# Hobbs Estates Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [00600419](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00600419)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 13 Mar 1958
- **Registered office:** HONEYWOOD FARM EARLS COLNE BUSINESS PARK, EARLS COLNE, COLCHESTER, CO6 2NS
- **Nature of business:** [01110](/sic/01110) Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds, [68209](/sic/68209) Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate


## Previous names

- E. Hobbs (Farms) Limited (until 21 Sep 2021)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBBS, Malcolm Eric | director | - |  |
| HOBBS, Benjamin Scott | director | 1 Jan 2021 |  |
| BLACKWELL, Sally Ann | director | 1 Jul 1998 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Eric Hobbs | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 16 Sep 2020 |  |
| Mr Malcolm Eric Hobbs | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent, voting-rights-50-to-75-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2025 | £43,555,043 | £301,420 | 0 |
| 30 Apr 2024 | £43,959,136 | £231,413 | 18 |
| 30 Apr 2023 | £45,248,467 | £691,857 | 15 |
| 30 Apr 2022 | £46,536,169 | £3,666,078 | 14 |
| 30 Apr 2021 | £47,083,423 | £1,520,927 | 12 |
| 30 Apr 2020 | £34,390,808 | £1,828,216 | 13 |
| 30 Apr 2019 | £33,129,598 | £1,795,557 | 13 |
| 30 Apr 2018 | £31,215,178 | £595 | 13 |
| 30 Apr 2017 | £27,432,821 | £143,679 | 13 |
| 30 Apr 2016 | £28,522,626 | £859,751 | - |
| 30 Apr 2015 | £26,478,880 | £565,030 | - |
| 30 Apr 2014 | £25,558,647 | £658,423 | - |




## Controls

- [Hobbs Read Limited](/company/09413879) (09413879)



## Directors' other companies

- [HOBBS, Benjamin Scott](/person/5547448) - director at [B Hobbs Property Limited](/company/12204917)