SENTRY LIMITED
Company number 03830499 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Sentry Limited is an employee-owned agricultural business with a clear and credible five-year repositioning strategy, evidenced by improving cash generation (up 73% YoY to £1.32M), narrowing statutory losses, and a strengthening Business Solutions consultancy division that provides counter-cyclical diversification against farming volatility. Its principal strategic advantages lie in scale-driven margin optimisation, employee ownership as a cultural moat, and an established brand spanning 25+ years, while growth is centred on consultancy expansion, selective portfolio reweighting toward high-quality land, and geographic replication of the regional office model. Principal risks include commodity price volatility, a closed defined benefit pension scheme (currently £1.72M deficit), climate/regulatory transition exposure, and the need to convert narrowing losses into sustained profitability as the strategic plan matures toward 2030.
Shareholders' funds
£3,514,255
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
What it does
The Company continues to farm on tenanted land, provide contract and management service for clients farms
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-08-24
- Employees
- 55 (2026 accounts · was 60 in 2025)
- Registered office
- 7a Hill View Business Park Old Ipswich Road, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP6 0AJ
- Postcode
- IP6 0AJ
- Capital
- 218,525 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-15
- Next due by
- 2027-10-29
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1110 Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
- 1610 Support activities for crop production
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Officers 9 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5098627 (Tier 1), registered since 2000.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- sentry.co.uk
- Phone
- 01473 658058, 0404989704803, 055629869
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| SENTRY FARMS LIMITED | 2006-06-06 |
| BIDEAWHILE 301 LIMITED | 1999-10-26 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE HALL, WILLISHAM, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP8 4SL | 2019-12-17 |
| 24-26 MUSEUM STREET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK IP1 1HZ | 1999-09-15 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 159 similar companies in IP
2nd largest employer among its local peers (55 staff).
Trading since 1999.
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 33 among growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds in Ipswich.
The class of 1999
42%
of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-12-31
- Where
- Suffolk
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK400214 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2019-12-31 | — |
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