EAST COAST GROWERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-27 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£95K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3M
Equity attributable
Employees
43
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-05-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £419,112 | -£8,912 | |
| Cash | £1,999,794 | £95,171 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,828,836 | £3,659,368 | |
| Net assets | £3,573,087 | £3,386,675 | |
| Equity | £3,573,087 | £3,386,675 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 43 | |
| 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 | 2023-11-04 | 2025-05-03 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.5% | 40.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.76x | 1.46x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed budgets and cash flow projections for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and have concluded that it remains appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNCAN, Alexander John | Director | 2023-07-15 | Nov 1982 | British |
| SARGEANT, Peter Jeremy | Director | 2005-10-14 | Mar 1974 | British |
| SHROPSHIRE, Guy Peter | Director | 2003-02-13 | Aug 1957 | British |
| SHROPSHIRE, John Bourne | Director | 2003-02-13 | Apr 1955 | British |
| THOMPSON, David | Director | 2003-02-13 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, David | Secretary | 2003-02-13 | 2026-04-09 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-02-13 | 2003-02-13 |
| MANN, Robin Kenneth | Director | 2003-02-13 | 2006-04-10 |
| WILKINSON, William Derek | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-02-18 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-02-13 | 2003-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marblelane Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-12-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-08-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-03 vs 2023-11-04