LAF HOLDINGS LIMITED
Company number 06195309 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
LAF Holdings Limited is in excellent financial health, displaying a robust balance sheet with £237M in net assets, minimal leverage at just 3.5% debt-to-equity, and over £100M in cash reserves that cover total liabilities 12 times over. The group has delivered consistent double-digit growth in both turnover (12%) and profit before tax (11%), with a strong 22% gross margin and estimated return on equity exceeding 30%. Minor symptoms to monitor include rising liabilities and a slight cash dip suggesting increased asset deployment, but these are immaterial relative to the company's substantial financial strength. This is a well-capitalised, family-owned agri-food conglomerate with exceptional financial resilience and significant capacity for strategic growth.
Shareholders' funds
£237,126,969
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
the production of animal feedstuffs, the production of eggs, food processing and trading, poultry rearing and related farming interests and waste disposal services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-03-30
- Employees
- 1251 (2025 accounts · was 1178 in 2024)
- Registered office
- C/O Laf Holdings, The Mill,, Morton, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8BH
- Postcode
- SY10 8BH
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-27
- Next due by
- 2027-02-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70100 Activities of head offices
Officers 9 current · 3 resigned
Group structure 42 subsidiaries
Showing 12 of 42.
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 95 similar companies in SY
The largest employer among its local peers (1251 staff).
Trading since 2007.
No.1 of the largest activities of head offices companies in Shrewsbury →
Competitors Shrewsbury
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2. MVH LIMITED
This company ranks 1 among activities of head offices in Shrewsbury.
The class of 2007
43%
of the 2,255 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 15 titles
- Freehold
- 15
- Most recent registration
- 2019-04-10
- Price paid, where recorded
- £330,000
- Where
- Shropshire (6), Greater London (3), Powys (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH63311 | Cheshire West And Chester | Freehold | 2019-04-10 | £330,000 |
| SL215911 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2012-03-07 | — |
| HW105192 | Worcestershire | Freehold | 2008-05-22 | — |
| AGL38939 | Greater London | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| CH572061 | Cheshire East | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| CYM387709 | Powys | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| MX169441 | Greater London | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| MX462691 | Greater London | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| SL190907 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| SL190910 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| SL190911 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| SL190912 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| SL66867 | Shropshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| WA700651 | Powys | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
| WT124639 | Wiltshire | Freehold | 2008-03-04 | — |
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