P D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† P D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 01630Where the company stands among the 340 active companies whose first SIC code is 01630 (Post-harvest crop activities).
- WNL INVESTMENTS LIMITED£21.8m
- OPENFIELD AGRICULTURE LIMITED£21.4m
- UNITED OILSEEDS MARKETING LIMITED£17.5m
- P D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED£14.6m
- ARGRAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED£12.7m
- LEN WRIGHT SALADS LTD£7.8m
- FAIRKING LIMITED£6m
- EAST COAST VINERS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED£6m
- ARGRAIN LIMITED£5.6m
- ANGLIA GROWERS LIMITED£5.4m
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 340. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: P D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
P D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 03185729. It was incorporated on 15 Apr 1996. Its status is active. The registered office is in Newport (TF10). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is post-harvest crop activities (01630).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £107,962,000. Profit for the year was £2,097,000. Net assets were £14,625,000, up 16.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £76,000. Total assets were £30,714,000 and total liabilities £13,953,000. The company had an average of 681 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2023/24–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 340 active companies whose first SIC code is 01630: By net assets it ranks higher than 98% of them (median £109,771). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £312,652). By cash it is around the median of them (£76,000). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 86% of them (median age 11.4 years).
Has it received government grants?
It is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants worth £295.8k, mainly from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly vegetables, machinery, coated textiles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly vegetables, machinery, electrical equipment. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 32 days to pay suppliers, and 28% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 4.4% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 6 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 29 Apr 2027.
Filed accounts2023/24–2024/25
| 2023/24 † | 2024/25 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 112,122,000 | 107,962,000 |
| Profit for the year | 477,000 | 2,097,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 20,000 | 76,000 |
| Total assets | 29,912,000 | 30,714,000 |
| Total liabilities | 13,928,000 | 13,953,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 12,509,000 | 14,625,000 |
| Average number of employees | 689 | 681 |
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 grantsP D M PRODUCE (U.K.) LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 2 central government grants since 2021, together worth £295.8k.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- 1 grant · £283.3k
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- 1 grant · £12.5k
- GCA DEL RPA FARM TRANSFORMATION FUND ADDING VALUEDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £283,317
- Automation harvesting of whole-head iceberg lettuce.Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £12,472 · UKRI - Innovate - Scheme 21/22
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.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 32 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 28%
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 35%
- 31 to 60 days 63%
- After 60 days 2%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Mar 2025
- 34
- 28%
- 57%
- 30 Sep 2024
- 33
- 31%
- 55%
- 31 Mar 2024
- 35
- 35%
- 54%
- 30 Sep 2023
- 45
- 21%
- 71%
- 31 Mar 2023
- 33
- 30%
- 51%
- 30 Sep 2022
- 34
- 33%
- 51%
- 31 Mar 2022
- 30
- 51%
- 22%
- Median hourly pay
- women 4.4% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 6.7% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 135.6% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (7)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 2.7% lower
- women 5.2% lower
- 2023/24
- women 1% higher
- women 1.6% lower
- 2022/23
- women 0.1% lower
- women 1.2% higher
- 2021/22
- women 0.2% lower
- women 0.3% lower
- 2020/21
- women 9% lower
- women 0.8% higher
- 2018/19
- women 0.7% lower
- women 1.6% higher
- 2017/18
- women 0.4% higher
- women 2.5% higher
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetables, machinery, coated textiles, electrical equipment and oil seeds.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 11 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetables, machinery and electrical equipment.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
4 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: turnover £108m, net assets £14.6m, 681 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £112.1m, net assets £12.5m, 689 employees
- Mr Philip David Maddocks registered as a person with significant control
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.