ROWE FARMING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-04
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£69K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
148
Average over period
Profit before tax
£974K
Period ending 2025-01-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-04
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-26 | 2025-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,923,000 | £12,971,000 | |
| Operating profit | £72,000 | £931,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £423,000 | £974,000 | |
| Net profit | £469,000 | £1,378,000 | |
| Cash | £256,000 | £69,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,317,000 | £7,895,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,040,000 | £7,278,000 | |
| Equity | £5,040,000 | £7,278,000 | |
| Average employees | 219 | 148 | |
| Wages | £6,585,000 | £6,542,000 |
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 | 2023-08-26 | 2025-01-04 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 10.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.4% | 11.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.6% | 54.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 0.26x | 3.93x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have not identified any material uncertainties which would affect the ability of the Company to continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ROWE FARMING LIMITED · parent
- UK Daffodils Limited 0.5%
Significant events
- “The Company has provided a composite cross guarantee to its bankers in respect of bank borrowings with another group Company. The Company's liability under this guarantee is contingent upon the default of the other company. At the end of the period the total bank borrowings of the group companies amounted to £16,516,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOK-COULSON, Rachel May | Director | 2023-08-01 | May 1990 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROWE, Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2008-03-31 |
| ATKINS FERRIE SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2010-03-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2004-11-19 |
| ARMSTRONG, Angus Stuart Walton | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2023-09-30 |
| BELL, Douglas Alexander John | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2017-01-24 |
| COLLINS, Daniel | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-11-06 |
| DAVIES, Caroline | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2019-11-06 |
| DRAY, Mike | Director | 2016-02-04 | 2016-11-30 |
| HERD, Andrew | Director | 2019-11-20 | 2025-09-16 |
| LAMONT, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-12-04 |
| MACDONALD, George Brian | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2017-01-01 |
| MURDOCH, Lynn | Director | 2023-03-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| RANKIN, David Campbell | Director | 2012-10-02 | 2016-02-04 |
| ROWE, David Stanley | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2008-03-31 |
| ROWE, Edward John | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2014-11-05 |
| ROWE, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2008-03-31 |
| ROWE, Mark Daniel | Director | 2004-11-19 | 2014-11-05 |
| STACEY, Robert James Keverne | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2025-06-09 |
| URMSTON, Gary Martin | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2022-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produce Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2025-01-04 vs 2023-08-26