Fernwood Agriculture Limited
Registered name: FERNWOOD AGRICULTURE LIMITED
Part of Fernwood Trading Group Limited groupFernwood Agriculture Limited made £89.1k revenue and a £123k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Fernwood Agriculture Limited’s revenue fell 71% to £89.1k in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £123k and 2 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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) | £399k | £236k | £312k | £89.1k |
| Cost of sales | £184k | £98.6k | £275k | £50.6k |
| Gross profit | £216k | £137k | £36.8k | £38.4k |
| Profit before tax | £133k | £60.9k | −£90.8k | −£131k |
| Profit after tax | £134k | −£115k | −£128k | −£123k |
| Profit (best available) | £134k | −£115k | −£128k | −£123k |
| Staff costs | £110k | £124k | £123k | £126k |
| Employees (average) | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 33.7% | −48.9% | −40.9% | −137.6% |
| Gross margin | 54% | 58.2% | 11.8% | 43.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £118k | £156k | £44.5k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£57.6k | −£63.8k | −£61.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼40.9% | ▲32.3% | ▼71.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼185.7% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £139k | £14.2k | £225k | £76.5k |
| Net assets | £46.3k | −£68.9k | −£196k | −£319k |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £6.4m | £6.4m | £6.3m |
| Current assets | £322k | £345k | £312k | £302k |
| Debtors | £14.6k | £19.5k | £7.4k | £4.9k |
| Deferred income | £148k | £20.5k | £38.4k | £74.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −137.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£61.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7049%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 83.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.5%
- 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
- —
- Now −£319k
- Cash at bank
- ▼66%
- Now £76.5k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- ▲93%
- Now £74.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £6.3m
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
- Fernwood Trading Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fernwood Group Limited75–100%
- Fernwood Investments Limited75–100%
- Fernwood Agriculture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Fernwood Transport LimitedRev. £4.9m · Profit £146k
- Fernwood Fuels LimitedRev. £1.8m · Profit £26.3k
- Fernwood Holdings LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
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 −£123k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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