FARMHOUSE BISCUITS LIMITED

Company number 01145352 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£5,280,878

Balance sheet as at 2025-12-30

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What it does

Farmhouse Biscuits Limited is a family‑run biscuit manufacturer based in Nelson, Lancashire. The business has grown from a farmhouse kitchen into a 200,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility employing approximately 230 people. The

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

Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1973-11-14
Employees
231 (2025 accounts · was 236 in 2024)
Registered office
Brook Street Mill, Brook Street, Nelson, Lancashire, United Kingdom, BB9 9PX
Postcode
BB9 9PX
Capital
11,644 GBP
Accounts category
Full
Charges
6 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-12-30
Next due by
2027-09-30
Financial year end
30 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-06-30
Next due by
2027-07-14
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 10720 Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes

Officers 7 current · 6 resigned

Simon WEBSTER Director
Appointed 2025-07-31
Deborah HAMMONDS Director
Appointed 2022-10-01
Joanne WHALLEY Director
Appointed 2022-04-01
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Appointed 2019-03-01
Appointed 2003-04-06

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA418099 (Tier 2), registered since 2018.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Political donations 8

£15,000 in registered political donations since 2015.

  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £2,000 2019-11-12 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £2,000 2019-03-29 Cash
  • Conservative and Unionist Party
    £2,000 2018-03-19 Cash

Showing the 3 most recent of 8.

Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contact details

Website
farmhouse-biscuits.com
Phone
01282 613520, 0173436625, 049538745

Award-winning traditionally made British biscuits since 1962. Shop biscuit hampers, gifting tins and luxury ranges. Made in Lancashire. Free delivery over £40.

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
BROOK STREET MILL, BROOK STREET, NELSON, LANCASHIRE, BB7 9PX2019-07-02
HIGHER OAKLANDS FARM, BARROWFORD2005-01-18

Among its peers

Top 5%

by shareholders' funds, of 113 similar companies in BB — measured against the wider sector

2nd largest employer among its local peers (231 staff).

The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1973.

The class of 1973

52%

of the 7,318 companies incorporated in 1973 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.

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

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Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Freehold
4
Most recent registration
2017-06-07
Price paid, where recorded
£200,000
Where
Lancashire (4)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
LA843050 Lancashire Freehold 2017-06-07 £200,000
LA534937 Lancashire Freehold 2009-01-09
LA875090 Lancashire Freehold 2000-10-11
LA829771 Lancashire Freehold 1999-03-29

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