COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED

What COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED does

Cobbs Farm Co. Limited is a privately held UK farm-shop and hospitality operator founded in 2007, headquartered in Berkshire, and operating five farm shop locations across Berkshire (Englefield, Hungerford), Hampshire (Winchester, Basingstoke Manydown), and Warwickshire (Stratford-upon-Avon). Each site combines a curated grocery retail offer (local produce, artisan foods, flowers, gifts) with a full-service café serving seasonal menus, breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea, plus traditional butchery counters at four of the locations. The butchery division cuts whole British carcasses, handcrafts sausages and burgers, and dry-ages beef for a minimum of 28 days. Supporting revenue lines include a children's Play Barn at Hungerford, ticketed workshops and open-air cinema, makers markets, deli graze boxes and platters (catering), in-store-only gift cards valid for 12 months, and the forthcoming Cobbs Club loyalty programme scheduled for Autumn 2026.\n\nThe company's value proposition is built on provenance and local sourcing: an 18-year-old curated supplier network that includes Starveall Farm (free-range turkeys, also supplied to Harrods), Johnsons Fish (Wednesdays at Englefield and Winchester), Summerdown Farm, and Wildbunch florists at Winchester. The technology stack is conventional — a Squarespace-hosted website, Stripe for payments, Mailchimp for email, NuTickets for event ticketing, and Google Analytics for traffic measurement. There is no disclosed app and no AI/ML capability. Distribution is exclusively physical (with limited online booking and ticketing) and pricing is unit-based across SKUs (£25.99 afternoon tea box, £32.99+ sandwich platters, £49.99–£89.99 cheeseboards, £55 sausage-making workshops). Customer segments are primarily individual consumers and families, with secondary exposure to corporate catering, events, and local charities (via the Ways into Work supported-employment partnership established in 2018 and food bank donations across West Berkshire, Hampshire, Wiltshire, and Warwickshire). The company employs approximately 20 core staff supplemented by seasonal workers and is led by director David Bruce OBE.

Name

COBBS FARM CO. LIMITED

Legal name

Cobbs Farm Co Ltd

Website

https://cobbsfarmco.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cobbs Farm Co. Limited is a privately held UK farm-shop and hospitality operator running five locations across Berkshire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire, combining curated local-produce grocery retail, full-service cafés, traditional butchery counters, a children's Play Barn, and events/catering for individual consumers and families.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Farm Shop Retail

NAICS

Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529), Meat Retailers (44524)

SIC

Retail-Grocery Stores (5411)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Butcher Shops & Meat Markets (CRAHAHAB), Retail Bakeries (Bread & Daily Bakery) (THAFAFAA)

Keywords

• Farm shop retail
• Butchery services
• Cafe dining
• Local produce retail
• Specialty food retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Englefield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Farm Shop Retail: Retail sales of fresh produce, artisan foods, local products, flowers, and gifts across five farm shop locations. Revenue from everyday grocery shopping, seasonal products, and specialty items.
2. Café and Dining: Café food service including breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and seasonal menus. Family dining with Kids Eat Free promotions during school holidays. In-store dining with indoor and outdoor seating.
3. Butchery Counter Sales: Traditional butchery counters selling British meat, handcrafted sausages, burgers, and dry-aged beef. Four counters across farm shops in Berkshire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire. Christmas turkey orders and seasonal meat offerings.
4. Events and Catering: Event hosting including makers markets, workshops, open-air cinema, and private dining. Workshop tickets (e.g., sausage making at £55pp) and event catering services.
5. Gift Cards: Gift cards sold in-store only, valid for 12 months from purchase. Redeemable at farm shops, cafés, and butchers across all locations.
6. Loyalty Program (Cobbs Club): Customer loyalty scheme launching Autumn 2026, offering rewards, exclusive savings, and special offers to members. Currently in sign-up phase with prize draw incentive.
7. Play Barn: Indoor children's play area at Hungerford location with time slot bookings. Birthday party hosting and seasonal events. Open Thursday-Sunday during term time, seven days a week during school holidays.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cobbs Farm Co. Limited operates a network of farm shops that retail locally sourced groceries, fresh produce, meat, and prepared foods directly to consumers. Each location includes a butchery counter and a café, providing in-store dining alongside grocery retail across five sites in Berkshire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire.

Product overview

Cobbs Farm Co. Limited operates a multi-location farm shop and café business across five sites in Berkshire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire. The core offering combines traditional farm shops selling local produce with full-service cafés, a butchery division with four counters using traditional methods and British meat, and a Deli service providing ready-to-order graze boxes and platters. Supporting services include a children's Play Barn at Hungerford, a loyalty programme (Cobbs Club launching Autumn 2026), Johnsons Fish fresh fish stalls on Wednesdays, and branded gift cards. The business positions itself around championing local growers and artisan producers since 2007.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Johnsons Fish: A family-run seafood business operating every Wednesday 11am to 2pm at Englefield and Winchester locations, offering sustainably sourced fresh fish.

Products and services

• Farm Shop Retail

Quantifiable outcome

• Raised over £1,041 for Macmillan Cancer Support in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, regular, minor and essential.

• Ways into WorkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Partnership providing supported employment for disadvantaged individuals. Cobbs offers job placements across farm shops and cafés. Relationship began in 2018 with ongoing commitment to expand placements at each site.
• Johnsons FishregularChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFamily-run seafood business from Portsmouth providing fresh fish every Wednesday 11am-2pm at Englefield and Winchester locations. Founded in 1975, sustainably sourced day boat fish including Sea Bass, Dover Sole, Brill, Plaice.
• Local Charitable OrganisationsregularOthersOngoing partnerships with Trinity Winchester, Swings & Smiles, Winchester Go LD, West Berkshire Food Bank, Swindon Down's Syndrome Group, Stratford-upon-Avon Food Bank. Support through weekly produce donations, fundraising events, sponsorship, and staff volunteering.
• Starveall FarmregularChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFamily farm in Buckinghamshire supplying free-range Kelly Bronze turkeys and geese. Produces over 8,500 turkeys and 1,000 geese annually. Supplier of choice for Harrods at Christmas. Christmas turkey orders available through Cobbs Butchery.
• Holloways AuctioneersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular valuation days held at Cobbs Stratford. Free antique and heirloom valuations by experts including Kate Bliss and Eric Knowles. Supports Warwickshire charity partner WCS Care.
• MailchimpessentialTechnology or IntegrationEmail marketing platform used for newsletters, promotional emails, and Cobbs Club loyalty communications. US-based (Anthropic) with privacy policy compliance.
• NuTicketsessentialTechnology or IntegrationThird-party online booking system for event tickets. Used for cinema screenings, workshops, and special events.
• StripeessentialTechnology or IntegrationPayment processing provider for online transactions. Handles secure credit/debit card payments for online bookings and purchases.
• Summerdown FarmregularChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor3,000-acre estate in Hampshire Downs growing Black Mitcham peppermint. Produces chocolates, teas, bath products, and home fragrances. Shepherd's hut accommodations available.
• Wildbunch FloristsregularChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates florists, gift room, and plant centre at Cobbs Winchester. Provides cut flowers, bouquets, plants, and garden accessories. Sourcing locally from South of England growers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Daylesford Farm: Premium UK farm shop and café operator with strong provenance-led brand, own-brand food production, and a destination retail/dining experience on a single estate. Highly comparable to Cobbs' multi-location farm shop, café, and butchery model serving affluent South England customers.
• Darts Farm: Devon farm shop, café, deli, and butchery destination with strong local sourcing and seasonal events. Closely comparable multi-revenue farm shop format with on-site dining and an emphasis on artisan British producers.
• Soho Farmhouse: Members' destination in Oxfordshire offering farm-to-table dining, deli retail, and a lifestyle/experiential concept. Overlaps with Cobbs in combining a curated farm shop, café, and experiential family programming with provenance-led sourcing.
• Foxholes Farm Shop: Hertfordshire farm shop with a butchery, deli, and café, focusing on locally sourced and traceable produce. Comparable to Cobbs in being a regional farm shop with traditional butchery and café dining, though at a smaller scale.
• The Notting Hill Farm Shop: London-based farm shop championing British producers with traditional butchery and deli counters. Comparable to Cobbs in its premium British-produce-led farm shop format, though urban rather than multi-regional.
• Cannon Hall Farm Shop: Yorkshire farm shop and farm visitor attraction combining a farm shop, butchery, café, and children's farm experience. Directly comparable to Cobbs' blended farm shop + café + play barn offering, though at a larger visitor-attraction scale.
• Welbeck Farm Shop: Nottinghamshire farm shop on the Welbeck Estate offering artisan food, butchery, and a café. Closely comparable to Cobbs in scale and proposition: estate-based farm shop with butchery counters, deli, and on-site dining built around local producers.

Emerging players

• Field & Flower: UK traditional butchery brand selling British, traceable meat online and via farm shops. Directly comparable to Cobbs Butchery's British-meat, traditional-craft positioning, but operates primarily via e-commerce rather than multi-site physical counters.
• Round Chapel Farm Shop: Independent UK farm shop with a butchery counter and café. Comparable to Cobbs as a smaller-format traditional farm shop and butchery operator serving local customers with British, locally sourced produce.

Broad incumbents

• Booths: Northern England regional supermarket chain with a strong local-produce proposition, in-store butchery, and café elements. Comparable to Cobbs as a regional premium grocer with local sourcing, but operates at materially larger scale and a wider product range.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cobbsfarmshops
• Instagraminstagram.com/cobbsfarmshops
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cobbs-farm-co.-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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