BOWES FARMS LIMITED, IP25 7AB : Companies House Number 06643261

Executive summary

BOWES FARMS LIMITED presents as a fundamentally solvent, asset-rich farming business with net assets of £6.81M and conservative leverage. However, the near-halving of cash reserves to £87,872, combined with rising stocks, signals potential working capital pressure that warrants close monitoring. The complex trust-based ownership structure and absence of audit assurance add governance and transparency concerns that an institutional investor should scrutinise through detailed due diligence on trust arrangements, property valuations, and cash flow projections.

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Shareholders' funds

£6,974,293

Balance sheet as at 2020-03-31

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 2008-07-10
Registered office: Saham Hall Farm Threxton Road, Saham Toney, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 7AB
Postcode: IP25 7AB
Capital: 2,140 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 1 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Next due by: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-07-10
Next due by: 2027-07-24

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Nature of business (SIC)

1500 Mixed farming

Officers 3 current · 4 resigned

Beverley BOWES Director

Appointed 2024-11-04

MR Adam Philip CASE Director

Appointed 2019-10-15

MR Kevin Dudley BOWES Director

Appointed 2009-04-03

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
FRIARS 584 LIMITED	2009-06-25

Previous registered addresses 1

Address	Changed on
1 ST. JAMES COURT, NORWICH, NORFOLK, NR3 1RU	2009-11-20

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 117 similar companies in IP

Trading since 2008.

No.6 of the largest mixed farming companies in Ipswich →

Competitors Ipswich

1. HEATHPATCH LIMITED

£67,738,450
2. DAVID BLACK & SON LIMITED

£15,698,555
3. G.E. & G.W. STENNETT LIMITED

£7,867,304
4. FORD FARMS (SUFFOLK) LIMITED

£7,611,995
5. HIGH HALL FARMS LIMITED

£7,379,733

This company ranks 6 among mixed farming in Ipswich.

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The class of 2008

24%

of the 245,266 companies incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2011-04-13
Price paid, where recorded: £160,500
Where: Norfolk (3)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
NK61839	Norfolk	Freehold	2011-04-13	£160,500
NK389354	Norfolk	Freehold	2010-01-13	—
NK389979	Norfolk	Freehold	2010-01-13	—

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