WESTLAND HORTICULTURE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-09-01
Confirmation statement due
2026-03-20
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£44M
+26.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£111M
+13.8% vs 2023
Employees
764
-3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£17M
-10.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-20.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESTLAND HORTICULTURE LIMITED 2002-09-23 → present
- EDHAM LIMITED 1993-03-16 → 2002-09-23
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-01
| Metric | Trend | 2022-08-28 | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £228,911,130 | £228,367,177 | |
| Operating profit | — | £19,757,913 | £16,404,084 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £18,935,549 | £16,901,771 | |
| Net profit | — | £12,692,995 | £13,412,443 | |
| Cash | — | £34,553,274 | £43,847,011 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £121,231,500 | £136,190,938 | |
| Net assets | — | £97,161,433 | £110,573,876 | |
| Equity | £84,427,195 | £97,161,433 | £110,573,876 | |
| Average employees | 840 | 788 | 764 | |
| Wages | — | £32,007,791 | £31,589,435 |
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 | 2022-08-28 | 2023-09-03 | 2024-09-01 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.6% | 7.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.5% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 16.3% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 53.1% | 43.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.50x | 1.95x | |
| Interest cover | — | 22.38x | 44.58x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the group is well placed to manage the business risks and accordingly, continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WESTLAND HORTICULTURE LIMITED · parent
- Westland Deutschland GmbH 100%
- Westland Schweiz GmbH 100%
- Westland France 100%
- Unwins Seeds Limited 100%
- Edham Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group purchased 100% of the entire share capital of Grosvenor Enterprise Holdings Limited on 19th March 2025. The financial impact cannot be easily estimated at the date of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONROY, Edward John | Director | 1993-03-16 | Jul 1963 | British |
| DOUGHERTY, Robert Scott | Director | 2012-07-31 | Apr 1977 | British |
| LAVERY, Robert Henry, Mr. | Director | 1993-03-16 | Jul 1965 | British |
| MCDOWELL, John | Director | 2011-11-30 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MURDOCK, Michael Matthew | Director | 2018-10-01 | Apr 1971 | British |
| NICHOLSON, Keith Michael | Director | 2011-11-30 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGHERTY, Robert Scott | Secretary | 2012-01-19 | 2012-01-20 |
| MCVEIGH, John Bernard | Secretary | 1993-03-16 | 2021-02-09 |
| MADDEN, Peter | Director | 2013-01-15 | 2024-12-31 |
| MCGRANE, Seamus Bernard | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2002-12-20 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick Anthony | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2012-07-31 |
| MCVEIGH, John Bernard | Director | 1993-03-16 | 2021-02-09 |
| QUINN, Jarlath | Director | 2007-10-31 | 2012-01-02 |
| ROBINSON, Jamie | Director | 2003-05-23 | 2012-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward John Conroy | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr. Robert Henry Lavery | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-09-01 vs 2023-09-03
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Turnover
-0.2%
£228,911,130 £228,367,177
-
Cash
+26.9%
£34,553,274 £43,847,011
-
Net assets
+13.8%
£97,161,433 £110,573,876
-
Employees
-3%
788 764
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-17%
£19,757,913 £16,404,084
-
Profit before tax
-10.7%
£18,935,549 £16,901,771
-
Wages
-1.3%
£32,007,791 £31,589,435
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