ORCHARDWORLD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-21 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+5.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+19.7% vs 2023
Employees
21
-4.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£746K
+111.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ORCHARDWORLD LIMITED 1989-06-19 → present
- RAPID 8237 LIMITED 1989-05-10 → 1989-06-19
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 | £29,031,000 | £33,672,000 | |
| Operating profit | £257,000 | £622,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £352,000 | £746,000 | |
| Net profit | £271,000 | £556,000 | |
| Cash | £1,600,000 | £1,691,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,623,000 | £3,457,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,823,000 | £3,379,000 | |
| Equity | £2,823,000 | £3,379,000 | |
| Average employees | 22 | 21 | |
| Wages | £1,226,000 | £1,339,000 |
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 | 0.9% | 1.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.77x | |
| Interest cover | 2.71x | 6.84x |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of these forecasts, the Directors are confident that there are sufficient financial resources available to continue operating for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 18 September 2024 the Argent Foods Limited Group refinanced its debt facilities.”
- “The Company is a participant in a group cash pooling arrangement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULLEY, Anthony Mark | Director | — | Apr 1961 | British |
| FALLOWFIELD-SMITH, James | Director | 2021-06-14 | May 1987 | English |
| GRAY, David John | Director | 1997-09-18 | Apr 1959 | British |
| HALL, Ian | Director | 2001-10-01 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-06-14 | 2008-05-20 |
| HILL, Richard Robert | Secretary | — | 1994-01-04 |
| MORGAN, Peter Frederick | Secretary | 1997-09-18 | 2002-06-14 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Secretary | 1996-06-30 | 1997-09-18 |
| BARNES, Andrew John | Director | 2005-11-08 | 2019-01-16 |
| BLOOMFIELD, Colin | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1994-12-31 |
| CHURCH, Diana Claire | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2002-07-18 |
| DAWSON, Robin Charles Alfred | Director | 2002-10-25 | 2024-03-28 |
| FAVELL, Martin Rowland | Director | — | 1996-01-22 |
| HILL, Richard Robert | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Pennington Havard | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2010-02-26 |
| JOBBINS, Michael William | Director | 1994-01-04 | 2015-01-01 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Director | 1996-06-30 | 1997-09-18 |
| OLDCORN, John | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2021-06-14 |
| OLINS, Adam Lewis | Director | — | 2016-09-27 |
| OLINS, Laurence Stephen | Director | — | 2016-12-31 |
| REPMAN, Zoe | Director | 2007-07-01 | 2009-06-04 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter, Dr | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2003-09-26 |
| WILLIAMSON, Richard Thomas Craig | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchardworld Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+16%
£29,031,000 £33,672,000
-
Cash
+5.7%
£1,600,000 £1,691,000
-
Net assets
+19.7%
£2,823,000 £3,379,000
-
Employees
-4.5%
22 21
-
Operating profit
+142%
£257,000 £622,000
-
Profit before tax
+111.9%
£352,000 £746,000
-
Wages
+9.2%
£1,226,000 £1,339,000
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