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REGISTERED NUMBER: 00473474 (England and Wales)




















Report of the Directors and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

for

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)






Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Report of the Directors 2

Report of the Independent Auditors 3

Income Statement 6

Balance Sheet 7

Statement of Changes in Equity 8

Notes to the Financial Statements 9


W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025







DIRECTORS: C Dolley
R W Davey





REGISTERED OFFICE: Manor Farm
Marcham
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX13 6NZ





REGISTERED NUMBER: 00473474 (England and Wales)

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

Report of the Directors
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2025.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 January 2025 to the date of this report.

C Dolley
R W Davey

Other changes in directors holding office are as follows:

W J Cumber - resigned 12 November 2025

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Sumer Auditco Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





C Dolley - Director


11 June 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 December 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Directors has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the directors were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies' exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Directors.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page two, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the Company and industry, we identified that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to health and safety, employment law and company legislation, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements of the Company. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and taxation legislation. We evaluated management's incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to potential lack of segregation of duties, bookkeeping errors and management bias in accounting estimates and judgemental areas of the financial statements. Audit procedures performed by the audit engagement team included:

- Discussions with management, including consideration of known or suspected instances of
non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud;
- Understanding of management's internal controls designed to prevent and detect irregularities, and
fraud;
- Reviewing the Company's legal costs to check for non-compliance with laws and regulations and
fraud;
- Reviewing Board of Directors minutes;
- Review of tax compliance with the involvement of our tax specialists in the audit;
- Designing audit procedures to incorporate unpredictability around the nature, timing or extent of our
testing of expenses;
- Testing transactions entered into outside of the normal course of the Company's business; and
- Identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries with fraud characteristics such as
journals with round numbers.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited


There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




David Iain Black (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Sumer Auditco Limited
Statutory Auditors
Hermes House
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2GA

12 June 2026

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

Income Statement
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   

TURNOVER 2,951,818 3,061,190

Cost of sales 1,710,529 2,115,335
GROSS PROFIT 1,241,289 945,855

Administrative expenses 756,135 715,475
485,154 230,380

Other operating income 5,940 66,713
Gain/loss on revaluation of investment
property

21,395

252,800
OPERATING PROFIT 5 512,489 549,893

Profit/loss on sale of land 6 4,307,891 -
4,820,380 549,893

Income from fixed asset investments 498,186 285,926
Interest receivable and similar income 40,749 23,149
538,935 309,075
5,359,315 858,968

Interest payable and similar expenses 379,675 413,688
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 4,979,640 445,280

Tax on profit 1,261,487 90,657
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 3,718,153 354,623

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

Balance Sheet
31 December 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 8 - -
Tangible assets 9 34,995,387 35,034,530
Investments 10 3,973,537 3,513,040
Investment property 11 34,292,352 34,005,409
73,261,276 72,552,979

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 12 382,746 340,044
Debtors 13 620,277 666,775
Cash at bank and in hand 5,538,708 1,958,548
6,541,731 2,965,367
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 14 1,894,344 799,126
NET CURRENT ASSETS 4,647,387 2,166,241
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

77,908,663

74,719,220

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

15

(7,361,561

)

(7,452,949

)

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES (8,007,240 ) (7,909,612 )
NET ASSETS 62,539,862 59,356,659

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 41,150 41,150
Capital redemption reserve 8,350 8,350
Retained earnings 62,490,362 59,307,159
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 62,539,862 59,356,659

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 June 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





C Dolley - Director


W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

Statement of Changes in Equity
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Called up Capital
share Retained redemption Total
capital earnings reserve equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 January 2024 41,150 59,075,986 8,350 59,125,486

Changes in equity
Dividends - (123,450 ) - (123,450 )
Total comprehensive income - 354,623 - 354,623
Balance at 31 December 2024 41,150 59,307,159 8,350 59,356,659

Changes in equity
Dividends - (534,950 ) - (534,950 )
Total comprehensive income - 3,718,153 - 3,718,153
Balance at 31 December 2025 41,150 62,490,362 8,350 62,539,862

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" including the provisions of Section 1A "Small Entities" and the Companies Act 2006.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

Revenue
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents the amount receivable for goods supplied or services rendered, net of returns, discounts and rebates allowed by the company and value added taxes.

Sale of crops
Most crops are sold into a grain pool. Turnover from the sale of crops is recognised when the title of the goods passes over to the customer.

Sale of livestock, eggs and shop sales
Turnover from the sale of livestock, eggs and any other items sold in the farm shop are recognised at the point of sale.

Contract income
Turnover from the supply of services represents the value of services provided under contracts to the extent that there is a right to consideration and is recorded at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable. Where a contract has only been partially completed at the balance sheet date turnover represents the fair value of the service provided to date based on the stage of completion of the contract activity at the balance sheet date. Where payments are received from customer in advance of services provided the amounts are recorded as deferred income and included as part of creditors due within one year.

Rental and storage income
Income from the letting of commercial property, residential property and storage is recognised in the period to which it relates.

Government grants
Depending on their nature Government grants are either recognised on an accruals basis where it is possible to ascertain with reasonable accuracy the amount and timing of receipt or on a cash basis where it is not possible to confirm timing and amount. Grants are classified as relating to either revenue or to assets. Grants relating to revenue are recognised in income over the period in which the related costs are recognised. Grants relating to assets are recognised over the expected useful life of the asset.

Intangible assets
Intangible assets are initially measured at cost. After initial recognition, intangible assets are measured at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses.

Entitlements are being amortised evenly over their estimated useful life of five years.

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on straight line basis
Farm buildings - 2% on straight line basis
Plant and machinery - 25% on reducing balance, 20% on straight line basis and 10% on straight line basis
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on straight line basis

Deemed cost

The Company previously adopted a policy of revaluing freehold land and buildings and they were stated at their revalued amount less any subsequent depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. The Company has adopted the transition exemption under FRS 102 paragraph 35.10(d) and has elected to use the previous revaluation as deemed cost.

The directors have chosen not to depreciate land in keeping with the previous depreciation policy.

Subsequent additions and major components

Subsequent costs are included in the assets carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the company and the cost can be measured reliably.

The carrying amount of any replaced component is derecognised. Major components are treated as a separate asset when they have significantly different patterns of consumption of economic benefits and are depreciated separately over its useful life.

Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in subsidiary undertakings are recognised at cost less any impairment.

Investment property
Investment properties for which fair value can be measured reliably without undue cost or effort on an ongoing basis are measured at fair value annually with any change recognised in the profit and loss account.

Stocks
Livestock and growing crops are valued at cost of production or discounted market value.

Deadstock is stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell.

Stock is recognised as an expense in the period in which the related revenue is recognised.

At the end of each reporting period stock is assessed for impairment. If an item of stock is impaired, the identified stock is reduced to its selling price less costs to complete and sell and an impairment is recognised in the profit and loss account. Where a reversal of the impairment is recognised the impairment charge is reversed, up to the original impairment loss, and is recognised as a credit in the profit and loss account.

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has chosen to adopt the Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.

Financial assets
Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables, cash and bank balances, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the assets original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party or (c) control the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

Financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans and overdrafts and loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade payables 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 payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables are
recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.


W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

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

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of new ordinary shares or options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

Distributions to shareholders

Dividends and other distributions to company's shareholders are recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the period in which the dividends and other distributions are approved by the company's shareholders. These amounts are recognised in the statement of changes in equity.

Listed investments
Listed investments are included in the balance sheet at their fair value. Realised and unrealised gains and losses are recognised in the profit and loss account in the year in which they arise.

Related party transactions
The company discloses transactions with related parties which are not wholly owned with the same group. It does not disclose transactions with members of the same group that are wholly owned.

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

The average number of employees during the year was 6 (2024 - 6 ) .

5. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025 2024
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 324,514 333,465
(Profit)/loss on disposal of fixed assets (4,602 ) 5,000
Auditors' remuneration 75,548 56,081

6. EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS
2025 2024
£    £   
Profit/loss on sale of land 4,307,891 -

The company classifies certain one-off charges or credits that have a material impact on the company's financial results as 'exceptional items'. These are disclosed separately to provide further understanding of the financial performance of the company.

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

7. DIVIDENDS
2025 2024
£    £   
Ordinary shares of £1 each
Interim 534,950 123,450

8. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Entitlement
£   
COST
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 35,440
AMORTISATION
At 1 January 2025
and 31 December 2025 35,440
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 -
At 31 December 2024 -

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold Farm Plant and
property buildings machinery
£    £    £   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 January 2025 32,285,087 3,661,160 2,809,471
Additions - 185,909 42,237
Disposals (21,148 ) - (14,250 )
At 31 December 2025 32,263,939 3,847,069 2,837,458
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 750,106 683,915 2,397,641
Charge for year 88,496 76,942 111,802
Eliminated on disposal - - (13,996 )
At 31 December 2025 838,602 760,857 2,495,447
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 31,425,337 3,086,212 342,011
At 31 December 2024 31,534,981 2,977,245 411,830

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Motor Computer
vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 January 2025 251,812 7,694 39,015,224
Additions 126,305 - 354,451
Disposals (63,571 ) - (98,969 )
At 31 December 2025 314,546 7,694 39,270,706
DEPRECIATION
At 1 January 2025 141,338 7,694 3,980,694
Charge for year 47,274 - 324,514
Eliminated on disposal (15,893 ) - (29,889 )
At 31 December 2025 172,719 7,694 4,275,319
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 141,827 - 34,995,387
At 31 December 2024 110,474 - 35,034,530

Cost or valuation at 31 December 2025 is represented by:

Freehold Farm Plant and
property buildings machinery
£    £    £   
Valuation in 2015 19,228,800 1,015,136 -
Cost 13,035,139 2,831,933 2,837,458
32,263,939 3,847,069 2,837,458

Motor Computer
vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £   
Valuation in 2015 - - 20,243,936
Cost 314,546 7,694 19,026,770
314,546 7,694 39,270,706

If property and farm buildings had not been revalued they would have been included at the following historical cost:

2025 2024
£    £   
Cost 15,856,317 15,702,311
Aggregate depreciation 2,950,491 2,744,914

Value of land in freehold land and buildings 10,804,525 10,804,525

Property and farm buildings were valued on an open market basis on 1 January 2015 by Carter Jonas LLP .

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS - continued

Included in cost or valuation of freehold property is freehold land of £27,818,017 (2024: £27,839,165) which is not depreciated.

10. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS
Shares in
group Other
undertakings investments Totals
£    £    £   
COST OR VALUATION
At 1 January 2025 495 3,512,545 3,513,040
Additions - 505,970 505,970
Disposals - (490,978 ) (490,978 )
Revaluations - 445,505 445,505
At 31 December 2025 495 3,973,042 3,973,537
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 495 3,973,042 3,973,537
At 31 December 2024 495 3,512,545 3,513,040

Cost or valuation at 31 December 2025 is represented by:

Shares in
group Other
undertakings investments Totals
£    £    £   
Cost 495 3,973,042 3,973,537

The aggregate market value of listed investments at 31 December 2025 was £3,973,035 (2024: £3,512,538) The cost of the listed investments is £1,953,880 (2024: £1,927,880)

The unlisted investments are in limited companies, where there is no active market for the shares and therefore it is not possible to ascertain the market value as at the balance sheet date.

11. INVESTMENT PROPERTY
Total
£   
FAIR VALUE
At 1 January 2025 34,005,409
Additions 265,548
Revaluations 21,395
At 31 December 2025 34,292,352
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 December 2025 34,292,352
At 31 December 2024 34,005,409

The investment property portfolio was valued by Carter Jonas LLP at 31 October 2021 and has been annually reviewed by the Directors.

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

11. INVESTMENT PROPERTY - continued

Fair value at 31 December 2025 is represented by:
£   
Valuation in 2016 14,010,804
Valuation in 2019 1,032,350
Valuation in 2021 5,617,794
Valuation in 2022 430,000
Valuation in 2024 252,800
Valuation in 2025 21,395
Cost 12,927,209
34,292,352

12. STOCKS
2025 2024
£    £   
Livestock 100,918 88,453
Deadstock 114,150 110,045
Growing crops 122,425 42,230
Consumables 45,253 99,316
382,746 340,044

Stocks held by the company at 31 December 2025 were valued by Carter Jonas LLP.

13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Trade debtors 241,677 140,173
Amounts owed by group undertakings 6,730 6,730
Other debtors 12,805 110,202
Directors' current accounts - 29,600
Prepayments 359,065 380,070
620,277 666,775

14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans and overdrafts 106,904 104,096
Hire purchase contracts 14,879 13,296
Trade creditors 94,970 151,117
Amounts owed to group undertakings 632 632
Tax 1,163,859 63,594
Social security and other taxes 8,232 12,845
VAT 4,697 8,958
Other creditors 288,255 270,347
Accrued expenses 211,916 174,241
1,894,344 799,126

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE
YEAR
2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans - 1-2 years 229,403 219,163
Bank loans - 2-5 years 387,744 358,921
Bank loans more 5 yr by instal 6,703,072 6,840,430
Hire purchase contracts 41,342 34,435
7,361,561 7,452,949

Amounts falling due in more than five years:

Repayable by instalments
Bank loans more 5 yr by instal 6,703,072 6,840,430

16. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

2025 2024
£    £   
Bank loans 7,427,123 7,522,610

The company's bank facility is secured by a legal charge over freehold property.

Hire purchase liabilities are secured over the assets to which they relate.

17. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
2025 2024
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 287,520 287,520

18. DIRECTORS' ADVANCES, CREDITS AND GUARANTEES

The following advances and credits to a director subsisted during the years ended 31 December 2025 and 31 December 2024:

2025 2024
£    £   
W J Cumber
Balance outstanding at start of year 29,600 -
Amounts advanced 105,000 99,600
Amounts repaid (134,600 ) (70,000 )
Amounts written off - -
Amounts waived - -
Balance outstanding at end of year - 29,600

W Cumber & Son (Theale) Limited (Registered number: 00473474)

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

19. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Mr C D'Olley, a director in W Cumber & Son (Theale) Ltd is also an equity partner in Carter Jonas LLP, a firm of Chartered Surveyors who have undertaken work on behalf of the company during the year. During the year ended 31 December 2025, the company have paid fees of £192,959 (2024: £182,645) to Carter Jonas LLP. At 31 December 2025 the company owed Carter Jonas LLP £65,848 (2024: £36,734). All transactions are conducted on an arms length basis.

During the year ended 31st December 2025 the company paid £6,000 (2024: £Nil) for consultancy services provided by the Davey Partnership, a partnership in which Richard Davey, a Director, is a partner. These services were conducted on an arms length basis.

During the prior year the company purchased two motor vehicles from W J Cumber, a director in the company. These purchases total £70,000. No such transactions have been identified in 2025.

During the year ended 31 December 2025 expenses of £Nil (2024: £1,338) were paid to M Tearney, a shareholder in the company. These expenses were incurred in her role as an employee.

Dividends paid to directors this year totalled £143,312 (2024: £33,072).

20. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The company is under control of its directors.