ASHFORD CATTLE MARKET COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£493K
-17.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
-0.6% vs 2024
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£271K
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,016,050 | £957,692 | £994,550 | |
| Operating profit | £356,721 | £270,710 | £264,173 | |
| Profit before tax | £356,759 | £283,332 | £270,932 | |
| Net profit | — | £231,354 | £233,586 | |
| Cash | £497,762 | £600,348 | £492,663 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,407,969 | £8,502,913 | £8,458,613 | |
| Net assets | £6,066,558 | £6,153,208 | £6,115,474 | |
| Equity | £6,066,558 | £6,153,208 | £6,115,474 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 9 | 9 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.1% | 28.3% | 26.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 24.2% | 23.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.2% | 3.2% | 3.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.44x | 2.02x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Magee Gammon Corporate Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “On 14 January 2025 the final dividend in respect to the financial statements dated 31 July 2024 was paid at £0.75 per ordinary share.”
- “On 21 October 2025 the Directors proposed a dividend of £0.55 per ordinary share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUDSON, Jonathan Douglas | Secretary | 2020-07-27 | — | — |
| BARR, Andrew David | Director | 2023-05-15 | Dec 1970 | British |
| BOYD, Peter Douglas | Director | 2021-08-24 | Feb 1978 | British |
| FURNIVAL, Stephen | Director | 2010-02-09 | Jan 1955 | British |
| GEERING, Sarah Ann Helen | Director | 2020-12-16 | Aug 1965 | British |
| GEERING, William John Redman | Director | 2009-06-02 | Oct 1973 | British |
| RICHARDS, Trevor John | Director | 2000-02-01 | Nov 1953 | British |
| RIMMER, Jonathan Bayne | Director | 2007-10-09 | Aug 1968 | British |
| SNART, Sam | Director | 2008-10-07 | Jan 1975 | British |
| THOMPSON, Richard James Charles | Director | 2007-04-17 | Feb 1967 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIFIELD, David Graham | Secretary | 2013-12-04 | 2020-07-27 |
| LOWINGS, John Stuart | Secretary | — | 1999-04-30 |
| MCDONALD, Charles Alan | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2013-12-04 |
| CHANTLER, Edward David | Director | 1996-08-14 | 2007-10-09 |
| CHANTLER, Edward David | Director | — | 1996-07-12 |
| DENNE, Thomas Anthony | Director | — | 2009-04-07 |
| HOWARD, David | Director | — | 1999-12-20 |
| JEANES, William Eric | Director | — | 2013-12-04 |
| KEMSLEY, Ian William | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2020-12-16 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Robert James | Director | 1996-08-14 | 2008-06-03 |
| LIGHTFOOT, Robert James | Director | — | 1996-07-12 |
| LOWINGS, John Stuart | Director | — | 2014-03-30 |
| MCDONALD, Charles Alan | Director | 2013-12-04 | 2021-06-22 |
| RICHARDS, Geoffrey Brenton | Director | — | 1999-12-10 |
| THOMPSON, David Albert John | Director | — | 2007-04-18 |
| YOUNG, Timothy Gerald Pallister | Director | — | 2010-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs Parker 2011 Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-09 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£957,692 £994,550
-
Cash
-17.9%
£600,348 £492,663
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.6%
£6,153,208 £6,115,474
-
Employees
0%
9 9
-
Operating profit
-2.4%
£270,710 £264,173
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-4.4%
£283,332 £270,932
lowest in 3 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers