Tendring Farms Limited
Registered name: TENDRING FARMS LIMITED
Part of City & Country Group PLC groupTendring Farms Limited made £18.8m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
Tendring Farms Limited’s revenue grew 115% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £2.1m profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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. From the filing: “The intermediate parent company is City & Country Residential Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The ultimate parent company is City & Country Group Plc, a company registered in Engla”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 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) | £2.9m | £1m | £8.8m | £18.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.9m | £854k | £6.4m | £13.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.3k | £156k | £2.4m | £5m |
| Operating profit | −£938k | −£537k | £1.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.4m | −£2.2m | £3.4m | £2.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.4m | −£2.2m | £3.4m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.4m | −£2.2m | £3.4m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −83.4% | −214.2% | 38.9% | 11.3% |
| Gross margin | 0.3% | 15.4% | 27% | 26.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲768% | ▲115% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼37.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £256k | £1.5m | £354k |
| Net assets | −£5.2m | −£7.4m | −£4m | −£1.8m |
| Current assets | £10m | £18.7m | £23.7m | £18.8m |
| Debtors | £10k | £25k | £66.6k | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | — | £1.9m | £3.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- 18%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- —
- Now −£1.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼76%
- Now £354k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲76%
- Now £3.4m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- City & Country Group PLCultimate parent75–100%
- City & Country Residential Ltd75–100%
- Tendring Farms Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (17)
- City & Country Stansted LtdRev. £17.8k · Profit −£177k
- City & Country Bristol LimitedRev. £8.3k · Profit −£1.8m
- City & Country Warley LimitedRev. £3.1k · Profit −£8.7k
- City & Country Bath LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£2.1m
- City & Country Colchester 2 LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£22.4k
- City & Country Homes LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£7.4k
- City & Country Restorations LtdRev. £0 · Profit £0
- City & Country Wellwick LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£1m
- Angel Court (Colchester) Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Balls Park Mansion Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Balls Park Residents Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- City & Country Colchester LtdFigures not disclosed
- Herringswell Residents Co. Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Homes for All South East LtdFigures not disclosed
- Manningtree Park Residents Management Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Old ST Michaels (Braintree) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sundridge Park Mansion Residents Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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