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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-24 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-10

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£3M

+476.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£21M

+136.9% vs 2023

Employees

102

-8.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£14M

+1,217.9% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES LIMITED 1999-06-07 → present
  2. COMPLEX TIMES LIMITED 1998-11-03 → 1999-06-07

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric Trend 2023-09-302024-09-30
Turnover £20,309,000£16,528,000
Operating profit £1,158,000£13,629,000
Profit before tax £1,060,000£13,970,000
Net profit £1,216,000£12,307,000
Cash £485,000£2,798,000
Total assets less current liabilities £9,086,000£23,501,000
Net assets £8,990,000£21,295,000
Equity £8,990,000£21,295,000
Average employees 112102
Wages £3,751,000£3,701,000

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 2023-09-302024-09-30
Operating margin 5.7%82.5%
Net margin 6.0%74.5%
Return on capital employed 12.7%58.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 21.3%25.7%
Current ratio 3.23x4.44x
Interest cover 10.82x109.91x

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
Rawcliffe & Co Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES LIMITED · parent
    1. Hampshire Cheese Company Ltd 1% · multi award-winning artisan cheesemaker

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HALL, Daniel James Butler Director 2018-06-15 Jul 1991 British
HALL, Gillian Mary Director 1998-12-04 Mar 1960 British
HALL, Matthew Thomas Butler Director 2018-06-15 Mar 1989 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BUTLER, Jean Mary Secretary 1998-12-04 2006-11-16
HORNBY, Sarah Jane Secretary 2006-11-16 2016-12-31
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1998-11-03 1998-12-04
BUTLER, Jean Mary Director 1998-12-04 2018-06-14
BUTLER, Thomas Director 1998-12-04 2010-04-23
HALL, Colin Trevor Director 1998-12-04 2018-06-14
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-11-03 1998-12-04
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1998-11-03 1998-12-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses (Holdings) Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2023-03-06 Active
Mr Matthew Thomas Butler Hall Individual Significant influence 2019-11-01 Ceased 2026-03-12
Mr Daniel James Butler Hall Individual Significant influence 2019-11-01 Ceased 2023-03-06
Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses (Parent) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100% 2018-06-15 Ceased 2023-03-06
Mrs Gillian Mary Hall Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2023-03-06
Mr Colin Trevor Hall Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-06-14

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 94 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-12 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-09-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-03-12 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-02-19 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-09-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-03-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-03-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-03-06 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2023-03-06 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-06-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-11-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-07-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-12-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

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

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