APETITO LIMITED
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Cash
£62m
+72.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£169m
+22.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,948
+2.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£41m
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £239,335,000 | £259,466,000 | £264,491,000 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £31,978,000 | £36,715,000 | £39,938,000 | +8.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £31,855,000 | £37,271,000 | £40,734,000 | +9.3% | |
| Net profit | £23,608,000 | £28,054,000 | £30,695,000 | +9.4% | |
| Cash | £15,713,000 | £36,122,000 | £62,398,000 | +72.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £116,927,000 | £152,474,000 | £184,017,000 | +20.7% | |
| Net assets | £109,798,000 | £137,852,000 | £168,547,000 | +22.3% | |
| Equity | £109,798,000 | £137,852,000 | £168,547,000 | +22.3% | |
| Average employees | 1,907 | 1,900 | 1,948 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £58,476,000 | £64,881,000 | £66,706,000 | +2.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,402,000 | £3,005,000 | £1,958,000 | -34.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £10,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £489,000 | £1,841,000 | £523,000 | -71.6% |
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 | 13.4% | 14.2% | 15.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.3% | 24.1% | 21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.3% | 26.3% | 24.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 2.32x | 2.68x | |
| Interest cover | 62.95x | 73.72x | 43.36x |
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
- APETITO LIMITED 2000-04-27 → present
- WALDENS WILTSHIRE FOODS LIMITED 1928-10-06 → 2000-04-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- other
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors have a reasonable expectation that apetito has more than adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements”
Group structure
- APETITO LIMITED · parent
- Charlton Food Services Limited 100%
- Homecare Foods Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods Munster Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During 2025 we acquired an additional 4 Wiltshire Farm Foods territories, and we are now serving approximately 82% of customers directly from apetito operated Wiltshire Farm Foods depots.”
- “During the year, apetito has also acquired the trade and assets of the following companies: J Dudley Foods (Cornwall) Limited and Wiltshire Farm Foods (Loughborough) Ltd.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIS, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| CHAMBERS, Amanda | Director | 2025-05-19 | Dec 1991 | British |
| COJEEN, Victoria | Director | 2025-10-30 | Jun 1976 | British |
| KEEGAN, Jason Ian | Director | 2025-05-19 | May 1971 | British |
| LARKIN, Sharon Virginia | Director | 2025-01-13 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Lee | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jan 1971 | British |
| STONE, Ian Andrew | Director | 2006-03-22 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WILLIS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-07-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIVINGSTONE, Robert Murray | Secretary | — | 2004-02-29 |
| RING, Richard Peter | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| BAUMGART, Joerg | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| BRUMMER, Hartmut, Dr | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2002-12-12 |
| DREUSE, Wolfgang | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2012-10-01 |
| DUSTERBERG, Wolfgang | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2021-01-08 |
| ELSDEN, Richard James | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2004-11-01 |
| EMERY, Neil Stuart | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2013-07-31 |
| FORRESTER, Graham John, Mr. | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2018-12-12 |
| FREESTON, Paul Robert | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| HAYNES, Benedict William Hanbury | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| JACKSON, David Craig | Director | 1997-08-08 | 1999-03-17 |
| KESSY, Christian | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2024-11-15 |
| KONIETZKO, Manfred August Karl, Dr | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2012-10-01 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Robert Murray | Director | — | 2004-02-29 |
| MORRIS, Karen | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2014-09-30 |
| RING, Richard Peter | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| RUFF, Andres | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2013-03-25 |
| RUSSELL, Graham John | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2010-12-06 |
| THOERNER, Martin Ulrich | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2005-09-30 |
| WALDEN, Benjamin Roger | Director | — | 2000-11-17 |
| WORRALL, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2019-07-29 | 2026-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apetito (Uk) Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Richard Peter Ring | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-26 | Ceased 2021-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.