PEASE BAY FARMS LIMITED
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Cash
£163k
-51.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£6m
+7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
280
-1.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£753k
+426.8% highest 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 2025-12-26
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 | 2025-12-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,377,533 | £46,688,531 | £51,134,760 | +9.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,721 | £725,496 | £1,735,665 | +139.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,991 | -£230,495 | £753,143 | +426.8% | |
| Net profit | -£2,991 | £1,342,768 | £396,415 | -70.5% | |
| Cash | £129,287 | £337,447 | £163,443 | -51.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,797,009 | £8,355,132 | £11,388,706 | +36.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,797,009 | £5,636,407 | £6,032,822 | +7% | |
| Equity | £2,797,009 | £5,636,407 | £6,032,822 | +7% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 283 | 280 | -1.1% | |
| Wages | £18,759 | £11,613,521 | £10,579,574 | -8.9% | |
| 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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 | 2025-12-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | 1.6% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 2.9% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.2% | 8.7% | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.4% | 77.8% | 76.9% | |
| Current ratio | 7.48x | 0.81x | 0.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.76x | 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PEASE BAY FARMS LIMITED 2023-02-27 → present
- KINBURN (217) LIMITED 2023-01-17 → 2023-02-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors consider that there are no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the company's ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- PEASE BAY FARMS LIMITED · parent
- Clear 123 Limited 100%
- Dalglen (No. 17723) Limited 100%
- R & K Drysdale (Holdings) Limited 100%
- R & K Drysdale Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In March 2026 the group entered into a funding agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland. The total funding provided (£8.7m) was used to repay existing bank loans (£2.7m) and to replace an existing working capital facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAING, Andrew James, Mr. | Director | 2023-03-15 | Dec 1965 | British |
| MASON, James | Director | 2023-03-15 | Jan 1958 | British |
| MCLAREN, Michael | Director | 2023-03-15 | Jul 1976 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEAR, David | Secretary | 2025-05-14 | 2025-08-29 |
| THORNTONS LAW LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2023-01-17 | 2024-09-19 |
| LANG, Alistair James | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2023-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mj & J Mclaren Farms Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50% (as firm) | 2023-03-15 | Ceased 2024-02-09 |
| Murray Donald Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-01-17 | Ceased 2023-03-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-02-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-02-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-21 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.