WOOTTON ORGANIC WHOLESALE LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
Cash
£165K
-89.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£6M
-23.6% vs 2023
Employees
50
+2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
+13.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- WOOTTON ORGANIC WHOLESALE LTD. 2002-05-14 → present
- WOOTTON ORGANICS WHOLESALE LTD. 2002-03-28 → 2002-05-14
- WOOTTON NATURAL FARM PRODUCE LIMITED 2000-02-07 → 2002-03-28
- WOOTTON NATURAL FARM PRODUCTS LIMITED 1999-03-24 → 2000-02-07
- HACKTON LIMITED 1997-11-20 → 1999-03-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,296,000 | £9,711,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,392,000 | -£1,277,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,392,000 | -£1,200,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,392,000 | -£1,200,000 | |
| Cash | £1,601,000 | £165,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,087,000 | -£6,287,000 | |
| Net assets | -£5,087,000 | -£6,287,000 | |
| Equity | -£5,087,000 | -£6,287,000 | |
| Average employees | 49 | 50 | |
| Wages | £1,380,000 | £1,384,000 |
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 | -15.0% | -13.2% | |
| Net margin | -15.0% | -12.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.4% | 20.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 163.8% | 214.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.24x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Howsons (Audit & Assurance) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared a cash flow forecast for the company for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Bamford Property Limited has confirmed that it is its present intention to continue to provide sufficient financial support to the company so as to enable the company to remain in operational existence and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Having received this confirmation, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Bamford Property Limited financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVENS, Steven Ernest Robert | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | — | British |
| BAMFORD, Carole Gray, Lady | Director | 2000-01-01 | Apr 1946 | British |
| BAMFORD DL, The Lord | Director | 2000-01-01 | Oct 1945 | British |
| CLARK, Martin Robert | Director | 2022-06-10 | Aug 1952 | British |
| GARNETT, Daniel Glyn | Director | 2022-06-10 | Sep 1969 | British |
| SMITH, Richard Hugh | Director | 2022-06-10 | Feb 1966 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEC, Lisa Pauline | Secretary | 1997-11-20 | 2000-01-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-20 | 1997-11-20 |
| EYRE-WALKER, James Philip | Director | 1997-11-20 | 2000-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Patrick Albert Michaël Fischer | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-08 |
| Jcb Farms Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
+4.5%
£9,296,000 £9,711,000
-
Cash
-89.7%
£1,601,000 £165,000
-
Net assets
-23.6%
-£5,087,000 -£6,287,000
-
Employees
+2%
49 50
-
Operating profit
+8.3%
-£1,392,000 -£1,277,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.8%
-£1,392,000 -£1,200,000
-
Wages
+0.3%
£1,380,000 £1,384,000
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