# Kemble Farms Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [03329993](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03329993)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 7 Mar 1997
- **Registered office:** THE BATHURST ESTATE OFFICE, CIRENCESTER PARK, CIRENCESTER, GL7 2BU
- **Nature of business:** Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds, Raising of dairy cattle
- **Corporate group:** [Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited](/group/33342) (7 companies)


## Previous names

- Quayshelfco 600 Limited (until 26 Mar 1997)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NQH LIMITED | corporate-nominee-director | 7 Mar 1997 | 19 Mar 1997 |
| NQH (CO SEC) LIMITED | corporate-nominee-secretary | 7 Mar 1997 | 19 Mar 1997 |
| PHILIPS, Gregory John | director | 19 Mar 1997 | 6 Jun 1997 |
| FARMAR, Samuel Hugh Gregory | director | 14 Mar 2007 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| PACK, Nicola Emily | director | 14 Mar 2007 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| RANK, James Benjamin | director | 16 Sep 2004 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| SANCHEZ, Rebecca Lucy | director | 16 Sep 2004 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| COLBURN, Anthony Oscar | director | 14 Jul 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| FARMAR, Hugh Alexander Peregrine | director | 18 Jun 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| RANK, Colin Rowland Hopwood | director | 18 Jun 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| RANK, Lavinia Ruth | director | 19 Mar 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| FARMAR, Carole Mary | secretary | 19 Mar 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| FARMAR, Carole Mary | director | 19 Mar 1997 | 15 Jul 2013 |
| BALL, David Colston John | director | 1 Apr 1998 | 28 Feb 2014 |
| HERVEY-BATHURST, James Felton Somers | director | 15 Jul 2013 | 5 Dec 2016 |
| ALLSOP, Edward Philip Charles | secretary | 15 Jul 2013 | 22 Dec 2017 |
| APSLEY, Benjamin George Henry, Lord | director | 10 Nov 2025 |  |
| HERVEY-BATHURST, James Felton Somers | director | 9 Mar 2018 |  |
| CLEGG, Peter William James | director | 27 Feb 2018 |  |
| CLEGG, Peter William James | secretary | 22 Dec 2017 |  |
| BATHURST, Allen Christopher Bertram, The Earl | director | 15 Jul 2013 |  |
| SEELIG, Roger Hugh Knight | director | 15 Jul 2013 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Peter William James Clegg | significant-influence-or-control | 27 Feb 2018 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Mr James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| The Earl Allen Christopher Bertram Bathurst | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Mr James William Jeremy Ritblat | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Mr Keith James Bruce-Smith | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Mr Roger Hugh Knight Seelig | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 30 Oct 2024 |
| Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 30 Oct 2024 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | £13,217,622 | £859,563 | 4 |
| 31 Mar 2024 | £12,672,302 | £231,953 | 4 |
| 31 Mar 2023 | £14,762,003 | £120,731 | 4 |
| 31 Mar 2021 | £9,843,446 | £812,360 | 4 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | £9,496,637 | £519,189 | 21 |



## Owned by

Kemble Farms Limited → [Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited](/company/08568880)



## Controls

- [Michaelmas Farming Limited](/company/03242849) (03242849)



## Directors' other companies

- [HERVEY-BATHURST, James Felton Somers](/person/5368069) - director at [Bathurst Estate Leisure Limited](/company/15019392)
- [SEELIG, Roger Hugh Knight](/person/5368040) - director at [Bathurst Estate Leisure Limited](/company/15019392)
- [SEELIG, Roger Hugh Knight](/person/5368040) - director at [Upton Writes Limited](/company/09793491)



## Companies at the same address

- [Bathurst Development Limited](/company/08527773) (08527773)
- [Bathurst Estate Holdings Limited](/company/08568880) (08568880)
- [Bathurst Estate Leisure Limited](/company/15019392) (15019392)
- [Steadings Farming Ltd](/company/10755428) (10755428)