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Layer Mills Limited

Mixed farming

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 4

  1. Mary Anne Hughes 2025 Director View profile
  2. Barrie Nigel Hughes 2025 Director View profile
  3. Freda Joan Hughes 2001 Director View profile
  4. Martin Philip Manning Prentice 2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Mixed farming
Incorporated
07/05/1949
Registered office
Colchester

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Layer Mills Limited is controlled by Michael Elwyn Hughes
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Michael Elwyn Hughes.

4 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
-£140,063
Total assets
£840
Cash
£41,984
Employees
5
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

4 grants · £9,993 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £9,993 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £1,7132024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,2752023-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £2,8002022-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £3,2062021-04-01

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00468202
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
05/01/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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