GRACE FOODS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
+2,357% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£15M
+20.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
170
-2.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.9M
+19.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93,550,000 | £96,234,000 | £100,690,000 | +4.6% | |
| Operating profit | £4,200,000 | £5,244,000 | £6,053,000 | +15.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,860,000 | £4,919,000 | £5,875,000 | +19.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,920,000 | £3,663,000 | £4,383,000 | +19.7% | |
| Cash | £166,000 | £93,000 | £2,285,000 | +2,357% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,601,000 | £13,529,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £10,350,000 | £12,413,000 | £14,946,000 | +20.4% | |
| Equity | £10,350,000 | £12,413,000 | £14,946,000 | +20.4% | |
| Average employees | 177 | 174 | 170 | -2.3% | |
| Wages | £7,263,000 | £7,776,000 | £7,654,000 | -1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £352,000 | £393,000 | £424,000 | +7.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.4% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 3.1% | 3.8% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.3% | 38.8% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 66.6% | 59.9% | 55.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.54x | 1.67x | |
| Interest cover | 12.35x | 16.14x | 34.01x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- GRACE FOODS UK LIMITED 2008-03-19 → present
- GRACE FOODS LIMITED 2008-03-06 → 2008-03-19
- WT FOODS LIMITED 1995-07-19 → 2008-03-06
- WEST TRUST PLC 1987-06-01 → 1995-07-19
- DURA MILL P.L.C.(THE) 1907-08-19 → 1987-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The ultimate parent will provide financial support to the company such that the company is able to operate as a going concern and to settle its liabilities as they fall due. ... The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- GRACE FOODS UK LIMITED · parent
- Enco Products Limited 100%
- Chadha Oriental Foods Limited 100%
- Funnybones Foodservice Limited 100%
- GraceKennedy Ghana Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The lease for the Welwyn Garden City premises and the Corwen factory are expiring shortly but the company continues to occupy both premises while the negotiations are ongoing to renew them.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GANDHI, Himanshu | Secretary | 2025-01-01 | — | — |
| JAMES, Frank Alfred Rex | Director | 2025-02-14 | May 1976 | Jamaican |
| LEWIS-COY, Andrea Denise | Director | 2018-02-19 | Feb 1970 | Jamaican |
| MCDONALD, Everton Lloyd | Director | 2021-07-01 | Sep 1948 | Jamaican |
| MITCHELL, Brian Anthony | Director | 2017-02-20 | Sep 1983 | Jamaican |
| RIZZIOLI, Vanessa Natalie | Director | 2019-02-19 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SHIRLEY, Gordon Valentine | Director | 2015-02-20 | Oct 1956 | Jamaican |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINCOLN, Kerry-Ann Nicola | Secretary | 2022-01-17 | 2025-01-01 |
| MARTIN, Alan Renwick | Secretary | 1994-06-13 | 2016-09-30 |
| OO, Khine | Secretary | 2016-10-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Keith Leslie | Secretary | — | 1994-06-13 |
| BARD, Stanley | Director | 1993-02-18 | 2001-03-17 |
| BARTLAM, Reginald Joseph | Director | 1992-04-03 | 1997-09-30 |
| BOYD, Stephen Alexander | Director | 2002-11-05 | 2007-02-28 |
| BRENNAN, John Edward | Director | 1996-06-07 | 2012-12-31 |
| BURTON, Erwin Mclee | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2012-12-31 |
| CAMPION, David Bardsley | Director | — | 1993-05-17 |
| COULT, Andrew Peter | Director | 2015-05-15 | 2017-11-28 |
| CROSS, Philip David | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2019-10-23 |
| ESAU, Joseph Peter | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2021-10-12 |
| EVENHUIS, Patrick Henry | Director | 1994-01-17 | 1995-01-30 |
| FORD, Peter Michael | Director | — | 1994-07-20 |
| GARLAND, Roderick John | Director | 1996-06-07 | 2002-11-28 |
| KAPADIA, Babubhai Hiralal | Director | — | 1996-05-13 |
| KAPADIA, Mukesh Babubhai | Director | — | 1992-02-27 |
| LANKAGE, Sarath L | Director | 2018-10-24 | 2020-08-31 |
| LANKAGE, Sarath L | Director | 2007-02-28 | 2016-06-21 |
| LARKINSON, Stephen Mascal | Director | 1995-07-19 | 1996-03-01 |
| LOVEGROVE, Philip Albert | Director | — | 2001-11-20 |
| MACK, Ryan Anthony | Director | 2011-06-01 | 2018-02-19 |
| MILES, Jerome Sebastian | Director | 2013-02-22 | 2014-12-31 |
| MORGAN, Michael David | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2001-11-20 |
| NOON, Gulam Kaderbhoy, Lord | Director | 1999-01-14 | 2005-07-29 |
| ORANE, Douglas Roy | Director | 2011-02-09 | 2018-02-20 |
| POLDING, Alan Bede | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2017-07-10 |
| RAINFORD, Angella Marie | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2025-12-31 |
| RANGLIN, Michael Keith Anthony | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| READER, Adam Jon | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2018-07-30 |
| RECORD, Anthony | Director | — | 1993-11-29 |
| SHARPE, Clive Richard | Director | 2002-11-05 | 2007-02-28 |
| SHAW, Edward Clive Vernon | Director | 1995-01-30 | 2003-12-19 |
| STOTT, Keith John | Director | 1995-06-07 | 2002-11-28 |
| WEHBY, Donald George | Director | 2010-02-26 | 2025-07-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gk Foods (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 391 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.