DALE FARMING LIMITED

Company number 08237397 ·

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Executive summary

Dale Farming Limited has built a strategically defensible position through vertical integration and ethical differentiation, transforming from near-insolvency to a £5.2M equity business by 2024. However, the £1.35M net asset erosion in FY2025, persistent cash fragility, and surging debtor balances signal that the business has reached a strategic inflection point where its traditional operating model may be under unsustainable pressure. The path forward requires converting ethical positioning into monetised premiumisation, addressing working capital fragility as an existential priority, and formalising governance structures to protect against key-person risk—all while navigating the structural margin compression that defines UK dairy farming.

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Shareholders' funds

£3,826,147

Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is farming

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2012-10-02
Employees
30 (2025 accounts · was 32 in 2024)
Registered office
Stockery Park Farm, Holmes Chapel Road, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW4 8AS
Postcode
CW4 8AS
Capital
3,001,540 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 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
2026-07-25
Next due by
2027-08-08
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 1410 Raising of dairy cattle
  • 10511 Liquid milk and cream production

Officers 3 current · 3 resigned

Appointed 2024-09-27
Appointed 2024-09-27
Appointed 2012-10-02

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

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Contact details

Website
dalefarming.co.uk
Phone
01477533239

We are a Cheshire based, family-run business which pushes for high standards of animal welfare with minimal environmental impact. We do this with a team of people that genuinely care.

Previous company names

NameDate changed
STOCKERY PARK FARM LIMITED2013-12-17

Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
CONGLETON FARM DAVENPORT, CONGLETON, CHESHIRE, CW12 4SS, UNITED KINGDOM2012-10-10

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 41 similar companies in CW

The largest employer among its local peers (30 staff).

Trading since 2012.

No.4 of the largest raising of dairy cattle companies in Crewe →

33 companies are registered at this postcode →

Competitors Crewe

This company ranks 4 among raising of dairy cattle in Crewe.

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The class of 2012

21%

of the 492,231 companies incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 76% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Leasehold
2
Most recent registration
2025-04-29
Where
Staffordshire (1), Shropshire (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
SF706398 Staffordshire Leasehold 2025-04-29
SL275014 Shropshire Leasehold 2022-01-25

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