DUFFIELDS (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-25 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+236.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+18.9% vs 2023
Employees
46
-20.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+68.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- DUFFIELDS (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED 2012-12-18 → present
- PEN MILL FEEDS LIMITED 1992-05-11 → 2012-12-18
- REWARDBEGIN LIMITED 1992-02-27 → 1992-05-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,136,000 | £33,771,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,512,000 | £2,498,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,483,000 | £2,505,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,168,000 | £2,010,000 | |
| Cash | £618,000 | £2,078,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,945,000 | £5,652,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,021,000 | £4,781,000 | |
| Equity | £4,021,000 | £4,781,000 | |
| Average employees | 58 | 46 | |
| Wages | £2,170,000 | £1,822,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.3% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | 6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.6% | 44.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.0% | 50.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 52.14x | 166.53x |
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
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group of which this Company is a member has considerable financial resources and continues to trade profitably in the current financial period. As a result, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook. Accordingly the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- DUFFIELDS (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED · parent
- Riverside Feeds Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHASE, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2012-03-23 | — | — |
| BOYDELL, Alison Louise | Director | 2021-08-17 | Jan 1967 | British |
| CHASE, Paul Michael | Director | 2015-12-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| DUFFIELD, Alistair William | Director | 2004-08-02 | May 1970 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIDDLE, Susan Margaret | Secretary | 1992-04-21 | 2004-08-02 |
| HILLS, David Edward | Secretary | 2004-08-02 | 2012-04-05 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-02-27 | 1992-04-21 |
| BIRCHALL, Trevor Shawn | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1994-12-21 |
| CRIDDLE, James Tyner | Director | 1992-04-21 | 2004-08-02 |
| CRIDDLE, Susan Margaret | Director | 1992-04-21 | 2004-08-02 |
| HILLS, David Edward | Director | 2004-08-02 | 2017-12-31 |
| HIRD, Roger | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2004-08-02 |
| RAPER, Martyn William | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| RAPER, Martyn William | Director | — | 2004-08-02 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-02-27 | 1992-04-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duffields Mills Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-28 | Active |
| Mr Alistair William Duffield | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-28 |
| Duffields Mills Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-11-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2020-04-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-09-28 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-26.8%
£46,136,000 £33,771,000
-
Cash
+236.2%
£618,000 £2,078,000
-
Net assets
+18.9%
£4,021,000 £4,781,000
-
Employees
-20.7%
58 46
-
Operating profit
+65.2%
£1,512,000 £2,498,000
-
Profit before tax
+68.9%
£1,483,000 £2,505,000
-
Wages
-16%
£2,170,000 £1,822,000
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