Thriplow Farms Limited
Registered name: THRIPLOW FARMS LIMITED
Part of Mills & Reeve LLP groupThriplow Farms Limited made £397k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Thriplow Farms Limited reported £397k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025, down 16% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 7 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Herts; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herts, East of England
- Age
- 86 yrs · since 1939
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £330k | £473k | £397k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £330k | £473k | £397k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £66.1k | £59.2k | £56.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼16.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £257k | £277k | £538k | £722k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £5.1m | £5.6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.5m | £7m | £7.1m | £7.5m |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £389k | £123k | £101k | £193k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £56.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲34%
- Now £722k
- Headcount
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £7.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Mills & Reeve LLPultimate parent75–100%
- Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limited50–75%
- Thriplow Holdings Limited75–100%
- Thriplow Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £397k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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