Lavenham Fen Farms Limited
Registered name: LAVENHAM FEN FARMS LIMITED
Part of Robigus Limited groupLavenham Fen Farms Limited made £2.4m revenue and £661k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Lavenham Fen Farms Limited’s revenue grew 25% to £2.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £661k profit and 5 employees. The company is classified under “growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 71 yrs · since 1955
- 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
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Cost of sales | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Gross profit | £147k | £6.2k |
| Operating profit | £420k | £657k |
| Profit before tax | £421k | £657k |
| Profit after tax | £459k | £661k |
| Profit (best available) | £459k | £661k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 23.8% | 27.5% |
| Gross margin | 7.6% | 0.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £386k | £481k |
| Profit per employee | £91.8k | £132k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £114k | £109k |
| Net assets | £4.7m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £3.3m |
| Debtors | £152k | £160k |
| Deferred income | £163k | £136k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £481k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £132k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 129.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.7%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼5%
- Now £109k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- ▼17%
- Now £136k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £3.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Robigus Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Strutt and Parker (Farms) Limited75–100%
- Lavenham Fen 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 FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £661k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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