COTTESWOLD DAIRY LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
-35% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+7.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
490
+2.7% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.7m
-36.7% lowest in 4 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of COTTESWOLD DAIRY LIMITED's latest filing
Cotteswold Dairy just crossed the £100m mark for the first time, but tighter margins meant profit went the other way. 🥛📉
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,401,215 | £84,526,339 | £92,340,033 | £102,295,677 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | £3,053,010 | £2,439,130 | £2,668,826 | £1,708,493 | -36% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,048,841 | £2,525,472 | £2,648,309 | £1,675,146 | -36.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,463,424 | £2,069,488 | £1,960,074 | £1,520,346 | -22.4% | |
| Cash | £4,030,222 | £4,006,520 | £2,923,264 | £1,901,322 | -35% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,090,031 | £9,972,841 | £11,372,418 | £11,811,650 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £7,195,764 | £8,515,252 | £9,725,326 | £10,495,672 | +7.9% | |
| Equity | £7,195,764 | £8,515,252 | £9,725,326 | £10,495,672 | +7.9% | |
| Average employees | 427 | 447 | 477 | 490 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £12,030,415 | £13,085,143 | £14,594,823 | £15,962,116 | +9.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £221,226 | £225,072 | £241,130 | £264,761 | +9.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £31,652 | £36,497 | £17,857 | -51.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £110,895 | £117,805 | £128,551 | +9.1% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.7% | 24.5% | 23.5% | 14.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.1% | 56.2% | 56.4% | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.64x | 1.68x | 1.75x | |
| Interest cover | — | 97.00x | 58.70x | 33.13x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hazlewoods LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts prepared, funds available and existing facilities in place, sufficient resources are available for the company to conduct business for at least 12 months post signing of the financial statements. As such, the directors believe that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COTTESWOLD DAIRY LIMITED · parent
- Cotswold Spring Water Ltd 100%
- Conwy Valley (Dairy Products) Ltd 100%
- Upper Norton Jersey Cream Co. Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD, Louise Emma | Secretary | 2017-07-20 | — | — |
| KING, Wendy | Director | 2017-07-20 | Oct 1957 | British |
| WOODWARD, Louise Emma | Director | 2018-06-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| WORKMAN, George William | Director | 1995-10-04 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WORKMAN, Gillian Marguerite | Director | 2008-12-09 | Mar 1946 | British |
| WORKMAN, Roger Hewins | Director | — | Jan 1945 | British |
| YOUNG, Justin Michael | Director | 2015-11-18 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Louise Ann | Secretary | 2011-06-05 | 2014-03-26 |
| KNIBBS, Graham John | Secretary | — | 1993-08-06 |
| ROBINSON, David Euan | Secretary | 2009-07-31 | 2011-06-05 |
| TOMLIN, Geoffrey Lawrence | Secretary | 1993-08-09 | 2009-07-31 |
| WOOD, Thomas Patrick | Secretary | 2014-03-26 | 2017-07-20 |
| BEER, Martin Francis Stafford | Director | 1994-03-31 | 1999-11-24 |
| BREALEY, Neil Richard | Director | 2015-11-18 | 2017-05-26 |
| CANDY, Philip Stuart | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| CLIFFORD, John | Director | — | 1993-08-01 |
| FLANNIGAN, David | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2006-01-18 |
| GIBSON, John Frederick | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1995-10-16 |
| HOLLAND, Jeremy Craig | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-03-13 |
| LAMBE, Brian Anthony | Director | — | 1993-07-31 |
| RAWLINS, Peter George | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1994-03-31 |
| ROBERTS, Christopher David | Director | 1997-03-27 | 2003-03-19 |
| SARGENT, Howard Lloyd | Director | 2003-03-19 | 2007-12-06 |
| SKIPWITH, Mark | Director | 1999-11-24 | 2000-07-03 |
| SYMES, Richard John | Director | 1993-08-01 | 1994-03-31 |
| TOMLIN, Geoffrey Lawrence | Director | 1998-11-18 | 2009-07-31 |
| WILDE, Gordon | Director | 1994-09-14 | 2002-04-19 |
| WOOD, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2013-07-30 | 2017-07-20 |
| WORKMAN, Harry Oliver | Director | — | 2016-01-22 |
| WORKMAN, Philip Noel | Director | — | 1998-09-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workman Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-10-23 | RP04CS01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2018-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.