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Company description
FAROL LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 9 February 2001; registered for 25 years; registered office reported in THAME, OXON. Its primary declared activity is 46610 · Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 3 PSC records, 17 procurement records, 2 waste registrations. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- FAROL LIMITED
- Company number
- 04157398
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 3 total · 1 outstanding · 2 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 January 2026Next accounts due
31 October 2027Last statement made up to
9 February 2026Next statement due
23 February 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 55.6%
- Mean bonus gap
- 61.3%
- Women receiving bonus
- 51.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 65.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 11.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 8.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 19.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 27.0%
Earlier reporting years (4)
- 250 to 49917.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 49918.0% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4993.1% median hourly gap
- 250 to 4994.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 February 2026 – 31 July 2026
- Filed
- 28 August 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 1 days
- Longest standard term
- 180 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 February 2026
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £34,235,601
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £40,887,723
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £22,534,359
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £2,226,494
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 49.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 180 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
As a machinery dealer we have a wide range of payment terms varying from 30 through to 180 days, with options to extend.
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
It is the company policy to agree appropriate terms of payment with suppliers and to abide by those terms based on the timely submission and approval of satisfactory invoices.
- Other payment-term information
The data we have provided includes invoices that have only been paid late due to us receiving these invoices late from our suppliers and in addition to this also includes invoices that are in dispute. As a business we will always try and pay to our agreed supplier payment terms. To this end, and to ensure timely payments are made, we run a payment run once a week. However, this in itself, will invariably will result some our payments to appear late, even if only by one or two days.
- Dispute resolution process
Individuals approving invoices will notify both our accounts department and the supplier themselves if an invoice is in dispute. We aim to resolve queries as quickly as possible to everyone's satisfaction prior to payment being made. Depending on the nature of the dispute, will determine the timescale and next steps for each individual queried invoice.
Earlier payment reports (9 shown)
- 45.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 45.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay5.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay4.0% outside terms
- 43.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 44.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
- 46.0 average days to pay6.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- FAROL LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- FAROL HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Statement period
- 4 January 2019 – 3 January 2020
- Approved
- 3 January 2020
- Sectors
- Automotive, machinery and heavy electrical equipment Other
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £60 million to £100 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 23 March 2021
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Your whole organisation
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Demonstrated progress
Farol conducts appropriate reviews of our suppliers which is based on their size and complexity. Farol will conduct a risk assessment of its supply chains.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
06 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Farol Limited
Registration Z8478631
- Registered from
- 17 August 2011
- Current end date
- 16 August 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
07 Environmental regulation
Environment Agency records
RYCOTE LANE FARM
TH/EPRPP3128XE/001 · OX9 2NZ
- Permit or record holder
- FAROL LIMITED
- Record date
- 19 January 2012
- Local authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Regulated site or public record address
- RYCOTE LANE FARM, MILTON COMMON, THAME, OXFORDSHIRE, OX9 2NZ
- Activity
- Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers · Sewage - Secondary Treated Sewage Effluent
- Grid reference
- SP6627803852
- Easting
- 466278.000
- Northing
- 203852.000
- All populated source fields
- Permit Number: TH/EPRPP3128XE/001; Permit Holder Name: FAROL LIMITED; Site Name: RYCOTE LANE FARM; Site Type: Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers; Effluent Type: Sewage - Secondary Treated Sewage Effluent; Site Address: RYCOTE LANE FARM, MILTON COMMON, THAME, OXFORDSHIRE, OX9 2NZ; Site Postcode: OX9 2NZ; Site Grid Reference: SP6627803852; Easting: 466278; Northing: 203852; Local Authority: South Oxfordshire; Start Date: 2012-01-19
These are candidate company associations. The public-register downloads do not supply Companies House numbers. BritDB requires one unique exact holder-name and postcode match; the regulated site may differ from the registered office, so verify the record at source.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
John Deere 4066R tractor
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · ocds-b5fd17-162dfcbb-1158-483b-8f00-5ada937b2a10
- Supplier named in award
- Farol Limited
- Award value
- £40,477.51
- Contract period
- 10 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
- Published
- 24 September 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Single Contract Only
- Main CPV
- 50111100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-162dfcbb-1158-483b-8f00-5ada937b2a10-2024-09-24T13:11:58+01:00
COV - Vehicle Purchase - John Deere 6120M Tractor with Bomford Hawk 6P & Bomford Turbo Euro Topper
COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-bbf214e8-bfe0-4da0-9da0-98872cdab6c0
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £146,550.04
- Contract period
- 4 July 2024 – 12 August 2024
- Published
- 9 January 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 34000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bbf214e8-bfe0-4da0-9da0-98872cdab6c0-2026-01-09T12:03:31Z
Electric Loader and Flailbot Purchases
Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew · ocds-b5fd17-80d08532-8311-4090-813f-6d5adb7abc5b
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £59,000
- Contract period
- 6 December 2023 – 6 December 2023
- Published
- 9 April 2024
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 03000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-80d08532-8311-4090-813f-6d5adb7abc5b-2024-04-09T15:01:19+01:00
RUGCON - John Deere 1580 Power Unit with 62" RD Deck x2 (FL180, 181)
RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-e2ae2d7f-7cd4-4083-bd01-8f95f5a68da1
- Supplier named in award
- Farol Ltd
- Award value
- £64,365.90
- Contract period
- 2 March 2024 – 1 March 2031
- Published
- 8 November 2024
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e2ae2d7f-7cd4-4083-bd01-8f95f5a68da1-2024-11-08T17:03:29Z
RUG - John Deere 1580 Power Unit with 62" RD Deck x2 (FL180, 181)
Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council · ocds-b5fd17-96560e2a-74ce-4f43-bdc5-0a3dff2ad9c1
- Supplier named in award
- Farol Ltd
- Award value
- £64,365.90
- Contract period
- 2 March 2024 – 1 March 2031
- Published
- 25 July 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 34100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-96560e2a-74ce-4f43-bdc5-0a3dff2ad9c1-2024-07-25T12:02:42+01:00
RUGCON - John Deere Tractor and Utility Vehicle
RUGBY BOROUGH COUNCIL · ocds-b5fd17-1e20ced9-32e7-482d-b441-0acf0be6d6d3
- Supplier named in award
- Farol Ltd
- Award value
- £66,654.11
- Contract period
- 2 March 2024 – 1 March 2031
- Published
- 8 November 2024
- Procedure
- Other - Direct Award
- Main CPV
- 16700000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-1e20ced9-32e7-482d-b441-0acf0be6d6d3-2024-11-08T19:15:41Z
Purchase of Bomford Hawk 6.0P
Coventry City Council · ocds-b5fd17-9e92c61f-9df0-4ad3-96d4-3a3c8c9d79f4
- Supplier named in award
- Farol
- Award value
- £37,250
- Contract period
- 18 August 2023 – 18 August 2023
- Published
- 18 August 2023
- Procedure
- Competitive quotation (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9e92c61f-9df0-4ad3-96d4-3a3c8c9d79f4-2023-08-18T17:26:11+01:00
274_22 Grounds Maintenance Machinery
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-c8870255-c6e9-487f-aa58-2d2d659967ae
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £45,500,000
- Contract period
- 1 October 2022 – 30 September 2024
- Published
- 18 November 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c8870255-c6e9-487f-aa58-2d2d659967ae-2022-11-18T10:52:10Z
Grounds Maintenance, Plant and Handheld Equipment
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-6e2a5cee-4e63-4599-a040-2d04c336f978
- Supplier named in award
- Farol Ltd
- Award value
- £125,000,000
- Contract period
- 2 September 2022 – 3 September 2026
- Published
- 2 August 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 43325100
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-6e2a5cee-4e63-4599-a040-2d04c336f978-2022-08-02T18:22:20+01:00
BHCC 2x John Deere 1580 Front Mower
Brighton & Hove City Council · ocds-b5fd17-d0559d91-3ad7-4174-88c1-a1205b19b5db
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £64,400
- Contract period
- 1 September 2022 – 31 August 2024
- Published
- 23 August 2022
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d0559d91-3ad7-4174-88c1-a1205b19b5db-2022-08-23T15:08:06+01:00
RBGKEW/826 - Out-Front Ride-on Rotary Mower
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW · ocds-b5fd17-2dc75269-ca80-4c4b-afaa-0e31559149db
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £41,000
- Contract period
- 31 March 2020 – 30 March 2025
- Published
- 28 February 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16311000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-2dc75269-ca80-4c4b-afaa-0e31559149db-2020-02-28T12:11:03Z
Agriculture Machinery
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-4a93811d-5e3d-44d3-a4a0-781110a12f8e
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £95,950
- Contract period
- 26 February 2020 – 28 February 2020
- Published
- 12 May 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4a93811d-5e3d-44d3-a4a0-781110a12f8e-2020-05-12T10:18:10+01:00
Agriculture Machinery
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) · ocds-b5fd17-806181b2-06d1-452e-9f4e-69dc750016ba
- Supplier named in award
- FAROL LIMITED
- Award value
- £55,000
- Contract period
- 7 February 2020 – 9 February 2020
- Published
- 12 May 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 16000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-806181b2-06d1-452e-9f4e-69dc750016ba-2020-05-12T10:16:14+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Farol Holdings Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- England
- Legal authority
- Companies Act
- Legal form
- Limited Company
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 01143172
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Mr Benjamin Thomas VellacottSee 5 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 6 April 2016
Mr Matthew Edward VellacottSee 6 companies with this PSC name →
- Has significant influence or control
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 6 April 2016
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10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
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11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
NEPO214 - Grounds Maintenance, Equipment & Plant
The Association of North East Councils Limited · updated 10 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 4
LB Hillingdon - Supply and Delivery of Grounds Maintenance
London Borough of Hillingdon · updated 24 November 2025
- Tender value
- £3,050,000
- Awards
- 2
Award of WLC Purchase of Mowers for NETs
West Lothian Council · updated 25 November 2024
- Tender value
- £125,000,000
- Awards
- 133
274_22 Grounds Maintenance Machinery
ESPO · updated 18 November 2022
- Tender value
- £50,000,000
- Awards
- 11
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
FAROL LIMITED
Registration CBDU97983 · expires 5 April 2028
FAROL LTD
Registration CBDL96229 · expires Not supplied
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
2 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Candidate permit and enforcement associations based on a unique exact holder-name and postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.