THE OLD ORCHARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-24 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£240K
+15.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+15.9% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£579K
-8.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,694,099 | £2,896,674 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £630,592 | £578,729 | |
| Net profit | £497,945 | £454,773 | |
| Cash | £207,197 | £239,582 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,115,698 | £8,123,406 | |
| Net assets | £2,245,346 | £2,602,592 | |
| Equity | £2,245,346 | £2,602,592 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 18.5% | 15.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.2% | 71.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.88x | 4.14x |
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
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are of the opinion that the Company has adequate resources to meet its underwriting and other operational obligations for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern concept has been adopted in the preparation of the Financial Statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPDEN LEGAL PLC | Corporate Secretary | 2006-12-31 | — | — |
| BOURN, Hugh Christopher | Director | 2014-06-20 | Sep 1958 | British |
| BOURN, James George Christopher | Director | 2021-04-06 | Oct 1996 | British |
| TOTTMAN, Mark John | Director | 2023-07-31 | Jun 1964 | British |
| NOMINA PLC | Corporate Director | 2006-12-31 | — | — |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEQUANIMITER LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-05-10 | 2006-12-31 |
| AMLIN MEMBERS SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-29 | 2000-01-31 |
| CBS PRIVATE CAPITAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-02-01 | 2002-05-10 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-18 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-29 |
| DENOON DUNCAN, James Douglas | Director | 1998-09-29 | 1998-12-31 |
| EVANS, Jeremy Richard Holt | Director | 2021-04-06 | 2023-07-31 |
| SMITHSON, Antony John | Director | 1998-09-29 | 1998-12-31 |
| WARBURTON, Henry | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2007-12-17 |
| WARBURTON, Margaret Beatrice | Director | 2006-06-01 | 2014-06-20 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-18 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-09-18 | 1998-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H C Bourn (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-31 | Active |
| Somersby Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 401 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+7.5%
£2,694,099 £2,896,674
-
Cash
+15.6%
£207,197 £239,582
-
Net assets
+15.9%
£2,245,346 £2,602,592
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-8.2%
£630,592 £578,729
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