Website & contact details
- Website
Direct Meats (Knights Farm) Ltd
- Incorporated
- 24 March 1995 (31 years)
- Industry
- Processing and preserving of meat (10110) Production of meat and poultry meat products (10130)Wholesale of meat and meat products (46320)
- Directors
- Sarah GleedNicholas Phillip LambTerri-Anne Lamb
- Owned by
- Accounts type
- Medium
- Region
- East of England
- Address
- Dickens HouseGuithavon StreetWithamCM8 1BJ
Filing status
- Accounts due
- 30 September 2027
- Last accounts
- 31 December 2025
- Conf. stmt due
- 16 February 2027
- Last conf. stmt
- 2 February 2026
Charges
- Total
- 13
- Outstanding
- 5
- Part satisfied
- 0
- Satisfied
- 8
Officers 7 active
Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.
Gleed, Sarah
Director · Appointed 9 March 2026
British
Born July 1969 (57)
Lamb, Nicholas Phillip
Director · Appointed 1 April 2023
British
Born February 1970 (56)
Lamb, Terri-Anne
Director · Appointed 1 April 2023
British
Born August 1983 (43)
Director · Appointed 1 August 2022
British
Born June 1985 (41)
Director · Appointed 21 October 2020
Also at Dingley Dell Cured Limited (proposed for strike-off), Direct Consolidated Limited, Direct Holdings Limited
French
Born July 1985 (41)
Messinger, Robert Paul
Secretary · Appointed 18 March 2013
British
Director · Appointed 28 March 1995
British
Born March 1970 (56)
Officer history (12 former)
9 March 2026
Appointed Gleed, Sarah as Director
9 March 2026
1 February 2024
1 April 2023
Appointed Lamb, Nicholas Phillip as Director
1 April 2023
Appointed Lamb, Terri-Anne as Director
1 April 2023
Resigned Chandler, Nicola Louise as Director
1 August 2022
21 October 2020
21 October 2020
Resigned Hayward, Mark Alexis as Director
21 October 2020
25 September 2020
Resigned Bluck, Donald Peter as Director
1 March 2018
Appointed Chandler, Nicola Louise as Director
1 October 2014
Appointed Hayward, Mark Alexis as Director
1 June 2014
9 July 2013
18 March 2013
18 March 2013
Appointed Messinger, Robert Paul as Secretary
27 July 2009
1 January 2009
Appointed Bluck, Donald Peter as Director
17 March 2003
1 November 1996
Resigned Williams, Peter David as Secretary
1 November 1996
28 March 1995
Appointed Williams, Peter David as Secretary
28 March 1995
28 March 1995
28 March 1995
28 March 1995
28 March 1995
24 March 1995
24 March 1995
24 March 1995
Ownership 1 active
People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Holds 75–100% of voting rights
Right to appoint and remove directors
Limited Company
Reg. no. 04365944
Group structure 3 companies
Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register
Direct Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares
Direct Meats (Knights Farm) Ltd This company Owns 75–100% of shares
Financials
Balance sheet as at 31 December 2025 · medium accounts
- Net Assets
- £4,855,322
- Cash
- £279,954
- Turnover
- £15,090,720
- Profit Before Tax
- £491,546
- Employees
- 129
- Debt Ratio
- 56%
- Current Ratio
- 1.4x
- Profit Margin
- 3%
- Return on Equity
- 7%
Trend
Turnover
Balance sheet detail
| 2025 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed Assets | £4,586,240 | £4,701,616 | £4,385,991 | £3,891,232 | £3,798,343 | |
| Current Assets | £6,325,422 | £4,878,450 | £5,072,745 | £3,837,301 | £4,296,437 | |
| Debtors | £4,345,883 | £3,278,402 | £3,549,662 | £2,807,833 | £3,461,339 | |
| Cash | £279,954 | £88,406 | £155,646 | £61,869 | £212,678 | |
| Creditors (< 1 year) | £4,559,769 | £3,544,132 | £3,373,949 | £4,069,407 | £3,763,002 | £3,726,256 |
| Creditors (> 1 year) | £1,069,290 | £1,195,421 | £956,235 | £1,144,268 | £1,376,853 | £2,072,009 |
| Net Current Assets | £1,765,653 | £1,334,318 | £1,698,796 | £74,299 | £570,181 | |
| Net Assets | £4,855,322 | £4,494,146 | £4,744,459 | £2,518,641 | £2,101,131 | |
| Shareholder Funds | £4,855,322 | £4,494,146 | £4,744,459 | £2,518,641 | £2,101,131 | |
| Turnover | £15,090,720 | £19,717,351 | £19,446,424 | £9,237,340 | £14,712,650 | |
| Cost of Sales | £12,929,079 | £17,080,260 | £16,612,764 | £8,747,913 | £12,821,742 | |
| Gross Profit | £2,161,641 | £2,637,091 | £2,833,660 | £489,427 | £1,890,908 | |
| Admin Expenses | £1,653,210 | £2,878,766 | £2,629,434 | £1,676,463 | £1,963,777 | |
| Staff Costs | £2,612,343 | £3,840,114 | £3,480,965 | £2,376,548 | £3,031,735 | |
| Operating Profit | £603,347 | (£144,096) | £305,885 | (£542,182) | £190,147 | |
| Profit Before Tax | £491,546 | (£314,957) | £151,346 | (£707,837) | £22,326 | |
| Tax | £130,370 | (£64,644) | £55,397 | (£125,347) | £20,622 | |
| Profit for Period | £361,176 | (£250,313) | £95,949 | (£582,490) | £1,704 | |
Filings 143
| Date | Description | Made Up To | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2026 | Satisfaction of a charge in full | |||
| 9 March 2026 | Termination of appointment of a director | |||
| 9 March 2026 | Appointment of a director | |||
| 1 March 2026 | Accounts for a medium company | 31 December 2025 | ||
| 27 February 2026 | Registration of a charge |
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