COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-01 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£686K
-3.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+4.4% vs 2023
Employees
176
-2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£133K
+261.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED 2015-11-25 → present
- THE COUNTRY FOOD AND DINING COMPANY LIMITED 2007-01-24 → 2015-11-25
- ENSCO 549 LIMITED 2006-11-10 → 2007-01-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,605,073 | £10,103,978 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,901 | £141,979 | |
| Profit before tax | -£81,954 | £132,523 | |
| Net profit | -£72,855 | £137,998 | |
| Cash | £713,217 | £686,239 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,279,240 | £3,395,284 | |
| Net assets | £3,162,823 | £3,300,821 | |
| Equity | £3,162,823 | £3,300,821 | |
| Average employees | 181 | 176 | |
| Wages | £2,690,910 | £2,886,187 |
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 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | 4.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.0% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.61x | |
| Interest cover | -0.20x | 14.67x |
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
- UHY Ross Brooke
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the group has a varied customer base and sufficient control over expenditure that it will continue to report profitable results moving forwards. They also believe the group has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the forseeable future. As a result, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED · parent
- Country Food & Dining (2) Ltd 100%
- Country Food & Dining (3) Ltd 100%
- Fielders Farm Shops Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “added a new site at Stratford-upon-Avon in March 2023.”
- “sold our site at Green Fields, near Telford, to its management in 2021 but retained ownership of the freehold property on which we receive annual rent, due for review later this year.”
- “economic backdrop has stalled our plans on opening new sites and we plan to hold on to our cash reserves until the omens are more favourable.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-04-20 | — | — |
| BRUCE, Alexander David Michael | Director | 2008-01-28 | Jul 1948 | British |
| GUMBRELL, Kristian | Director | 2008-05-01 | May 1967 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Gordon Scott Alexander | Director | 2009-05-01 | Jan 1957 | British |
| NEWEY, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2008-08-18 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEATHERDALE, Gordon Thomas | Secretary | 2006-12-17 | 2007-01-22 |
| SHEARME, Jonathan Andrew | Secretary | 2007-01-22 | 2007-04-20 |
| HBJGW SECRETARIAL SUPPORT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-11-10 | 2006-12-17 |
| LEATHERDALE, Gordon Thomas | Director | 2006-12-17 | 2009-06-12 |
| SHEARME, Jonathan Andrew | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2008-06-19 |
| WEALE, Richard Mark | Director | 2006-12-17 | 2007-01-22 |
| HBJGW INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-11-10 | 2006-12-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-09-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-14 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-07-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+5.2%
£9,605,073 £10,103,978
-
Cash
-3.8%
£713,217 £686,239
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£3,162,823 £3,300,821
-
Employees
-2.8%
181 176
-
Operating profit
+1,052.8%
-£14,901 £141,979
-
Profit before tax
+261.7%
-£81,954 £132,523
-
Wages
+7.3%
£2,690,910 £2,886,187
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