CREAMLINE DAIRIES LIMITED
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Cash
£3.6M
-38% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.9M
-52.5% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
298
+16.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£694K
-71.4% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-26 | 2022-09-24 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,961,777 | £33,568,571 | £36,117,697 | £34,285,658 | £42,825,024 | +24.9% | |
| Operating profit | £2,437,085 | £521,480 | £1,796,640 | £2,298,312 | £623,093 | -72.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,403,873 | £516,198 | £1,877,938 | £2,423,236 | £693,715 | -71.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,958,194 | £336,994 | £1,477,916 | £1,771,388 | £484,458 | -72.7% | |
| Cash | £4,853,931 | £3,519,229 | £4,400,165 | £5,756,650 | £3,568,541 | -38% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,766,009 | £11,144,896 | £12,363,755 | £13,943,645 | £7,242,503 | -48.1% | |
| Net assets | £10,609,157 | £10,322,192 | £11,219,758 | £12,410,304 | £5,900,770 | -52.5% | |
| Equity | £10,609,157 | £10,322,192 | £11,219,758 | £12,410,304 | £5,900,770 | -52.5% | |
| Average employees | 270 | 268 | 261 | 256 | 298 | +16.4% | |
| Wages | £6,576,856 | £6,779,925 | £6,881,860 | £6,929,603 | £8,842,319 | +27.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £145,065 | £147,833 | £126,455 | £125,340 | £122,671 | -2.1% |
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 | 2020-09-26 | 2022-09-24 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-28 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 1.6% | 5.0% | 6.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 1.0% | 4.1% | 5.2% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.7% | 4.7% | 14.5% | 16.5% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.39x | 2.51x | 1.94x | |
| Interest cover | 61.02x | 18.22x | 46.70x | 47.79x | 8.60x |
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
- CREAMLINE DAIRIES LIMITED 2000-11-29 → present
- INDUSTRIAL MILK SUPPLIES LIMITED 1945-06-21 → 2000-11-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hurst Accountants 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 the early part of the 2024-25 financial year the company acquired dairy depots in Chester and the Wirral of a similar scale and nature to those it already operates in Stockport and Warrington which will profitably expand both sales revenue and our geographic footprint for the provision of our goods and services.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWALLOW, Christopher David | Secretary | 1994-12-19 | — | British |
| PURVIS, Robert Kenneth Berry | Director | 1995-10-12 | Jul 1969 | British |
| SWALLOW, Anthony David | Director | 2001-11-21 | Jul 1940 | British |
| SWALLOW, Christopher David | Director | 1994-12-19 | Jul 1970 | British |
| SWALLOW, Helga Hildegard Gertrud | Director | 1994-12-19 | Dec 1935 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROE, Nora | Secretary | — | 1994-02-19 |
| CHAPMAN, Jennifer | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| ROE, Michael | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| ROE, Nora | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| ROE, William Sleath | Director | — | 1994-12-19 |
| SWALLOW, Anthony David | Director | 1995-08-31 | 2000-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swallow Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2016-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with 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.