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Company No. 09168966 · Incorporated 11 Aug 2014

C R Down Farming Limited

Registered name: C R DOWN FARMING LIMITED

Part of Greenridge Holdings Ltd group

C R Down Farming Limited made £16m revenue and £1.4m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text

C R Down Farming Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £16m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.4m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “mixed farming” and is based in Exeter; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection A · Agriculture, forestry and fishingSIC 01500Mixed farming
Status
Active
Location
Exeter, South West
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Jan 2025

Key figures

Cash flow filed
Revenue
£16m
Growth ▲9.6%
Profit
£1.4m
Growth ▲2.2%
Profit margin
8.5%
Gross 12.1%
Employees
12
Change ▲9.1%
Profit / employee
£113k
Revenue/employee £1.3m
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

4 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202231 Jan 202331 Jan 202431 Jan 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£13.4m£14.6m£16m
Cost of sales—£12.6m£12.9m£14m
Gross profit—£768k£1.6m£1.9m
Operating profit—£924k£1.7m£1.9m
Profit before tax—£762k£1.5m£1.6m
Profit after tax—£596k£1.3m£1.4m
Profit (best available)—£596k£1.3m£1.4m
Staff costs—£430k£440k£419k
Employees (average)13131112
Ratios
Profit margin—4.5%9.1%8.5%
Gross margin—5.8%11.1%12.1%
Revenue per employee—£1m£1.3m£1.3m
Profit per employee—£45.8k£121k£113k
Cash conversion—−91.1%−75%−21.3%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth——▲8.9%▲9.6%
Profit growth——▲122.7%▲2.2%
Headcount growth—0%▼15.4%▲9.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank——£0£778
Net assets£2m£2.4m£4.4m£5.8m
Fixed assets£5.2m£5.2m£6.3m£5.9m
Current assets£4m£5m£6.5m£8.2m
Debtors£894k£2.6m£702k£685k
Deferred income—£33.5k£79k£126k
Cash from operations—−£842k−£1.3m−£415k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
8.5%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
12.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£1.3m
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£113k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−21.3%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
37%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
4.3%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲31%
Now £5.8m
Cash at bank
—
Now £778
Headcount
▲9%
Now 12
Deferred income
▲59%
Now £126k
Fixed assets
▼7%
Now £5.9m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Greenridge Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. C R Down Farming Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £1.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 17 Oct 2026

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