CEREFORM LIMITED
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Cash
£550K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£51M
Equity attributable
Employees
321
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11M
Period ending 2025-08-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 305 | 321 | — | |
| 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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.7% | 18.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.77x | |
| 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
- CEREFORM LIMITED 2002-03-01 → present
- AB INGREDIENTS LIMITED 1982-12-01 → 2002-03-01
- 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
- CEREFORM LIMITED · parent
- Romix Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year-end.”
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 | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.