FARMERS DIRECT LIMITED

Active
Company number 04023279Private limited companyIncorporated 2000

Key figures

£228,235+4.2%
Net assets 2024/25
+9.3%
Average annual growth 2019/20–2024/25
0100 k200 k300 k2019/202020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25

Like most small UK companies, FARMERS DIRECT 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£228,235
Higher than 61% · median £82,057
Total assets£633,510
Higher than 63% · median £293,175
Cash£275,282
Higher than 81% · median £35,612
Employees3
Higher than 75% · median 1
Company age26.4 years
Older than 81% · 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: FARMERS DIRECT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

FARMERS DIRECT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04023279. It was incorporated on 23 Jun 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Farnham (GU10). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is mixed farming (01500), agents selling agricultural raw materials, livestock, textile raw materials and semi-finished goods (46110).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 30 Jun 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £228,235, up 4.2% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £275,282. Total assets were £633,510 and total liabilities £573,346. The company had an average of 3 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 61% of them (median £82,057). By total assets it ranks higher than 63% of them (median £293,175). By cash it ranks higher than 81% of them (median £35,612). By number of employees it ranks higher than 75% of them (median 1). It is older than 81% of them (median age 8.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 8 central government grants worth £313.3k, from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. 2 persons with significant control are registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 30 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2019/20–2024/25
2020/212021/222022/232023/242024/25
Cash at bank and in hand99,706235,766242,905159,443275,282
Total assets366,035481,637611,241561,123633,510
Total liabilities334,322399,810523,693480,598573,346
Net assets / total equity154,103188,265187,035218,969228,235
Average number of employees22223

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

8 grants

FARMERS DIRECT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 8 central government grants since 2020, together worth £313.3k.

Grants
  1. GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £33,665
  2. GCA PROG DEL RPA SUSTAINABLE FARMING INCENTIVEDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £23,395
  3. GCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £47,794
  4. RPA BPS DOMESTICDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £60,182
  5. RPA Simplified Countryside StewardshipDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £2,421 · RPA Countryside Stewardship
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  1. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPS - NSA P1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £67,485 · RPA BPS Domestic
  2. M10 - Agri-environment- Climate ExchqDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £4,406
  3. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £73,960

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

16 events
  1. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £228.2k, 3 employees
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £219k, 2 employees
  3. Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets £187k, 2 employees
  4. Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £188.3k, 2 employees
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £154.1k, 2 employees
  6. Financial year 2019/20 endedAccounts: net assets £146.6k, 2 employees
  7. Mr Ashley Keith Ward registered as a person with significant control
  8. Mrs Rachel Frances Kinloch Ward registered as a person with significant control
Earlier events (8)
  1. SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedNominee secretary (corporate)
  2. INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resignedNominee director (corporate)
  3. Rachel Frances Kinloch WARD appointedSecretary
  4. Ashley Keith WARD appointedDirector
  5. Rachel Frances Kinloch WARD appointedDirector
  6. SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedNominee secretary (corporate)
  7. INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointedNominee director (corporate)
  8. 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.