HOLMESTERNE FARM CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-06 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-23
Watchouts
Cash
£370K
+97.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+3.2% vs 2023
Employees
143
-13.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£149K
-1.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HOLMESTERNE FARM CO. LIMITED 1994-04-13 → present
- THE MEAT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 1987-06-17 → 1994-04-13
- BARDEN MEAT COMPANY LIMITED(THE) 1986-09-25 → 1987-06-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,994,095 | £20,611,077 | |
| Operating profit | £381,024 | £482,276 | |
| Profit before tax | £151,265 | £148,683 | |
| Net profit | £161,888 | £92,309 | |
| Cash | £187,388 | £370,372 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,982,740 | £3,060,665 | |
| Net assets | £2,216,034 | £2,285,843 | |
| Equity | £2,216,034 | £2,285,843 | |
| Average employees | 166 | 143 | |
| Wages | £4,618,897 | £4,591,402 |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.8% | 15.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.8% | 69.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | 1.65x | 1.42x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director's 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TINDELL, Keith Philip | Director | — | Jan 1956 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIDMORE, Richard | Secretary | 1998-09-04 | 2025-03-31 |
| TINDELL, Keith Philip | Secretary | — | 1998-09-04 |
| CLARK, Stephen Anthony Roth | Director | 2025-07-15 | 2026-05-11 |
| FAWCETT, Anthony Robinson | Director | 1994-03-30 | 2005-05-16 |
| GARLAND, Christopher | Director | 1994-03-30 | 1995-08-21 |
| HAWKINS, Tony | Director | 2003-07-18 | 2004-02-27 |
| HOLDEN, Steven Andrew | Director | 2003-07-18 | 2006-06-20 |
| HOLMES, David | Director | 1994-03-30 | 1997-04-17 |
| KEMPLEY, David James | Director | 2025-07-15 | 2026-05-11 |
| STERNE, Antony James | Director | 1994-03-30 | 2000-12-13 |
| STERNE, Martin Lionel | Director | 1994-03-30 | 2021-08-18 |
| TINDELL, Katrina Lynne | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| WALKER, Louis David, Mr. Mbe,Td | Director | 2000-12-13 | 2004-05-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David James Kempley | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-07-14 | Ceased 2025-07-14 |
| Troy Foods Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-14 | Active |
| Barden Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-18 | Ceased 2025-07-14 |
| Mr Keith Philip Tindell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-18 |
| Mr Martin Lionel Sterne | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-08-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2026-03-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-06-30 vs 2023-06-30
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Turnover
+3.1%
£19,994,095 £20,611,077
-
Cash
+97.6%
£187,388 £370,372
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£2,216,034 £2,285,843
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Employees
-13.9%
166 143
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Operating profit
+26.6%
£381,024 £482,276
-
Profit before tax
-1.7%
£151,265 £148,683
-
Wages
-0.6%
£4,618,897 £4,591,402
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