P.D. HOOK (BREEDERS) LIMITED

1. P.D. HOOK (BREEDERS) LIMITED 1993-10-28 → present
2. SPEED 3806 LIMITED 1993-09-20 → 1993-10-28

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The company made a profit before tax of £2.8 million (2023: £2.1 million) in the year and at 31 October 2024 had net assets of £16.4 million (2023: £14.9 million). ... As at the date of this report, having assessed the down side scenarios and mitigation strategies available the directors are confident the company has adequate resources to continue in business for the foreseeable future being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements to 31 October 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “A fire occurred post year end and destroyed two of the four sheds on the site, together with associated smoke damage. There was no stock in the farm at the time and the business has adjusted its production plans to limit the disruption to the overall egg supply required for hatching chicks. The business has appropriate insurance in place with the NFU Insurance to cover the cost of this event and steps are already in progress to rebuild the farm at an expected cost of £2.1 million.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -0.5%

  £104,465,000 → £103,965,000

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +9.5%

  £14,943,000 → £16,363,000

• Employees

  -0.9%

  439 → 435

• Operating profit

  +24.9%

  £2,405,000 → £3,003,000

• Profit before tax

  +29.8%

  £2,147,000 → £2,787,000

• Wages

  +3.5%

  £12,006,000 → £12,432,000

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