{"name":"SENTRY LIMITED","company_number":"03830499","status":"Active","type":"Private Limited Company","incorporated":"1999-08-24","dissolved":null,"registered_office":"7a Hill View Business Park Old Ipswich Road, Claydon, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP6 0AJ","postcode":"IP6 0AJ","sic_codes":[{"code":1110,"description":"Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds"},{"code":1610,"description":"Support activities for crop production"},{"code":70229,"description":"Management consultancy activities other than financial management"}],"principal_activity":"The Company continues to farm on tenanted land, provide contract and management service for clients farms","previous_names":[{"name":"SENTRY FARMS LIMITED","changed_on":"2006-06-06"},{"name":"BIDEAWHILE 301 LIMITED","changed_on":"1999-10-26"}],"warnings":[],"accounts":{"category":"Full","year_end":"31 March","last_made_up_to":"2026-03-31","next_due":"2027-12-31"},"employees":{"count":55,"accounts_date":"2026-03-31"},"financials":[{"financial_date":"2026-03-31","profit_loss":-150253,"net_assets":3514255,"cash":1076971,"average_employees":55},{"financial_date":"2025-03-31","profit_loss":-64948,"net_assets":3304508,"cash":1319684,"average_employees":60},{"financial_date":"2024-03-31","profit_loss":-205210,"net_assets":3187206,"cash":763034,"average_employees":59},{"financial_date":"2023-03-31","net_assets":3418666,"cash":1781795},{"financial_date":"2022-03-31","net_assets":2427364,"cash":748996}],"officers":{"current":9,"resigned":11,"complete":true,"note":"Names and details of individual officers are on the People page (subscriber-only on this site) and free at Companies House."},"charges":{"total":3,"outstanding":2},"gazette_notices":[],"insolvency_outcome":null,"ai_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.","website":"http://sentry.co.uk","links":{"page":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/sentry","people":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/people","filing_history":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/filing-history","companies_house":"https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03830499","financials":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/financial","control":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/control","charges":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/charges","ai_analysis":"https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/company/sentry/analysis"},"source":"CompaniesInTheUK, from Companies House, The Gazette and other public registers (see /support/about). Cite as: CompaniesInTheUK, https://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/sentry"}