MEADOW QUALITY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£550
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+8.4% vs 2023
Employees
31
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£237K
+108% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MEADOW QUALITY LIMITED 2001-12-19 → present
- MEADOW VALLEY LIVESTOCK LIMITED 1996-06-10 → 2001-12-19
- MEADOWVALLEY LIVESTOCK LIMITED 1975-12-19 → 1996-06-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,993,241 | £85,396,716 | |
| Operating profit | £141,897 | £268,938 | |
| Profit before tax | £113,815 | £236,696 | |
| Net profit | £83,833 | £171,295 | |
| Cash | £550 | £550 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,046,119 | £2,215,314 | |
| Net assets | £2,040,155 | £2,211,450 | |
| Equity | £2,040,155 | £2,211,450 | |
| Average employees | 31 | 31 | |
| Wages | £1,269,027 | £1,315,256 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.38x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 1.89x | 3.25x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have therefore concluded that there is no material uncertainty about the ability of the company to continue as a going concern and that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “After 4 highly volatile years for British agriculture, with impacts from Brexit, Covid lockdowns, and the Ukraine/ Russia war, 2024 did at least provide greater stability in farmgate prices for British livestock Producers this year.”
- “2023 had seen a significant increase in returns for Pig farmers and this continued throughout 2024 with most receiving a fair return for the pork they produced.”
- “Beef farming has also experienced significant change in the past 5 years. Re-adjusting away from the common agricultural policy post-Brexit, which caused beef producers, especially those with extensive grazing systems who relied on land-based subsidies, to review the profitability and sustainability of a beef suckler herd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Arthur Desmond | Director | 2014-09-23 | Sep 1954 | English |
| BAKER, Nicholas Philip | Director | 2023-09-19 | Feb 1972 | British |
| KIRKHAM, Philip Michael | Director | 2002-01-03 | Jan 1958 | British |
| MANNING, Robert Michael | Director | 2015-02-18 | Jan 1964 | British |
| NIGHTINGALE, Matthew Anthony | Director | 2014-10-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLARD, John Bache | Secretary | — | 1993-04-29 |
| COCKS, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-01-03 | 2003-10-02 |
| PORTER, Lynda Barbara | Secretary | 2003-10-02 | 2013-06-19 |
| WARRINGTON, Alastair | Secretary | 1993-04-29 | 2002-01-03 |
| BALLARD, John Bache | Director | 1993-04-29 | 1997-05-08 |
| BOMFORD, Elizabeth Sarah | Director | 1994-08-02 | 1998-05-06 |
| COCKS, Andrew John | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2004-04-08 |
| COLWILL, Richard | Director | — | 1995-05-04 |
| DAVIES, Michael Harry | Director | 1993-04-29 | 1996-05-08 |
| DAVIES, Simon | Director | 2013-09-05 | 2020-07-06 |
| DAWSON, James Tudor | Director | — | 1998-05-06 |
| FERNIHOUGH, Anthony Michael | Director | — | 2001-05-17 |
| FOX, John Thomas | Director | — | 2002-01-03 |
| GOODMAN, Andrew George | Director | 2007-07-24 | 2013-05-03 |
| HAMBLETON, Peter | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2001-08-30 |
| JACKSON, John Cliffe | Director | 1992-05-06 | 2000-05-17 |
| KINSTON, Neil | Director | 1998-05-06 | 2001-05-16 |
| MOWBRAY, Gregory Clive | Director | 2001-01-08 | 2015-12-18 |
| MUNTZ, Edward | Director | — | 1994-04-28 |
| PEARSON, David Charles | Director | — | 1996-05-08 |
| PICK, Andrew Mortyn | Director | 1997-05-07 | 2002-01-03 |
| PINCHES, Roger Henry | Director | — | 1994-09-06 |
| PORTER, Lynda Barbara | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2013-06-19 |
| PRINCE, Oscar Percy | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2007-07-24 |
| PROSSER, Richard | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2007-01-04 |
| QUINNEY, Adam Chavasse | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2008-01-31 |
| SHELDON, Michael John | Director | 2004-04-08 | 2014-10-11 |
| SLATTER, David George | Director | — | 1993-04-29 |
| SMITH, Hamish Ian | Director | 2001-03-12 | 2013-08-15 |
| SMITH, Ian Paul | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-09-13 |
| SMITH, Stuart Peter John, Doctor | Director | 1998-08-01 | 2000-07-11 |
| SYKES, Richard Vernon | Director | 1994-12-06 | 2004-06-22 |
| TIMMS, Patrick David | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2002-09-10 |
| WARRINGTON, Alastair | Director | 2002-01-03 | 2007-01-04 |
| WARRINGTON, Alastair | Director | — | 1993-04-29 |
| WAY, Raymond Brinsley Mallen | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-05-17 |
| WOLFE, Andrew Ronald | Director | 1996-05-08 | 2016-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 255 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-18 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-09-18 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-18 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-09-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-27 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.5%
£84,993,241 £85,396,716
-
Cash
0%
£550 £550
-
Net assets
+8.4%
£2,040,155 £2,211,450
-
Employees
0%
31 31
-
Operating profit
+89.5%
£141,897 £268,938
-
Profit before tax
+108%
£113,815 £236,696
-
Wages
+3.6%
£1,269,027 £1,315,256
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers