CLASSIC FINE FOODS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.6m
-28.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1m
-133.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
185
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.1m
-198.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,933,000 | £48,074,000 | £52,390,000 | +9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,517,000 | -£270,000 | -£2,441,000 | -804.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,254,000 | -£1,373,000 | -£4,097,000 | -198.4% | |
| Net profit | £889,000 | -£1,620,000 | -£4,097,000 | -152.9% | |
| Cash | £1,816,000 | £2,193,000 | £1,573,000 | -28.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £25,211,000 | £17,882,000 | -29.1% | |
| Net assets | £4,688,000 | £3,068,000 | -£1,029,000 | -133.5% | |
| Equity | £4,688,000 | £3,068,000 | -£1,029,000 | -133.5% | |
| Average employees | 158 | 178 | 185 | +3.9% | |
| Wages | £6,304,000 | £7,395,000 | £7,796,000 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £741,000 | £681,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £25,000 | £22,000 | £10,000 | -54.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £477,000 | £408,000 | £417,000 | +2.2% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | -0.6% | -4.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | -3.4% | -7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -1.1% | -13.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.9% | 92.7% | 102.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.28x | 0.73x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | 5.77x | -0.24x | -1.46x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CLASSIC FINE FOODS UK LIMITED 2006-12-18 → present
- GRIVAN PRODUCTS COMPANY LIMITED 1925-08-13 → 2006-12-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025 EP Group a.s., a company registered in The Czech Republic, became the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Priyanka | Secretary | 2024-01-26 | — | — |
| BATEL, Olivier Jean Paul Claude | Director | 2011-09-13 | Feb 1975 | French |
| SCOTT AITON, Emma Frances | Director | 2019-02-04 | Jun 1983 | British |
| WICKRAMASEKARA, Kolitha | Director | 2024-05-16 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKTER, Taslima | Secretary | 2020-04-08 | 2022-10-10 |
| AUGIER-CALLEJA, Isabelle Marie Cecile | Secretary | 2000-09-28 | 2004-09-21 |
| CHAPELIER, Brigitte | Secretary | 1999-06-08 | 2000-09-28 |
| PIERLEONI, Marco Alessandro | Secretary | 2004-09-21 | 2005-01-21 |
| THORNTON, Neil | Secretary | 2005-01-21 | 2011-01-18 |
| CITY REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1999-06-08 |
| AUGIER, Philippe Robert | Director | 1993-08-31 | 2007-06-04 |
| AUGIER-CALLEJA, Isabelle Marie Cecile | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2004-09-21 |
| BALFOUR, Fergus George | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2017-04-03 |
| CHAPELIER, Brigitte | Director | 1999-06-08 | 2004-09-21 |
| COPLAND, Colin George | Director | 2008-06-11 | 2011-01-18 |
| EDELMANN, Jesper Scheel | Director | 2004-09-21 | 2011-01-18 |
| FIXON, Franziska | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| GANDHI, Himanshu Ramesh | Director | 2022-09-08 | 2024-03-31 |
| GRIFFITHS, Simon David | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2015-08-26 |
| GULVANESSIAN, Nazaret | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MAC-CROHON, Ramon | Director | — | 1999-03-23 |
| PIERLEONI, Marco Alessandro | Director | 2004-09-21 | 2006-04-30 |
| RUSSELL, David William | Director | — | 1995-07-20 |
| STANSIL, Frank | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| TAN, Poh Thuan Yang Lindsay | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2011-09-13 |
| THORNTON, Neil | Director | 2006-04-30 | 2011-01-18 |
| VEILLEROY, Damien | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-04-17 |
| VOGL, Gavin | Director | 2018-05-06 | 2019-12-31 |
| YOUNG, Paul Michael | Director | 2011-09-13 | 2019-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Fine Foods Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-20 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-09-20 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2025-08-26 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2025-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-28 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-08-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-20 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.