BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES (PARENT) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+476.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£20M
+160.3% vs 2023
Employees
102
-8.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+1,358.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £20,309,000 | £16,898,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,052,000 | £13,643,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £954,000 | £13,915,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,110,000 | £12,218,000 | |
| Cash | £485,000 | £2,798,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,326,000 | £22,596,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,616,000 | £19,825,000 | |
| Equity | £7,616,000 | £19,825,000 | |
| Average employees | 112 | 102 | |
| Wages | £3,751,000 | £3,787,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.2% | 80.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 72.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.6% | 60.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.01x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 9.83x | 110.02x |
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
- 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 group'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
- BUTLERS FARMHOUSE CHEESES (PARENT) LIMITED · parent
- Butler's Farmhouse Cheeses (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses Limited 100%
- Hampshire Cheese Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company's operating site at Shay Lane suffered a major fire in November 2023 which destroyed the premises used for cutting, packing, warehousing and offices.”
- “In February 2024, the Company acquired Hampshire Cheese Company, a multi award-winning artisan cheesemaker.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Daniel James Butler | Director | 2017-09-29 | Jul 1991 | British |
| HALL, Gillian Mary | Director | 2017-09-29 | Mar 1960 | British |
| HALL, Matthew Thomas Butler | Director | 2017-09-29 | Mar 1989 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jean Mary Butler | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2018-11-28 | Active |
| Mr Daniel James Butler Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Thomas Butler Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mrs Gillian Mary Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 22 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2019-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2019-06-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2018-11-28 | 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-16.8%
£20,309,000 £16,898,000
-
Cash
+476.9%
£485,000 £2,798,000
-
Net assets
+160.3%
£7,616,000 £19,825,000
-
Employees
-8.9%
112 102
-
Operating profit
+1,196.9%
£1,052,000 £13,643,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,358.6%
£954,000 £13,915,000
-
Wages
+1%
£3,751,000 £3,787,000
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