# River Cottage Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [04821666](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04821666)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 4 Jul 2003
- **Registered office:** PARK FARM TRINITY HILL ROAD, MUSBURY, AXMINSTER, EX13 8TB
- **Nature of business:** [56210](/sic/56210) Event catering activities



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD | corporate-nominee-director | 4 Jul 2003 | 10 Jul 2003 |
| BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD | corporate-nominee-secretary | 4 Jul 2003 | 10 Jul 2003 |
| GALE, Sally Jane | director | 20 Nov 2008 | 9 Jan 2017 |
| GREACEN, Robert Dudley | director | 18 Sep 2012 | 30 Nov 2017 |
| PALMER, Andrew Kevin | director | 18 Sep 2012 | 7 Dec 2017 |
| BARING, Alexander Nicholas John | director | 18 Sep 2012 | 7 Dec 2017 |
| LOVE, Robert Alexander | secretary | 26 Feb 2004 | 9 Apr 2018 |
| LOVE, Robert Alexander | director | 26 Feb 2004 | 9 Apr 2018 |
| BARING, Guy Francis | director | 26 Apr 2018 |  |
| DODD, Gordon Stewart | director | 8 Aug 2016 |  |
| FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, Hugh Christopher Edmund | director | 26 Feb 2004 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Love | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 9 Apr 2018 |
| Mr Robert Dudley Greacen | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 | 9 Apr 2018 |
| Mr Guy Francis Baring | significant-influence-or-control | 7 Dec 2017 |  |
| River Cottage Holdings Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent | 7 Dec 2017 |  |
| Mr Hugh Christopher Fearnley-Whittingstall | significant-influence-or-control | 6 Apr 2016 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 2025 | -£2,453,085 | £102 | 40 |
| 29 Sep 2024 | -£2,044,613 | £987 | 41 |
| 29 Sep 2023 | -£1,957,256 | £732 | 39 |
| 30 Mar 2022 | -£1,526,181 | £13,241 | 41 |
| 30 Mar 2021 | -£1,254,812 | £91,716 | 65 |
| 31 Mar 2020 | -£864,928 | £61,379 | 61 |
| 31 Mar 2019 | -£609,413 | £1,031,209 | 49 |
| 31 Mar 2018 | £132,773 | £111,184 | 48 |
| 31 Mar 2017 | £430,057 | £10,169 | 44 |
| 31 Jul 2012 | £106,569 | £1,672 | - |
| 31 Jul 2010 | £36,906 | £556 | - |





## Directors' other companies

- [BARING, Guy Francis](/person/6602239) - director at [River Cottage Holdings Limited](/company/10964698)
- [DODD, Gordon Stewart](/person/6602796) - director at [River Cottage Partnerships Ltd](/company/04736945)
- [DODD, Gordon Stewart](/person/6602796) - secretary at [Satellite Architects Limited](/company/02959686)
- [DODD, Gordon Stewart](/person/6602796) - director at [Lyme Regis (Philpot) Museum Trust Limited](/company/02855423)
- [DODD, Gordon Stewart](/person/6602796) - director at [Satellite Architects Limited](/company/02959686)
- [FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, Hugh Christopher Edmund](/person/6602528) - director at [River Cottage Partnerships Ltd](/company/04736945)
- [FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL, Hugh Christopher Edmund](/person/6602528) - director at [River Cottage Stores Ltd](/company/06206210)



## Companies at the same address

- [River Cottage Holdings Limited](/company/10964698) (10964698)
- [River Cottage Partnerships Ltd](/company/04736945) (04736945)
- [River Cottage Stores Ltd](/company/06206210) (06206210)