT) LIMITED
It serves as the parent company for Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses, a Lancashire-based family business engaged in the production of butter and cheese.
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Cash
£293k
-89.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
104
+2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£608k
-104.4% 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 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,309,000 | £16,898,000 | £18,165,000 | +7.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,052,000 | £13,643,000 | -£361,000 | -102.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £954,000 | £13,915,000 | -£608,000 | -104.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,110,000 | £12,218,000 | -£658,000 | -105.4% | |
| Cash | £485,000 | £2,886,000 | £293,000 | -89.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,326,000 | £22,596,000 | £32,153,000 | +42.3% | |
| Net assets | £7,616,000 | £19,825,000 | £20,204,000 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £7,616,000 | £19,825,000 | £20,204,000 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 112 | 102 | 104 | +2% | |
| Wages | £3,751,000 | £3,787,000 | £3,403,000 | -10.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £589,000 | £538,000 | £270,000 | -49.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 80.7% | -2.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 72.3% | -3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 60.4% | -1.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 29.9% | 47.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 1.32x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 9.83x | — | -0.88x |
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
- Rawcliffe & Co Limited
- 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 ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES (PARENT) LIMITED · parent
- Butler's Farmhouse Cheeses (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Limited 100%
- Hampshire Cheese Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The total loss fire in November 2023 at Shay Lane, the company's packing, storage and office site, continues to play a major role on company performance, with the impact expected to continue for several years.”
- “Planning permission for a state of the art cheesemaking campus on the farm in Inglewhite was granted in February 2025, a space that will become a melting pot for innovation and ideas, inspired by the land, where cheese will be nurtured from beginning to end on the farm. This completed £15m investment into the future of Farmhouse cheese marks an important next chapter for the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Daniel James Butler | Director | 2017-09-29 | Jul 1991 | British |
| HALL, Gillian Mary | Director | 2017-09-29 | Mar 1960 | British |
| HALL, Matthew Thomas Butler | Director | 2017-09-29 | Mar 1989 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jean Mary Butler | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-11-28 | Active |
| Mr Daniel James Butler Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Thomas Butler Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mrs Gillian Mary Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 26 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.