R.T. NELSON AND SON LIMITED, NR34 8TP : Companies House Number 01878164

Executive summary

R.T. Nelson and Son Limited represents a strategically sound but financially constrained agricultural services business with genuine competitive moats in asset intensity and market longevity. The immediate priority must be addressing the deteriorating working capital position through liability restructuring, while the medium-term strategic agenda should focus on succession planning, fleet modernisation, and selective digital adoption to protect and extend the company's defensible niche in rural logistics and livestock services.

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Shareholders' funds

£516,802

Balance sheet as at 2019-03-31

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What it does

The principal activity of the company is that of haulage, livestock dealing and livery

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

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1985-01-16
Employees: 13 (2025 accounts · was 14 in 2024)
Registered office: Orchard Farm, Wash Lane London Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 8TP
Postcode: NR34 8TP
Capital: 100 GBP
Accounts category: Total Exemption Full
Charges: 2 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Next due by: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-07-25
Next due by: 2027-08-08

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Nature of business (SIC)

1629 Support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) not elsewhere classified

Officers 4 current · 5 resigned

MR Christopher Reginald Arthur Ernest LING Director

Appointed 2006-02-01

MRS JANE KATHERINE LING Secretary

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Appointed 2001-08-07

MRS JANE KATHERINE LING Director

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Appointed 1990-08-18

Jane Katherine LING Director

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Previous company names

Name	Date changed
TOLEDOQUEST LIMITED	1985-03-22

Previous registered addresses 1

Address	Changed on
6 ASHTREE CLOSE, WORLINGHAM, BECCLES, SUFFOLK NR34 7RU	2001-09-17

Among its peers

Among the biggest employers

of 16 similar companies in NR, with 13 staff. The oldest of its local peers.

Competitors Norwich

1. PICKEN LIMITED

£1,247,832
2. POULTRY HANDLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED

£1,020,478
3. CM AGRICULTURE LIMITED

£943,234
4. CLG NORFOLK LIMITED

£577,951
6. S P GAME LIMITED

£513,704

This company ranks 5 among support activities for animal production (other than farm animal boarding and care) not elsewhere classified in Norwich.

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The class of 1985

49%

of the 15,386 companies incorporated in 1985 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.

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

Property in England & Wales 2 titles

Freehold: 2
Most recent registration: 2006-05-17
Where: Suffolk (2)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
SK156565	Suffolk	Freehold	2006-05-17	—
SK277127	Suffolk	Freehold	2006-05-17	—

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