DOWNLAND MARKETING LIMITED
Company number 00937379 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Downland Marketing Limited occupies a defensible niche in UK agricultural marketing through its franchise partner network, asset-light model, and 55-year heritage, with consistent equity growth demonstrating business model resilience. However, the recent balance sheet volatility, declining cash position, and significant creditor obligations signal working capital pressures that must be managed alongside sector headwinds. The company's growth trajectory depends on its ability to digitise its franchise model, expand into adjacent services, and professionalise governance to match its ambitious scale potential.
Shareholders' funds
£219,907
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is agricultural marketing and buying
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1968-08-16
- Employees
- 13 (2025 accounts · was 11 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Warwick Mill Business Centre Warwick Mill Business Park, Warwick Bridge, Carlisle, United Kingdom, CA4 8RR
- Postcode
- CA4 8RR
- Capital
- 3 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-28
- Next due by
- 2027-03-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1629 Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) not elsewhere classified
Officers 8 current · 33 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA278340 (Tier 1), registered since 2017.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- downland.co.uk
- Phone
- 07341850958, 07903020341, 01228564498
Downland delivers farming excellence across the UK, recognised for our exceptional franchise partners who provide invaluable advice and solutions for their own local farming community.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DOWNLAND TRADING COMPANY LIMITED(THE) | 1984-11-16 |
| CHEMVET (BRANDING) LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 VICTORIA PLACE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA, CA1 1EW | 2020-05-22 |
| FAIRVIEW HOUSE, VICTORIA PLACE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA CA1 1HP | 2002-01-29 |
| 25 LOWTHER STREET, WHITEHAVEN, CUMBRIA CA28 7DG | 2001-08-02 |
| 8 KING STREET, WIGTON, CUMBRIA CA7 9DT | 2000-09-06 |
| 15 VICTORIA PLACE, CARLISLE, CA1 1EW | 2000-08-18 |
| EQUIPOISE HOUSE, GROVE PLACE, BEDFORD, MK40 3LE | 1998-12-14 |
| 28 ELY PLACE, LONDON, EC1N 6TD | 1991-08-14 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 53 similar companies in CA
The largest employer among its local peers (13 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1968.
Competitors Carlisle
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1. J P HOLLIDAY
This company ranks 11 among support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) not elsewhere classified in Carlisle.