C.E. DAVIDSON FARMS LTD.
Company number 03369333 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
C.E. Davidson Farms is a well-capitalised, diversified agri-business that outperforms typical UK farm profitability through its integrated model combining arable farming, poultry contract growing, agricultural construction, and property letting. While its strong balance sheet and steady net asset growth (4.9% CAGR) provide resilience, the business faces material risks from high leverage, low liquidity, and sector-specific threats such as avian influenza and planning delays. Its competitive advantage lies in vertical integration and family governance, positioning it as a leading regional operator in the East of England.
Shareholders' funds
£9,467,317
Balance sheet as at 2025-06-30
What it does
The group's principal activity during the year continued to be building contractors, arable farming and the management of chicken farms.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-05-12
- Employees
- 54 (2025 accounts · was 51 in 2024)
- Registered office
- South View, Fressingfield, Eye, Suffolk, IP21 5PJ
- Postcode
- IP21 5PJ
- Capital
- 1,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-03-31
- Financial year end
- 30 June
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-12
- Next due by
- 2027-05-26
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1110 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
- 1470 Raising of poultry
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 5 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA503983 (Tier 1), registered since 2019.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SUBWORD LIMITED | 1997-06-11 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 MITCHELL LANE, BRISTOL, BS1 6BU | 1997-06-10 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 159 similar companies in IP
3rd largest employer among its local peers (54 staff).
Trading since 1997.
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 11 among growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds in Ipswich.
The class of 1997
43%
of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 24 titles
- Freehold
- 24
- Most recent registration
- 2023-01-30
- Price paid, where recorded
- £572,500
- Where
- Suffolk (18), Norfolk (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK421207 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2023-01-30 | — |
| SK409846 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2021-08-10 | — |
| SK355676 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2019-09-04 | — |
| SK362606 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2019-09-04 | — |
| NK487652 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2019-01-11 | — |
| NK261891 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2018-06-20 | £312,500 |
| SK382215 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2017-12-01 | £215,000 |
| SK321039 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2017-05-08 | — |
| SK358961 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2015-03-02 | — |
| NK228520 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2013-11-14 | — |
| NK404232 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2010-10-27 | — |
| SK297564 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2007-09-28 | — |
| SK280157 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2006-08-08 | — |
| NK220246 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1998-08-18 | — |
| NK206449 | Norfolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | — |
| SK120715 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | — |
| SK165724 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | — |
| SK173984 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | — |
| SK174009 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | — |
| SK174012 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1997-09-11 | £45,000 |
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