Cottage Farms (Horsmonden) Limited
Registered name: COTTAGE FARMS (HORSMONDEN) LIMITED
Cottage Farms (Horsmonden) Limited made £8.9m revenue and £265k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Cottage Farms (Horsmonden) Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £8.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £265k profit and 113 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts” and is based in Tonbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Tonbridge, South East
- Age
- 63 yrs · since 1962
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £7.6m | £8.6m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | £5.4m | £6.2m | £6.4m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.2m | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £163k | £654k | £714k |
| Profit before tax | — | −£110k | £438k | £377k |
| Profit after tax | — | −£111k | £267k | £265k |
| Profit (best available) | — | −£111k | £267k | £265k |
| Staff costs | — | £2.8m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 101 | 110 | 113 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | −1.5% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Gross margin | — | 29.2% | 27.8% | 28.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £75.3k | £78.5k | £79k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.1k | £2.4k | £2.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | −653.1% | −137.9% | −54.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲13.5% | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼0.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲236.7% | ▲8.9% | ▲2.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £80.1k | £2.7k | £1.1k | £22k |
| Net assets | £1.9m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £7.7m | £7.3m | £7m |
| Current assets | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £1m | £1.1m | £714k | £1.1m |
| Deferred income | £199k | £161k | £147k | £157k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£1.1m | −£902k | −£389k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £79k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −54.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 78.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.4%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1937%
- Now £22k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 113
- Deferred income
- ▲7%
- Now £157k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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- Profit
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £265k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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