R. FOUNTAIN & SON
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Shareholders' funds
£15,579,256
Balance sheet as at 2024-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Unlimited
- Incorporated
- 1989-04-19
- Employees
- 33 (2024 accounts · was 34 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, United Kingdom, WA14 2DT
- Postcode
- WA14 2DT
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-11-30
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-01
- Next due by
- 2026-10-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1300 Plant propagation
Officers 4 current · 5 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by R FOUNTAIN HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| R. FOUNTAIN & SON LIMITED | 2011-08-23 |
| VITALGROW LIMITED | 1989-05-26 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5 RESOLUTION CLOSE, ENDEAVOUR, PARK, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE21 7TT | 2013-08-28 |
| 47 HIGH STREET, BOSTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE21 8SP | 2006-08-02 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y OHP | 1989-06-19 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 152 similar companies in WA — measured against the wider sector
2nd largest employer among its local peers (33 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1989.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 13 titles
- Freehold
- 13
- Most recent registration
- 2025-07-21
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,055,000
- Where
- Lincolnshire (13)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL167342 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2025-07-21 | £425,000 |
| LL416032 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-08-12 | £330,000 |
| LL263409 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-07-18 | — |
| LL296333 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-07-18 | — |
| LL313885 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-07-18 | — |
| LL411208 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-07-18 | — |
| LL121328 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2020-01-03 | £300,000 |
| LL370094 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2016-11-17 | — |
| LL135028 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2010-10-08 | — |
| LL172809 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2010-10-08 | — |
| LL204307 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2010-10-08 | — |
| LL320662 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2010-10-08 | — |
| LL291448 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2010-08-11 | — |
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.