ATTFIELD'S FARM SHOP LIMITED

What ATTFIELD'S FARM SHOP LIMITED does

Attfield's Farm Shop & Cafe Ltd is a privately held, family-owned farm shop and cafe business based at Lodge Farm, Countesthorpe Road, Whetstone, Leicestershire, in operation continuously since 1960. The business was founded as a traditional dairy farm and has progressively added retail, hospitality, pet supply and solid fuels lines around its agricultural core. It is registered as a private limited company in England and Wales under company number 05087173, is bootstrapped with no external investor mentioned, and operates from a single physical site.

The commercial offering spans four integrated lines under one roof. The farm shop retails locally sourced fresh meats, fruit and vegetables, dairy, eggs, baked goods, preserves, frozen ready meals, pet food, animal feed and solid fuels such as coal, logs, kindling and barbecue charcoal. The on-site cafe, branded Attfield's Country Kitchen, serves breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea using ingredients drawn from the shop. A dedicated pet and animal feed department supports equine, small animal and domestic pet customers, and a solid fuels division supplies domestic and commercial buyers. Sourcing is concentrated within roughly 30 miles of the premises, supported by an in-house butcher and the farm's own free-range hens.

Revenue is generated entirely through direct, in-person transactions at the point of sale, with no disclosed subscription, contract or digital commerce channel. The go-to-market is walk-in retail supplemented by a cafe component, marketed almost exclusively through community reputation and word-of-mouth rather than paid digital channels. The customer base is local Whetstone and Leicestershire households, with no named enterprise accounts. The most recent strategic activity is the 2020s development of the Country Kitchen cafe and the pet food click-and-collect facility, part-funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

Name

ATTFIELD'S FARM SHOP LIMITED

Legal name

Attfield's Farm Shop & Cafe Ltd

Website

https://attfieldsfarmshop.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Attfield's Farm Shop & Cafe Ltd is a family-owned farm shop and on-site cafe in Whetstone, Leicestershire, established in 1960. It serves local households with locally sourced groceries, meat, dairy, pet feed, solid fuels and a cafe serving breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Farm Shop Retail

NAICS

Nursery, Garden Center, and Farm Supply Retailers (444240), Dairy Cattle and Milk Production (112120)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Farmstead & Local Artisan Food Markets (Retail Shops) (CRAHAGAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Farmers’ Markets & Farm Stands (Fresh Food) (CRAHAHAE), Livestock & Pasture Supply Retail (Feed Supplements, Animal Health Inputs) (AFABAJAJ)

Keywords

• Farm shop retail
• Locally sourced produce
• Farm cafe services
• Pet food supplies
• Solid fuels sales

Headquarters

HQ city

Whetstone

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Retail Sales - Farm Shop: Physical retail sales of locally sourced food products including fresh meats, vegetables, dairy, eggs, cakes, preserves, frozen meals, pet food, and animal feed. One-time transaction model at point of sale.
2. Cafe/Food Service: On-site cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea. Customers dine in and pay per visit for home-cooked meals, soups, cakes, and beverages. One-time transaction model.
3. Solid Fuels and Heat Logs: Sales of coal, kindling, logs, and barbecue charcoal in various bag sizes for open fires and multi-fuel stoves. Available year-round for domestic and commercial customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Attfield's Farm Shop & Cafe Ltd operates a physical farm shop and on-site cafe at Lodge Farm in Whetstone, Leicestershire, selling locally sourced and homegrown produce including fresh meats, fruit, vegetables, dairy, free-range eggs, homemade cakes, preserves, pet food, animal feed, and solid fuels (coal, logs, kindling, heat logs). Produce is primarily sourced within a 30-mile radius, with an in-house butcher and free-range hens supplying the business.

Product overview

Attfield's Farm Shop & Cafe Ltd is a traditional farm shop and cafe business operating as a single unified retail and hospitality offering. The core business consists of a Farm Shop (retail produce including meats, dairy, fruit, vegetables, frozen meals, cakes, and preserves), an on-site Cafe serving cooked breakfasts, lunches, and afternoon tea using farm shop ingredients, a Pet Food & Animal Feed department, and a Solid Fuels & Heat Logs section. Established in 1960 and located at Lodge Farm in Whetstone, Leicestershire, the business emphasizes locally sourced produce sourced within 30 miles, free-range eggs from own hens, and an in-house butcher.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Farm Shop (Retail Produce)
• Cafe / Country Kitchen
• Pet Food & Animal Feed
• Solid Fuels and Heat Logs
• Fresh from Frozen Meals

Quantifiable outcome

• Produce sourced within 30 miles

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Macknade Fine Foods: Macknade is a long-established farm shop and food hall in Kent combining retail, cafe, and local-produce sourcing. Closely mirrors Attfield's hybrid farm-shop-plus-cafe model with a strong regional provenance story.
• Cobbs Farm Shop: Cobbs runs multi-department farm shops in Hampshire with cafes, butchery, and seasonal produce. Directly comparable retail format with cafe and fresh-produce focus, serving a similar local catchment role to Attfield's.
• Welbeck Farm Shop: Welbeck Farm Shop at the Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire is a farmstead retail and cafe offering with a focus on local, artisan, and estate-produced food. Highly comparable concept and customer proposition to Attfield's.
• Daylesford Farm Shop: Daylesford operates a flagship farm shop with cafe, bakery, and butchery on an organic farm in the Cotswolds. Most directly comparable to Attfield's in combining a farm shop, cafe, and butcher under a single farmstead destination with a strong local-sourcing narrative.
• Cannon Hall Farm Shop: Cannon Hall Farm in Yorkshire operates a farm shop, butchery, and cafe on a working farm. Comparable destination farm-retail model combining on-site food service with locally produced meat and dairy.

Broad incumbents

• Riverford Organic Farmers: Riverford is a much larger UK organic producer with farm-shop, box-delivery, and wholesale arms. Not a direct competitor on premises, but a broad incumbent competing for the same 'local, traceable, farm-fresh' consumer wallet.

Emerging players

• Farmdrop: Farmdrop (and similar UK farm-to-doorstep platforms) bring local-produce sourcing online. Not a direct retail peer but an emerging competitor for the consumer segment that values Attfield's local-sourcing story.

Regional players

• The Organic Farm Shop: Independent organic farm shops operating in regional catchments across the UK. Comparable format but typically serving different geographic territories than Attfield's Leicestershire catchment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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