Limestone Farming Company Limited
Registered name: LIMESTONE FARMING COMPANY LIMITED
Limestone Farming Company Limited made £8.1m revenue and £286k profit in the year to 5 Apr 2025. read from filing text
Limestone Farming Company Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £8.1m in the year to 5 Apr 2025, with £286k profit and 53 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Gainsborough; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Gainsborough, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 90 yrs · since 1936
- 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 | 5 Apr 2022 | 5 Apr 2023 | 5 Apr 2024 | 5 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £10.4m | £9.7m | £8.1m |
| Cost of sales | £5.3m | £6m | £6.7m | £6.2m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £4.4m | £3m | £1.9m |
| Operating profit | £773k | £2.4m | −£84.2k | £614k |
| Profit before tax | £802k | £2m | −£295k | £413k |
| Profit after tax | £483k | £1.6m | −£582k | £286k |
| Profit (best available) | £483k | £1.6m | −£582k | £286k |
| Employees (average) | 53 | 55 | 53 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.6% | 15.1% | −6% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 27% | 42.6% | 30.8% | 23.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £138k | £189k | £183k | £153k |
| Profit per employee | £9.1k | £28.5k | −£11k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲42.1% | ▼6.9% | ▼16.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲225.1% | ▼137.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.8% | ▼3.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.5k | £6.1k | £9.5k | £5.9k |
| Net assets | £5.9m | £7.4m | £7.9m | £8.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.5m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £6.9m | £7.9m | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £752k | £218k | £717k | £218k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £153k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 85.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.5%
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £8.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼38%
- Now £5.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- ▼70%
- Now £218k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.9m
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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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 5 Apr 2025 (profit £286k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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