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Wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds · Nantwich, Cheshire

H.J. Lea Oakes

H.J. Lea Oakes Limited

Back in profitActiveLatest figures: 2025Company only99 years on the register

Private limited company registered in Nantwich, classed under “Wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds”.

Headline figures

FY to Aug 2025 · Company only

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£660k

Net assets

For subscribers

Cash

For subscribers

Employees

For subscribers

Retained reserves

For subscribers

What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£20212022202320242025
Profit after tax£660k
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 5 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet2022202320242025
Current assets
of which debtors
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Net current assets
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year
Creditors to assetsEverything owed to creditors as a share of fixed plus current assets
Turnover per employeeTurnover divided by average staff
Debtor daysDays of turnover owed by customers at the year end

6 balance-sheet lines and 7 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 August 2025
  2. Directors
    Appointment of Mrs Sophie Cornish as a director on 21 May 2025
  3. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 August 2024
  4. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 August 2023
  5. Ownership
    Cessation of Oakes Millers Limited as a person with significant control on 5 April 2024
  6. Ownership
    Notification of Agri Feed Holdings Limited as a person with significant control on 5 April 2024
  7. Directors
    Appointment of Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Mccombe as a director on 26 June 2023
  8. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 August 2022
  9. Accounts
    Full accounts made up to 31 August 2021
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Andrew George Hebditch Jackson as a director on 1 February 2022
  11. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Mark Thomas Cookson as a secretary on 1 December 2021
  12. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Andrew Peter Mclaren Rowe as a secretary on 1 December 2021
  13. 24 earlier
    1. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Marshal Booth on 3 November 2021
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Marshal Booth as a director on 1 September 2021
    3. Directors
      Secretary's details changed for Andrew Peter Mclaren Rowe on 20 October 2021
    4. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Anna Goodwin as a director on 1 September 2021
    5. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2020
    6. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Arthur Preston on 28 October 2020
    7. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Keith Jamieson on 28 October 2020
    8. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Edward Philip Lea on 26 October 2020
    9. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr John Edward Lea on 30 November 2018
    10. Directors
      Termination of appointment of David Horace Fox as a director on 28 August 2020
    11. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Michael John Jepson as a director on 31 July 2020
    12. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2019
    13. Directors
      Termination of appointment of David Warr as a director on 28 June 2019
    14. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2018
    15. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2017
    16. Ownership
      Notification of Oakes Millers Limited as a person with significant control on 6 April 2016
    17. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2016
    18. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2015
    19. Accounts
      Full accounts made up to 31 August 2014
    20. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 31 August 2013
    21. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 31 August 2012
    22. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Edward Philip Lea as a director
    23. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 31 August 2011
    24. Accounts
      Accounts made up to 31 August 2010

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does H.J. Lea Oakes do?

Private limited company registered in Nantwich, classed under “Wholesale of grain, unmanufactured tobacco, seeds and animal feeds”.

›How much turnover does H.J. Lea Oakes make?

Answered in the full report

›Is H.J. Lea Oakes profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £660k in the year to 31 August 2025, its latest filed accounts.

›How many people work at H.J. Lea Oakes?

Answered in the full report

›Who runs and owns H.J. Lea Oakes?

Its directors are Mark Thomas Cookson, Marshall Booth, Sophie Cornish, Anna Goodwin, Andrew George Hebditch Jackson and 6 more. Its owners are shown to subscribers.

›Where is H.J. Lea Oakes based?

Its registered office is Aston Mill, Aston, Nantwich, Cheshire, CW5 8DH, in Nantwich, Cheshire.

›When was H.J. Lea Oakes founded?

H.J. Lea Oakes Limited was incorporated on 13 January 1927.

›Is H.J. Lea Oakes still trading?

The register lists H.J. Lea Oakes Limited as active.

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