MITCHELL POTATOES LTD
Company number 01530501 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Mitchell Potatoes Ltd is a well-established, profitable business with strong net assets and a healthy long-term trajectory, meriting a B financial health grade. However, the headline profit is substantially inflated by a £2.97M property revaluation gain, and the persistent net current liabilities position — combined with declining cash — signals a liquidity vulnerability that requires active management. The underlying trading margin of approximately 5.9% is respectable for the sector but leaves limited room for adverse movements in commodity prices or trading conditions.
Shareholders' funds
£8,356,652
Balance sheet as at 2025-04-30
What it does
The principal activities of the company in the year under review were those of the production and distribution of food and potato seeds, property investment and open land storage.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-11-27
- Employees
- 66 (2025 accounts · was 69 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Boots Farm Straight Mile, Frankton, Rugby, Warwickshire, United Kingdom, CV23 9QQ
- Postcode
- CV23 9QQ
- Capital
- 749,816 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-04-30
- Next due by
- 2027-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-21
- Next due by
- 2027-01-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46310 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
- 46320 Wholesale of meat and meat products
Officers 5 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by SHAPEJOINT LIMITED — since 2017-03-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA852160 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ROBERT MITCHELL (POTATOES) LIMITED | 2008-05-06 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| BOOTS FARM, STRAIGHT MILE, FRANKTON, RUGBY WARWICKSHIRE, CV23 9QQ | 2015-11-17 |
| FIRS FARM, FRANKTON, NR. RUGBY, WARWICKSHIRE CV23 9NY | 2003-08-27 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 15 similar companies in CV
The largest employer among its local peers (66 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.
Competitors Coventry
This company ranks 1 among wholesale of fruit and vegetables in Coventry.
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 6 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Most recent registration
- 2005-04-15
- Where
- Warwickshire (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WK254560 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2005-04-15 | — |
| WK255725 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2005-04-15 | — |
| WK420236 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2005-02-07 | — |
| WK337611 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2002-04-16 | — |
| WK399931 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2002-04-16 | — |
| WK398442 | Warwickshire | Freehold | 2002-01-29 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.