Record sales for CambridgeHOK

The owners of specialist high-tech horticulture and climate control business CambridgeHOK have reported that 2026 is already a record-breaking year for sales in the company’s 70-year history.

The announcement comes as joint managing directors Louis Bradley and Patrick Harte mark five years at the helm themselves, having turned from management team members to part owners in March 2021 when they bought the business alongside Atrium Agri.

Contracts already announced this year include being selected for a multi-million-pound project to relocate wholesale distributor Ball Colegrave, as well as a collaborative £3mn project with the University of Lincoln, APS Group and Phytoform Labs to develop miniature tomato varieties.

The joint MDs also reported that a further record-breaking commercial glasshouse build contract has been agreed and will be announced in the coming weeks.

“We are only two months into our 70th year, and it is already a record-breaking year for the business in terms of turnover and the size of projects we are undertaking, and we’re really excited by it and what it sets us up to do in the future,” said Harte.

“In the UK, we like to think we are seen as the market leader, taking on really challenging projects and working with our customers to develop new ways of growing plants and being really at the cutting edge of horticulture, and the work we are doing this year will only enhance our reputation and standing.”

Bradley added that CambridgeHOK has built on solid foundations from the company’s first 65 years, as well as the success enjoyed by previous owners, and he believes the business has a long and prosperous future ahead.

“I think one of the strengths the company has always had is that we’ve not pursued an individual technology or approach for servicing our customers,” he said. ”We listen to our customers’ needs and we adapt our solutions to be suitable for that customer and that opportunity, and I think that has been our greatest strength over the years.”