LAWES AGRICULTURAL TRUST

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Price Bailey LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Trustees have adopted the going concern basis in the preparation of these financial statements. Forecasts have been prepared which support this to 31 March 2027. There are no material uncertainties in this assessment. Cash and liquid investments remain strong and the Trustees are satisfied that the Trust remains a going concern.”

Group structure

1. LAWES AGRICULTURAL TRUST · parent
   1. LAT Redbourn Limited 100% · England & Wales · Property investment

Significant events

• “During 2021 the Trust entered into a promotion agreement with Lands Improvement Holdings Limited. Under the terms of this agreement and following the grant of a satisfactory planning permission, the land will be marketed for sale.”
• “On 19 April 2023, the Trust disposed of the land North-East of Redbourn to its wholly-owned subsidiary, LAT Redbourn Limited for total proceeds of £510,204.”
• “On 19 April 2023, the Trust entered into a 99 year lease (on a peppercorn rent basis, with a lease premium of £500k) in relation to the Manor House on the Rothamsted estate with its wholly-owned subsidiary, LAT Redbourn Limited.”
• “In March 2023 the Trust invested £50,220 to acquire 186 (1.13%) £0.01 ordinary shares in Sugarox Limited. In April 2024 the Trust invested a further £11,154 to acquire 33 £0.01 ordinary shares in Sugarox Limited.”

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

Filings

10

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.8%

  £2,165,881 → £2,248,168

• Cash

  -37.4%

  £2,311,833 → £1,447,398

• Net assets

  -2.7%

  £29,457,722 → £28,663,963

• Employees

  +12.5%

  8 → 9

• Wages

  +2.3%

  £301,139 → £308,062

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