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Registration number: 00679240

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Annual Report and Unaudited Financial Statements Year Ended 31 December 2025

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Chartered Accountants

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Accountants' Report

2

Balance Sheet

3 to 4

Notes to the Financial Statements

5 to 13

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Company Information

Directors

Mrs K C Hooper

Mr R K Hooper

Mr C Hooper

Mrs K S Hooper

Company secretary

Mrs K C Hooper

Registered office

Farm Office
Manor Farm
Tarrant Hinton
Blandford
Dorset
DT11 8JX

Accountants

Edwards and Keeping Limited
Chartered Accountants
Edwards & Keeping
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
DT1 1HA

 

Chartered Accountants' Report to the Board of Directors on the Preparation of the Unaudited Statutory Accounts of
Tarhinton Farms Limitedfor the Year Ended 31 December 2025

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of Tarhinton Farms Limited for the year ended 31 December 2025 as set out on pages 3 to 13 from the company's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

As a practising member firm of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), we are subject to its ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at
http://www.icaew.com/regulation.

This report is made solely to the Board of Directors of Tarhinton Farms Limited, as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 12 March 2025. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of Tarhinton Farms Limited and state those matters that we have agreed to state to the Board of Directors of Tarhinton Farms Limited, as a body, in this report in accordance with ICAEW Technical Release 07/16 AAF. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than Tarhinton Farms Limited and its Board of Directors as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that Tarhinton Farms Limited has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of Tarhinton Farms Limited. You consider that Tarhinton Farms Limited is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of Tarhinton Farms Limited. For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.






Edwards and Keeping Limited
Chartered Accountants
Edwards & Keeping
Unity Chambers
34 High East Street
Dorchester
DT1 1HA

16 July 2026

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

(Registration number: 00679240)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

5

2,151,167

1,622,150

Investment property

6

1,500,000

1,500,000

Other financial assets

7

213,926

176,307

 

3,865,093

3,298,457

Current assets

 

Stocks

8

293,368

238,168

Debtors

9

132,137

443,997

Cash at bank and in hand

 

-

120,722

 

425,505

802,887

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

10

(449,954)

(371,230)

Net current (liabilities)/assets

 

(24,449)

431,657

Total assets less current liabilities

 

3,840,644

3,730,114

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

10

(994,244)

(1,001,514)

Provisions for liabilities

12

(183,932)

(203,582)

Net assets

 

2,662,468

2,525,018

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

15

71

71

Share premium reserve

984

984

Capital redemption reserve

2,004

2,004

Other reserves

73,134

73,134

Retained earnings

2,586,275

2,448,825

Shareholders' funds

 

2,662,468

2,525,018

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

(Registration number: 00679240)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

For the financial year ending 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

These financial statements have been delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the directors have not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Directors' responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

Approved and authorised by the Board on 15 July 2026 and signed on its behalf by:
 



Mr R K Hooper
Director

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England.

The address of its registered office is:
Farm Office
Manor Farm
Tarrant Hinton
Blandford
Dorset
DT11 8JX

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A smaller entities - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006 (as applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime).

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The company is dependent on the continued financial support of its directors and bankers, both of whom are owed large sums payable on demand or within a period of 12 months.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for the sale of goods and provision of services in the ordinary course of the company’s activities. Turnover is shown net of sales/value added tax, returns, rebates and discounts.

The company recognises revenue when:
The amount of revenue can be reliably measured;
it is probable that future economic benefits will flow to the entity;
and specific criteria have been met for each of the company's activities.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises corporation tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a change attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Freehold property

2% per annum on cost

Property improvements

2% to10% per annum on cost

Implements, combines and tractors

12.5% to 20% per annum on cost less estimated residual value

Fixtures and computer equipment

12.5% per annum on cost

Motor vehicles

20% per annum on cost less estimated residual value

Office equipment

25% per annum on cost

Investment property

Investment property is carried at fair value, derived from the current market prices for comparable real estate reviewed annually by the directors and periodically by external professional valuers. Valuations use observable market prices, adjusted if necessary for any difference in the nature, location or condition of the specific asset. Changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the company will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. At each reporting date, stocks are assessed for impairment. If stocks are impaired, the carrying amount is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell; the impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

Leases

Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are retained by the lessor are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessee.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised at the lower of their fair value at inception of the lease and the present value of the minimum lease payments. These assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the useful life of the asset and the lease term. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation.

Lease payments are apportioned between finance costs in the profit and loss account and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

3

Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the year, was 4 (2024 - 4).

4

Taxation

2025
£

2024
£

Current tax

57,318

(96,817)

Deferred tax

19,650

(203,582)

76,968

(300,399)

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

5

Tangible assets

Land and buildings
£

Fixtures and fittings
£

Plant and machinery
£

Office equipment
£

Motor vehicles
 £

Total
£

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2025

1,590,779

14,268

776,826

-

78,817

2,460,690

Additions

602,083

4,594

97,728

922

-

705,327

Disposals

-

(1,534)

(96,500)

-

-

(98,034)

Transfers

-

283

(1,365)

1,082

-

-

At 31 December 2025

2,192,862

17,611

776,689

2,004

78,817

3,067,983

Depreciation

At 1 January 2025

461,769

12,258

312,390

-

52,125

838,542

Charge for the year

28,673

1,180

63,871

492

9,405

103,621

Eliminated on disposal

-

(1,222)

(24,125)

-

-

(25,347)

Transfers

-

(412)

(170)

582

-

-

At 31 December 2025

490,442

11,804

351,966

1,074

61,530

916,816

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

1,702,420

5,807

424,723

930

17,287

2,151,167

At 31 December 2024

1,129,010

2,010

464,437

-

26,693

1,622,150

The net book value of motor vehicles includes £14,630 (2024 - £26,693 ) in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The depreciation charge in respect of such assets amounted to £9,405 (2024 - £9,405) for the year.

The net book value of plant and machinery includes £344,613 (2024 - £307,963) in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The depreciation charge in respect of such assets amounted to £49,850 (2024 - £39,037) for the year.

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Included within the net book value of land and buildings above is £1,702,420 (2024 - £1,129,010) in respect of freehold land and buildings.
 

6

Investment properties

2025
£

2024
£

At 1 January 2025

1,500,000

1,150,000

Fair value adjustments

-

350,000

At 31 December 2025

1,500,000

1,500,000

The company's investment property was independently valued at £1,500,000 by Symonds and Sampson LLP in October 2024. The directors consider this to remain an appropriate fair value as at the period end.

The historic cost of this property is £1,189,394

7

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss
£

Total
£

Non-current financial assets

Cost or valuation

At 1 January 2025

176,307

176,307

Fair value adjustments

25,507

25,507

Additions

13,033

13,033

Disposals

(921)

(921)

At 31 December 2025

213,926

213,926

Carrying amount

At 31 December 2025

213,926

213,926

At 31 December 2024

176,307

176,307

8

Stocks

2025
£

2024
£

Other inventories

293,368

238,168

9

Debtors

Current

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

95,795

49,546

Prepayments

29,620

390,229

Other debtors

6,722

4,222

 

132,137

443,997

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

10

Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

11

316,708

161,387

Trade creditors

 

75,480

78,691

Taxation and social security

 

4,524

104,391

Accruals and deferred income

 

4,485

5,584

Other creditors

 

48,757

21,177

 

449,954

371,230


Creditors include bank loans and overdrafts and net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts which are secured of £316,708 (2024 - £161,387).

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

11

705,328

712,598

Accruals and deferred income

 

288,916

288,916

 

994,244

1,001,514

Accruals and deferred income represents a DEFRA grant awarded to the company for the development of a business park. This will be released to the Profit and Loss Account when the business park is sold.

Loans and borrowings includes £3,000 (2024 - £3,000) redeemable preference shares, these have no set redemption date and can be redeemed as and when the shareholders wish to do so.

Creditors include bank loans and overdrafts and net obligations under finance lease and hire purchase contracts which are secured of £702,328 (2024 - £709,598).

Creditors include bank loans repayable by instalments of £356,599 due after more than five years.

11

Loans and borrowings

Non-current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

556,137

550,964

Hire purchase contracts

146,191

158,634

Redeemable preference shares

3,000

3,000

705,328

712,598

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Current loans and borrowings

2025
£

2024
£

Bank borrowings

39,738

84,648

Bank overdrafts

203,473

6,379

Hire purchase contracts

73,497

70,360

316,708

161,387

12

Provisions for liabilities

2025
£

2024
£

Deferred tax liabilities

(183,932)

(203,582)

13

Financial commitments, guarantees and contingencies

Amounts not provided for in the balance sheet

The total amount of financial commitments not included in the balance sheet is £Nil (2024 - £1,505).
This relates to a car lease agreement with Arval and run until 28 April 2025. This is now on a rolling annual agreement.

14

Related party transactions

Transactions with directors

2025

At 1 January 2025
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 31 December 2025
£

Mr C Hooper

Directors Loan Account. Interest charged at HMRC official rate if overdrawn balance exceeds £10,000. No set repayment terms.

(34)

8,296

(1,643)

6,619

2024

At 1 January 2024
£

Advances to director
£

Repayments by director
£

At 31 December 2024
£

Mr C Hooper

Directors Loan Account. Interest charged at HMRC official rate if overdrawn balance exceeds £10,000. No set repayment terms.

6,371

1,158

(7,563)

(34)

 

Tarhinton Farms Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
£

2024
£

Remuneration

130,935

128,570

15

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2025

2024

No.

£

No.

£

71 Ordinary shares of £1 each

71

71

71

71