AGRICULTURAL CENTRAL TRADING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-03-31 (in 10mo)

Last filed for 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-18 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-04

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£391K

-91.8% vs 2024

Net assets

£18M

+1.8% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

0% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£455K

-40.3% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

AGRICULTURAL CENTRAL TRADING LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric	2021-07-01	2022-06-30	2022-07-01	2023-06-30	2023-07-01	2024-06-30	2025-06-30
Turnover	—	£140,886,187	—	£153,801,188	—	£122,259,527	£128,881,655
Operating profit	—	£983,455	—	£1,272,750	—	£470,602	£65,041
Profit before tax	—	£1,152,693	—	£1,368,146	—	£762,933	£455,263
Net profit	—	£946,023	—	£1,078,186	—	£590,173	£376,277
Cash	-£2,225,441	£223,517	-£3,233,657	£620,671	£620,671	£4,780,406	£391,388
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£16,037,251	—	£17,131,876	—	£17,650,305	£17,944,061
Net assets	—	£16,037,251	—	£17,074,439	—	£17,605,624	£17,923,054
Equity	£15,023,323	£16,037,251	£16,037,251	£17,074,439	£17,074,439	£17,605,624	£17,923,054
Average employees	—	95	—	94	—	97	97
Wages	—	£3,649,711	—	£3,574,574	—	£3,657,648	£3,876,684

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	2021-07-01	2022-06-30	2022-07-01	2023-06-30	2023-07-01	2024-06-30	2025-06-30
Operating margin	—	0.7%	—	0.8%	—	0.4%	0.1%
Net margin	—	0.7%	—	0.7%	—	0.5%	0.3%
Return on capital employed	—	6.1%	—	7.4%	—	2.7%	0.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	2.00x	2.30x
Interest cover	—	61.28x	—	—	—	148.17x	—

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: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: WR Partners
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.”

Group structure

AGRICULTURAL CENTRAL TRADING LIMITED · parent
1. Wessex Animal Health Limited 100% · dormant company

Significant events

“On 7 July 2025, the Company completed the purchase of a property for £2,300,000 net of VAT. As the agreement to purchase was entered into after the reporting date, no liability or commitment existed at 30 June 2025. Accordingly, this represents a non-adjusting post balance sheet event and no adjustment has been made to the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 25 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
FOSTER, Glenn	Secretary	2020-07-01	—	—
BEATY, Andrew John Sidney	Director	2016-11-24	Jul 1970	British
DEACON, Andrew	Director	2023-12-13	Apr 1969	British
DUTTON, Simon John	Director	2019-04-17	Jan 1975	British
FELLOWS, Helen Mary Isabel	Director	2020-01-01	Apr 1961	British
GRANT, Craig John	Director	2021-12-15	Nov 1981	Scottish
NICKLIN, Mark Andrew	Director	2019-06-18	May 1967	British

Show 25 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FELLOWS, Helen Mary Isabel	Secretary	2011-07-01	2020-06-30
TAYLOR, William James Beech	Secretary	—	1999-10-20
WHITE, David Edward	Secretary	1999-10-20	2011-06-30
BEEVER, James Stuart	Director	—	2002-12-10
BROWN, Gordon	Director	2011-12-02	2021-12-06
CALDWELL, John	Director	—	1996-12-31
CARR, Frank	Director	2009-11-27	2018-11-28
CHRISTENSEN, Poul Adrian	Director	2002-10-24	2013-12-06
COATES, Paul	Director	—	1994-10-18
CORFIELD, Malcolm George	Director	2012-12-07	2023-12-13
DAVEY, Ian Richard	Director	2014-02-13	2026-02-12
EVANS, David	Director	1997-02-19	2004-11-24
FIELD, Douglas William	Director	1992-02-18	1997-07-16
HAMILTON, John Dursley	Director	2007-10-03	2021-04-01
HENDRY, George	Director	2002-12-10	2013-12-06
HORRELL, Michael John	Director	—	2002-12-10
NEIL, James	Director	1996-07-11	2005-11-23
ROWLANDS, John Lewis	Director	2004-11-24	2019-11-30
SNAPE, Nigel Lars Mackay	Director	2006-11-23	2016-11-25
TAYLOR, William James Beech	Director	—	1999-12-14
WALLBANK, Michael Dalesford	Director	1994-02-16	2010-12-03
WESSEL, Leo Wessel	Director	—	1991-10-15
WHITE, Peter Vickers	Director	—	1997-07-16
WILLIAMS-WYNNE, William Robert Charles	Director	1997-07-16	2006-11-23
WOOLMER, Peter Rodney	Director	2007-06-27	2008-02-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Mark Andrew Nicklin	Individual	Significant influence	2021-04-01	Active
John Dursley Hamilton	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-04-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 238 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-02-12	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-12-03	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2025-11-20	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-11-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates
2025-11-12	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2025-10-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-03	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-02-01	DISS40	gazette	Gazette filings brought up to date
2025-01-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates
2025-01-28	GAZ1	gazette	Gazette notice compulsory
2024-10-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-01-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates
2023-12-21	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-12-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-11-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates
2022-11-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-20	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-12-22	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-11-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30

Turnover

+5.4%

£122,259,527 £128,881,655
Cash

-91.8%

£4,780,406 £391,388
Net assets

+1.8%

£17,605,624 £17,923,054

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

0%

97 97
Operating profit

-86.2%

£470,602 £65,041

lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax

-40.3%

£762,933 £455,263

lowest in 4 filed years
Wages

+6%

£3,657,648 £3,876,684

highest in 4 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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