GB INGREDIENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-26 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+206.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£21M
+11.6% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
65
+8.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£7M
+97.1% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £31,847,000 | £43,889,000 | £52,058,000 | £51,736,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £321,000 | -£132,000 | £4,027,000 | £6,968,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £128,000 | -£322,000 | £3,546,000 | £6,988,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£127,000 | -£249,000 | £2,694,000 | £5,215,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,465,000 | — | £2,067,000 | £6,343,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,434,000 | £5,091,000 | £20,043,000 | £22,741,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,661,000 | £4,412,000 | £19,106,000 | £21,321,000 | |
| Equity | £4,788,000 | £4,661,000 | £4,412,000 | £19,106,000 | £21,321,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 57 | 60 | 65 | |
| Wages | — | £2,791,000 | £2,799,000 | £3,050,000 | £3,452,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £127,635 | £86,042 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-0.6%
£52,058,000 £51,736,000
-
Cash
+206.9%
£2,067,000 £6,343,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+11.6%
£19,106,000 £21,321,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+8.3%
60 65
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+73%
£4,027,000 £6,968,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+97.1%
£3,546,000 £6,988,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+13.2%
£3,050,000 £3,452,000
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.0% | -0.3% | 7.7% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | — | -0.4% | -0.6% | 5.2% | 10.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.9% | -2.6% | 20.1% | 30.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 22.4% | 22.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.23x | 3.58x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.66x | -0.69x | 8.37x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- GB INGREDIENTS LIMITED 2005-09-06 → present
- DSM BAKERY INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED 2000-02-01 → 2005-09-06
- BRITISH FERMENTATION PRODUCTS LIMITED 1932-11-01 → 2000-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The continued Russian invasion of Ukraine has continued the uncertainty and fluctuations in key material prices.”
- “The business turnover has reduced slightly for the 2024/25 period by 1% on the prior period to GBP 51.7 million.”
- “Operating profits increased in the year from a GBP 4.0 million profit in the prior year to a profit of GBP 7.0 million profit in the current period.”
- “A dividend of £3.0m was declared and paid to Lallemand UK Limited in December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, Ainsley | Secretary | 2002-12-19 | — | British |
| CHAGNON, Antoine | Director | 2013-06-19 | Apr 1977 | Canadian |
| DZEDZEJ, Vincent | Director | 2024-06-18 | Jun 1969 | French |
| JENSEN, Nicolai Francis | Director | 2024-06-18 | Aug 1970 | Danish |
| NANKERVIS, William | Director | 2023-06-22 | Jul 1962 | South African |
| PEREIRA DA CONCEICOA, Francisco | Director | 2022-04-01 | Sep 1971 | Portuguese |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORLESS, David Norris | Secretary | — | 1997-04-15 |
| DOEKES, Robert Jean | Secretary | 1997-04-16 | 1998-08-31 |
| TEN BERGE, Jacob | Secretary | 1998-09-01 | 2002-12-18 |
| BRANCO, Tristao Valente E | Director | 1993-02-25 | 1996-01-31 |
| BRENT, Jordan | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2013-06-19 |
| CASIER, Marc Joseph Georges | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2008-01-09 |
| CHAGNON, Jean Frederic | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2023-06-22 |
| CHELL, Ronald Michael, Dr | Director | 1995-10-02 | 2020-12-16 |
| CHIGER, Martin | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2004-02-28 |
| CORLESS, David Norris | Director | — | 1997-04-15 |
| DOEKES, Robert Jean | Director | 1997-04-16 | 1998-08-31 |
| FITZPATRICK, Stephen Christopher, Dr | Director | 1999-02-05 | 2003-04-07 |
| JONGEJAN, Huibert Cornelis | Director | — | 2007-10-19 |
| KREUZ, Rudolf | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2013-06-19 |
| LEBLANC, Francois | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2022-04-01 |
| LOUDON, James Theodore | Director | — | 1993-09-01 |
| MARLEAU, Guy Georges | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2013-06-19 |
| MARTINS DE MELO, Victor Moises | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2024-06-18 |
| MORROW, Paul Lawson Thomas | Director | — | 1994-05-17 |
| OUAZZANI HASSANI, Mehdi | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2008-06-12 |
| PERLING, Martin Julian | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2017-06-16 |
| POTTER, David Stanley | Director | — | 1999-02-05 |
| QUIST, Simon | Director | — | 2000-07-01 |
| ROBERTS, Trevor Reginald | Director | — | 1992-10-08 |
| ROSSI, Paolo | Director | 2007-10-19 | 2008-01-09 |
| ROWETT, Charles Francis Sam | Director | 1996-01-31 | 1999-02-26 |
| SPINKS, Geoffrey William Peter | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| STEENKAMP, Johannes Gerhardus | Director | 2013-06-19 | 2024-06-18 |
| STOUT, Raymond John | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2013-06-19 |
| TEN BERGE, Jacob | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2002-12-18 |
| VAN DER BOON, Dick | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2007-10-19 |
| WIJNBERG, Evert | Director | 1999-08-25 | 2001-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lallemand Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-14 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-22 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-14 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2023-10-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.