WILLIAM COOKE & SON (FARMERS) LIMITED

Active
Company number 00482776Private limited companyIncorporated 1950

Key figures

£2,210,745+8.5%
Net assets 2024/25
+6.3%
Average annual growth 2019/20–2024/25
01 m2 m3 m2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

Like most small UK companies, WILLIAM COOKE & SON (FARMERS) LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2024/25

Sector comparison

SIC 01500

Where the company stands among the 8,667 active companies whose first SIC code is 01500 (Mixed farming).

Net assets£2,210,745
Higher than 88% · median £82,057
Total assets£2,721,492
Higher than 85% · median £293,175
Employees0
Lower than 65% · median 1
Company age76.4 years
Older than 97% · median 8.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. BROADLAND PROPERTIES LIMITED£406.4m
  2. SUTTON 1079 LIMITED£190m
  3. GLENRINNES FARMS LIMITED£167.8m
  4. THENHURST AGRICULTURAL LIMITED£128.3m
  5. FARMCARE TRADING LIMITED£122m
  6. F W S CARTER & SONS LIMITED£86.6m
  7. EVERARDS BREWERY LIMITED£81.8m
  8. HEATHPATCH LIMITED£67.7m
  9. W. CUMBER & SON (THEALE) LIMITED£62.5m
  10. HOPKINS DEVELOPMENTS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£57.7m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 8,667. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: WILLIAM COOKE & SON (FARMERS) LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

WILLIAM COOKE & SON (FARMERS) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00482776. It was incorporated on 31 May 1950. Its status is active. The registered office is in Rye (TN31). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is mixed farming (01500).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 May 2025); the company files micro-entity accounts. Net assets were £2,210,745, up 8.5% on the previous year. Total assets were £2,721,492 and total liabilities £522,482. The company had an average of 0 employees. Figures are available for 6 financial years (2019/20–2024/25).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 8,667 active companies whose first SIC code is 01500: By net assets it ranks higher than 88% of them (median £82,057). By total assets it ranks higher than 85% of them (median £293,175). By number of employees it ranks lower than 65% of them (median 1). It is older than 97% of them (median age 8.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £244.5k, from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 4 current directors. One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 28 Feb 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 31 Dec 2026.

Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Cash at bank and in hand783,408795,115854,106923,906—
Total assets939,403973,8111,056,6681,118,4942,721,492
Total liabilities————522,482
Net assets / total equity1,753,5851,828,8401,978,4792,038,2952,210,745
Average number of employees54440

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

2 grants

WILLIAM COOKE & SON (FARMERS) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2024, together worth £244.5k.

Grants
  1. GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £42,360
  2. GCA PROG DEL RPA COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIPDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £202,147

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

History

14 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £2.2m, 0 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £2m, 4 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £2m, 4 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £1.8m, 4 employees
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £1.8m, 5 employees
  6. Joseph Matthew COOKE appointedDirector
  7. Michael Thomas COOKE appointedDirector
  8. Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £1.6m, 5 employees
Earlier events (6)
  1. Mr Patrick Michael Macdonnell Cooke ceased to be a person with significant control
  2. Mr Laurence Macdonnell Cooke registered as a person with significant control
  3. Mr Patrick Michael Macdonnell Cooke registered as a person with significant control
  4. Norah Patricia Deirdre Hyndman COOKE resignedDirector
  5. Bernadette Geraldine Macdonnell COOKE appointedDirector
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.