FOURAYES FARM LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-29 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£331K

-39.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

-1% vs 2023

Employees

+2.3% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

-£24K

-105% vs 2023

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

FOURAYES FARM LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	—	—	—	—	£12,185,946	—	£20,173,855	£21,731,144
Operating profit	—	—	—	—	—	-£611,235	—	£538,221	£57,974
Profit before tax	—	£150,293	—	£1,056,047	—	-£623,750	—	£469,766	-£23,509
Net profit	—	£83,116	—	£680,232	—	-£458,750	—	£592,962	-£41,345
Cash	£336,925	£1,379,513	£1,379,513	£990,062	£590,357	£468,516	-£31,330	£544,367	£331,430
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£4,391,051	—	£5,304,698	—	£6,241,522	—	£6,680,106	£6,656,597
Net assets	—	£3,705,531	—	£4,259,043	—	£3,754,944	—	£4,347,906	£4,306,561
Equity	£3,712,135	£3,705,531	£3,705,531	£4,259,043	£4,259,043	£3,754,944	£3,754,944	£4,347,906	£4,306,561
Average employees	—	88	—	89	—	86	—	88	90
Wages	—	£1,723,793	—	£1,873,478	—	£1,704,393	—	£2,846,063	£3,045,389

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	2020-04-01	2021-03-31	2021-04-01	2022-03-31	2022-04-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	—	—	-5.0%	—	2.7%	0.3%
Net margin	—	—	—	—	—	-3.8%	—	2.9%	-0.2%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	—	—	-9.8%	—	8.1%	0.9%
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	—	-43.82x	—	7.42x	0.66x

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.

People

3 active · 16 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
TILKENS, Olivier Luc	Director	2022-10-03	Dec 1980	Belgian
TOSSUT, Pierre Patrick	Director	2022-10-03	Feb 1968	Belgian
VAN BELLE, Cédric	Director	2022-10-03	Oct 1976	Belgian

Show 16 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ACOCK, Doreen Victoria	Secretary	—	1994-10-12
ACOCK, Philip John	Secretary	1994-10-12	1995-10-12
KING, Rita Linda	Secretary	1995-10-12	2016-01-28
ACOCK, Doreen Victoria	Director	—	1994-04-21
ACOCK, John Reginald	Director	—	1994-04-21
ACOCK, Philip John	Director	—	2022-10-03
BONNER, Helen Mary	Director	2004-07-02	2017-01-01
CONNELLEY, Jason Kenneth	Director	2021-02-06	2022-10-03
JONES, Christopher David	Director	1994-01-11	1995-10-12
KING, Rita Linda	Director	2000-08-01	2016-01-28
LANE, Joe	Director	2000-08-01	2003-07-31
MILLER, Tarrina Samantha Jane	Director	2005-01-10	2008-07-31
PACKER, Steven George	Director	2002-10-21	2005-06-30
PATERSON, Jonathan Alexander	Director	2013-10-15	2020-07-24
VASSE, Carl Thomas	Director	2017-09-11	2022-10-03
WELLS, Josephina	Director	2017-01-01	2022-10-03

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Puratos Nv	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2022-10-03	Ceased 2022-10-03
Mrs Josephina Wells	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-10-03
Helen Mary Bonner	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-10-03
Mr Philip John Acock	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-10-03

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 183 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-11-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-08-02	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-12-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-08-16	PSC08	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2023-08-16	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2023-01-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-12-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-12-14	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-14	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-14	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-12-14	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-11-02	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current shortened	PDF
2022-10-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-10-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-10-06	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2022-10-04	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+7.7%

£20,173,855 £21,731,144

highest in 3 filed years
Cash

-39.1%

£544,367 £331,430
Net assets

-1%

£4,347,906 £4,306,561
Employees

+2.3%

88 90

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

-89.2%

£538,221 £57,974

first positive since 2022
Profit before tax

-105%

£469,766 -£23,509
Wages

+7%

£2,846,063 £3,045,389

highest in 5 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

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