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Holkham Farming Company Limited

Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Poul Hoveson 2011-2025 Director View profile
  2. Charles Alan Whitaker 2009-2011 Director View profile
  3. Right Honourable Edward Douglas 7Th Earl of Leicester 1996-2015 Director View profile
  4. The Countess of Leicester 1996-2006 Corporate-director View profile
  5. Neil Morrell 2010-2021 Secretary View profile
  6. Michael Wyard 2009-2010 Secretary View profile
  7. Richard Robert Gledson 2007-2009 Secretary View profile
  8. Neil Gordon Morrell 1996-2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Incorporated
19/02/1996
Registered office
Norfolk

Financials

Net assets
£1,779,874
Total assets
£2,628,806
Cash
£386,771
Employees
28
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

19 grants · £2,521,756 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 · £2,521,756 (19 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £160,1322024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £289,5052024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £139,3522024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £50,2522024-04-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £33,6692024-04-01
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

6 directors on the board

12.7y median 5.3y
average tenure
29.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

1
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Agriculture 10Business services 10Manufacturing 8Hospitality 7Retail and trade 7Other services 3

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03161187
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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