JOHN WEST FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£2k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46m
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
63
-3.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
-86.6% first positive since 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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 | £134,564,000 | £139,222,000 | £128,956,000 | -7.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,322,000 | -£4,248,000 | -£291,000 | +93.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£6,734,000 | £14,502,000 | £1,949,000 | -86.6% | |
| Net profit | -£5,119,000 | £14,502,000 | £1,697,000 | -88.3% | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,659,000 | £45,366,000 | £46,728,000 | +3% | |
| Net assets | £29,732,000 | £44,234,000 | £45,931,000 | +3.8% | |
| Equity | £29,732,000 | £44,234,000 | £45,931,000 | +3.8% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 65 | 63 | -3.1% | |
| Wages | £4,679,000 | £5,134,000 | £5,239,000 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £674,000 | £531,000 | £592,000 | +11.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £33,000 | £35,000 | +6.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £349,000 | £157,000 | £229,000 | +45.9% |
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 | -6.9% | -3.1% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | -3.8% | 10.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -30.4% | -9.4% | -0.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 58.3% | 45.8% | 33.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.69x | 2.14x | 2.94x | |
| Interest cover | -5.31x | -3.70x | -0.18x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons.”
Significant events
- “In December 2025, the Company signed the new invoice financing / non-recourse factoring agreement for those debtors which were factored were fully derecognised at the balance sheet date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANKOWICZ, David | Secretary | 2006-03-20 | — | — |
| FORD, Benjamin Giles | Director | 2026-04-30 | Oct 1976 | British |
| VILFEU, Erwan Claude Daniel | Director | 2026-02-02 | Nov 1973 | French |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Michael | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2001-02-28 |
| COOK, Michael | Secretary | 1997-06-28 | 1998-05-01 |
| LEIPER, Janice Kathleen Mary | Secretary | 2004-04-29 | 2006-03-20 |
| MONTGOMERY, George | Secretary | 1998-05-01 | 1999-03-01 |
| SHRIMPTON, Ian Alan Charles | Secretary | — | 1993-09-09 |
| VOGUS, Danny Lee | Secretary | 2005-12-16 | 2006-03-20 |
| VOGUS, Danny Lee | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2004-04-29 |
| WAKEFIELD, Barry John | Secretary | 1993-09-09 | 1998-05-28 |
| AINSWORTH, Desmond Robert William | Director | — | 1997-12-15 |
| BELL, Robert Graham | Director | — | 1997-12-15 |
| BENSOUSSAN, Ari Vincent | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2026-01-16 |
| BOURCHIER, Richard Lawson | Director | — | 1994-07-15 |
| BRIGHOUSE, Alan | Director | 2004-09-17 | 2007-06-07 |
| CLARE, Nigel John Richard | Director | 1997-06-28 | 1997-12-15 |
| DANIELS, Adrian John | Director | 2022-11-21 | 2026-05-18 |
| DOHERTY, Mark George | Director | 2024-05-07 | 2026-02-02 |
| DUBINI, Adolfo | Director | 1998-04-24 | 1998-09-01 |
| GASKELL, Paul | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2022-01-31 |
| GIDDEN, Andrew | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2009-11-03 |
| GOODWIN, John Charles | Director | 1999-08-16 | 2001-12-31 |
| HARDING, Nicholas James | Director | 1997-06-28 | 1998-05-02 |
| HINCH, Andrew James | Director | 2022-05-18 | 2026-04-23 |
| ISHIDA, Bruce | Director | 1999-03-20 | 2002-01-18 |
| LE MOAN, Christian | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2004-05-31 |
| LISCHEWSKI, Christopher | Director | 1999-05-26 | 1999-08-06 |
| MEADOWS, Ian Neville | Director | 1997-06-28 | 2008-12-15 |
| MOLLOY, Peter | Director | 1999-08-11 | 2001-10-31 |
| NEEP, Michael Joseph | Director | — | 1997-09-30 |
| REENAN, Paul | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2024-10-01 |
| RITCHIE, Alexander George Malcolm | Director | 1997-12-15 | 2000-08-31 |
| ROQUEJEOFFRE, Muriel | Director | 2011-06-15 | 2012-05-02 |
| RÉ, Stéphane | Director | 2015-01-30 | 2021-10-29 |
| SHOWALTER, William John | Director | 1997-06-28 | 1998-10-22 |
| STEPHENSON, Paul Hugh | Director | 2021-10-29 | 2024-02-23 |
| THORPE, Stephen Charles | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2010-03-15 |
| TOMLINSON, John Alexander | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2022-01-31 |
| VALSECCHI, Adolfo | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2013-08-26 |
| VERTAILLIE, Vincent | Director | 2013-11-13 | 2014-08-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Seafood Investment Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.