C R Down Farming Limited
Registered name: C R DOWN FARMING LIMITED
Part of Greenridge Holdings Ltd groupC 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.
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full 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) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 |
| 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 |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
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.
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.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Greenridge Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- C R Down Farming Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Mill Tree LtdFigures not disclosed
- Weavers Meadow LtdFigures 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 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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