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Next accounts due

2027-05-31 (in 1y)

Last filed for 2025-08-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-26 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£550K

-80.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£51M

+18.7% vs 2024

Employees

321

+5.2% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£11M

+15.6% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-30

Metric Trend 2024-08-312025-08-30
Turnover £141,249,000£136,204,000
Operating profit £8,938,000£10,743,000
Profit before tax £9,240,000£10,685,000
Net profit £6,745,000£7,879,000
Cash £2,837,000£550,000
Total assets less current liabilities £47,679,000£57,808,000
Net assets £42,889,000£50,892,000
Equity £42,889,000£50,892,000
Average employees 305321
Wages £13,848,000£15,218,000
Directors' remuneration £571,000£558,000

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 2025-08-30 vs 2024-08-31

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 2024-08-312025-08-30
Operating margin 6.3%7.9%
Net margin 4.8%5.8%
Return on capital employed 18.7%18.6%
Current ratio 1.65x1.77x
Interest cover 66.31x

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

  1. CEREFORM LIMITED 2002-03-01 → present
  2. AB INGREDIENTS LIMITED 1982-12-01 → 2002-03-01
  3. F.BOURNE & SON LIMITED 1938-12-05 → 1982-12-01

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making enquiries and considering the support available from the intermediate parent company described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. These considerations included the Group's directors' assessment of going concern (set out in the Annual Report and Accounts dated 6 November 2025 and available at www.abf.co.uk), which included the significant levels of cash and undrawn committed long-term facilities available to the Group and the ABF Group's directors' stress testing of cash flow forecasts through to 5 March 2027, and an assessment of any developments since that date that would adversely affect that conclusion. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. CEREFORM LIMITED · parent
    1. Romix Foods Limited 100% · England · Manufacturer of Bakery Ingredients

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 33 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard Secretary 2021-05-14
COOPER, David Director 2025-03-26 Jul 1979 British
DEVENUTO, Marco Director 2015-12-01 Sep 1970 Italian
PARKIN, Daniel Robert Director 2022-04-05 Nov 1978 British
Show 33 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FOSTER, Jessica Sophie Secretary 2000-07-14 2001-02-26
GORE, Malcolm Raymond Secretary 1999-06-11
RICHARDSON, Lyn Secretary 2001-07-24 2001-08-13
SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon Secretary 2001-08-13 2020-12-24
SMITH, Simon Joseph Secretary 2006-03-06 2006-09-29
SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary Secretary 2001-02-26 2001-07-24
WRIGHT, William Bernard Secretary 2000-07-14
BRADBURN, Robert John Director 2004-08-20 2005-12-21
BUTTLE, Vincent Geoffrey Director 2016-06-28 2017-07-21
CATLING, Stephen John Director 2004-08-20 2005-12-21
CLARKE, David John, Dr Director 1994-12-10
CULLEN, David Director 2007-09-13 2009-09-15
DIXON, Philip John Director 1995-01-23 1996-10-08
FORGIE, Douglas Cameron Director 1997-10-21 2000-05-23
KELLY, Robert James Director 1993-09-01 1997-10-21
LEVAGGI, Mike Victor Director 2003-12-09 2004-08-07
LONDAL, Steen Director 2014-12-03 2015-11-30
LYNCH, John Thomas Director 2007-09-13 2009-02-23
MACEWAN, John Macdonald Director 2001-12-13
MACKUIN, Melvyn Stuart Director 1997-06-17 2000-12-01
MCKENNA, John Gerard Director 2009-02-23 2012-01-18
MOON, Stephen Derek Director 2005-12-21 2010-06-11
O'NEILL, Michael Joseph Director 1997-06-17 2003-11-21
POLLARD, Andrew Michael Director 2012-01-18 2025-03-26
RICHARDSON, Alan Director 2000-05-23 2005-12-31
SENGE, Philipp Peter Paul Director 2014-12-03 2015-10-09
SIMMONDS, Colin Director 2003-12-09 2016-06-26
SMITH, Ian Stewart Director 2006-03-06 2022-04-05
STRAIN, Terence Director 2012-01-18 2014-06-30
STRAIN, Terence Director 2000-12-01 2003-04-10
THOMSON, William Kenneth Director 1993-07-26
TURNER, Mark Richard Director 2005-12-21 2012-01-18
WHITEHURST, Robert John Director 1997-03-12

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
A.B.F. Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 179 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-27 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-19 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-03-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-06-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-06-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-06-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-06-25 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-05-14 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2021-01-05 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2020-06-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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