BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED Financials
- Company number
- 00600903CopyCopy
- Industry
- Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007)
- Registered office
- Manor Road Farm, Manor Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8NE
- Incorporated
- 20/03/1958
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 39 (2025)
- Latest financial data
- 2025
- Accounts type
- Medium
- Industry
- Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007)
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2021–2025.
Net Assets
1.48%vs 20242024: £42.96M
Total Assets
1.33%vs 20242024: £77.26M
Cash in Bank
10.47%vs 20242024: £4.99M
Total Liabilities
2.13%vs 20242024: £5.70M
Employees
0vs 20242024: 39
In 2025, BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED reported net assets of £43.60M. The same filing shows total assets of £78.29M, cash in bank of £5.52M and total liabilities of £5.83M. Reported headcount was 39 in 2025. Total Assets rose from £77.26M in 2024 to £78.29M in 2025 (1.33%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2021–2025; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
1.48%from £42.96M in 2024Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2021–2025. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2023–2025)
How the figures BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED filed moved across the three reported years 2023, 2024 and 2025 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
+0.2%vs 2023+<0.1% a year compound (CAGR)
Cash in Bank
-2.8%vs 2023-1.4% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
+<0.1%vs 2023+<0.1% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
-9.2%vs 2023-4.7% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
+8.3%vs 2023+3Biggest increase
Employees+8.3%
36 in 2023 to 39 in 2025
Biggest decrease
Total Liabilities-9.2%
£6.42M in 2023 to £5.83M in 2025
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED's filings pull in both directions between 2023 and 2025. The steepest rise came in employee numbers, pointing to an expanding team, set against a fall in total liabilities, pointing to lighter outstanding obligations. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 55.69%2025
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 7.44%2025
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
- Cash to liabilities
- 94.72%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by total liabilities for the same year. Shows what share of outstanding obligations the reported cash balance would cover.
- Cash to total assets
- 7.05%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed.
- Revenue per employee
- £277.28K2025
- Reported turnover divided by the reported average number of employees, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much revenue the business generates per employee.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 40.33M | 41.80M | 43.52M | 42.96M | 43.60M |
| Total Assets£ | 70.91M | 72.74M | 78.23M | 77.26M | 78.29M |
| Cash in Bank£ | 5.47M | 5.35M | 5.68M | 4.99M | 5.52M |
| Total Liabilities£ | 4.48M | 4.32M | 6.42M | 5.70M | 5.83M |
| Employees | 35 | 31 | 36 | 39 | 39 |
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED covering 2021–2025, across 5 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2025.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED reported net assets of £43.60M for 2025. That compares with £42.96M in 2024, a change of 1.48%.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED reported total assets of £78.29M for 2025. That compares with £77.26M in 2024, a change of 1.33%.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED reported cash in bank of £5.52M for 2025. That compares with £4.99M in 2024, a change of 10.47%.
BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED reported 39 employees in 2025, compared with 39 in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2025, BEN SMITH & SONS(WANTAGE)LIMITED's net assets rose by 0.2%, cash in bank fell by 2.8%, total assets rose by <0.1% and total liabilities fell by 9.2%. Net assets compounded at <0.1% a year across the two years to 2025, from £43.52M to £43.60M. Reported headcount went from 36 in 2023 to 39 in 2025 (+3).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.