Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/09/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/12/2024Due 30/09/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/12/2025
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/12/2024
JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6LJ
- Classification (4 SIC codes)
- Growing of cereals (except rice) leguminous crops and oil seeds (01.11 - SIC 2007)Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007)Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food beverages or tobacco predominating (47.11 - SIC 2007)Licenced restaurants (56.10/1 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 04/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-04 with no updates
- 30/09/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 12/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-04 with no updates
- 30/09/2024View PDF (13 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-12-31
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
3 days overdue
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
18/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 04/11/2025Due 18/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 04/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 04/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2024; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£443.45K2024
-1.79%vs 20232023: £451.55K
Total Assets
£944.54K2024
-12.27%vs 20232023: £1.08M
Cash in Bank
£198.43K2024
-45.13%vs 20232023: £361.61K
Total Liabilities
£336.28K2024
-27.17%vs 20232023: £461.73K
Employees
552024
-1vs 20232023: 56
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 fell. Cash in bank moved furthest, down 45.13% on 2023. See the full financial analysis for JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · -2.3% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2022–2024Every measure end to end across 2022, 2023 and 2024, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2024.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 4 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 4 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2024.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | -1 |
| 2023 | 56 | -3 |
| 2022 | 59 | +4 |
| 2021 | 55 | – |
Reported employee count was unchanged at 55 between 2021 and 2024. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
4Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/01/2003–Present | 5 | |
| Director | 01/01/2000–Present | 5 | |
| Secretary | 02/09/1999–05/02/2006 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 05/02/2006–17/08/2009 | 0 |
Persons with significant control
6Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 04/11/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 04/11/2016–11/11/2022 | 0 | |
| 04/11/2016–08/07/2021 | 6 | |
| 04/11/2016–Present | 5 | |
| 04/11/2016–Present | 5 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 16
- Since 16/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 04/11/2025
- 10 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Confirmation statementLatest 04/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 04/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-04 with no updates
- 30/09/2025View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-12-31
- 12/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-04 with no updates
- 30/09/2024View PDF (13 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2023-12-31
- 04/04/2024View PDF (14 pages)
Unaudited abridged accounts made up to 2022-12-31
- 13/02/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr John Sidney Pile as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 13/02/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Helen Mary Marsh as a person with significant control on 2022-11-11
- 23/11/2023View PDF (6 pages)
Statement of capital on 2023-11-16
- 23/11/2023View PDF (6 pages)
Statement of capital on 2022-12-05
- 23/11/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Helen Mary Marsh as a person with significant control on 2022-11-11
- 23/11/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of John Sidney Pile as a person with significant control on 2016-04-06
- 19/11/2023View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-04 with updates
Showing 12 of 16 filings
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About JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Middle Farm, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6LJ. Companies House classifies its business as Growing of cereals (except rice) leguminous crops and oil seeds, one of 4 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 60 years 2 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2024 accounts report net assets of £443.45K and 55 employees. Its accounts are past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED under 4 registered business activities: Growing of cereals (except rice) leguminous crops and oil seeds (01.11 - SIC 2007), Mixed farming (01.50 - SIC 2007), Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food beverages or tobacco predominating (47.11 - SIC 2007) and Licenced restaurants (56.10/1 - SIC 2007).
JOHN S. PILE (FARMS) LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 18/07/1966.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2024 and report net assets of £443.45K, total assets of £944.54K, cash in bank of £198.43K and total liabilities of £336.28K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 04/11/2025: Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-04 with no updates, 10 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/09/2026, which has passed and the next confirmation statement is due by 18/11/2026.
Companies House lists 4 officers (2 currently in post) and 6 people with significant control (4 current).