E C DRUMMOND (AGRICULTURE) LTD
Company number 00715017 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
E C Drummond (Agriculture) Ltd is a deeply established, family-controlled agricultural group that has recently fortified its balance sheet, evidenced by a transformative cash surge to £6.9M and net assets of £17.6M in 2025. The strategic imperative now shifts from capital preservation to deploying this liquidity into yield-enhancing ag-tech, vertical integration, and sustainable energy monetization to drive long-term margin expansion. Leadership must carefully navigate commodity volatility, climate risks, and concentrated family control to successfully execute this next phase of growth.
Shareholders' funds
£17,566,208
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company and group continued to be that of farming.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1962-02-09
- Employees
- 233 (2025 accounts · was 235 in 2024)
- Registered office
- The Homme, Hom Green,, Ross On Wye, Hfds, HR9 7TF
- Postcode
- HR9 7TF
- Capital
- 25,100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-02-21
- Next due by
- 2027-03-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1110 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
- 1130 Growing of vegetables and melons, roots and tubers
- 1470 Raising of poultry
Officers 7 current · 2 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 — ZA639940 (Tier 2), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.ecdrummond.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FARMING LAND LIMITED | 2010-12-07 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 26 similar companies in HR
The largest employer among its local peers (233 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1962.
Competitors Kington
This company ranks 1 among growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds in Kington.
Property in England & Wales 16 titles
- Freehold
- 15
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2021-10-25
- Price paid, where recorded
- £5,408,000
- Where
- Herefordshire (11), Norfolk (3), Gloucestershire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NK514645 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2021-10-25 | — |
| HE21555 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2020-06-15 | £193,000 |
| HE21990 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | — |
| HE26379 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | — |
| HE28353 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | — |
| HE3341 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | £500,000 |
| HE3346 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | £4,715,000 |
| HE9646 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | — |
| HE9781 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2019-09-12 | — |
| HW129189 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2017-11-23 | — |
| P157559 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2017-11-23 | — |
| GR408705 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2016-11-04 | — |
| NK310928 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2015-06-29 | — |
| NK310961 | Norfolk | Freehold | 2015-06-29 | — |
| SK253914 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2015-06-29 | — |
| HE41267 | Herefordshire | Freehold | 2009-08-21 | — |
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