YE OLDE OAK FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+141.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£521k
+40.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
4
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£407k
-25.9% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,346,709 | £26,878,735 | £30,473,312 | £27,031,647 | £23,897,476 | £19,603,171 | -18% | |
| Operating profit | £1,442,185 | £808,733 | £893,540 | £758,439 | £681,257 | £642,275 | -5.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,032,487 | £462,133 | £630,711 | £463,256 | £548,567 | £406,713 | -25.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,599,880 | £374,569 | £850,800 | £434,549 | £344,547 | £349,495 | +1.4% | |
| Cash | £875,023 | £663,958 | £2,023,786 | £1,706,845 | £909,590 | £2,196,352 | +141.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,875,107 | -£2,500,538 | -£1,649,738 | -£1,215,189 | -£870,642 | -£521,147 | +40.1% | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£1,649,738 | -£1,215,189 | -£870,642 | -£521,147 | +40.1% | |
| Equity | -£2,875,107 | -£2,500,538 | -£1,649,738 | -£1,215,189 | -£870,642 | -£521,147 | +40.1% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0% | |
| Wages | £250,145 | £288,597 | £83,117 | £43,059 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £69,825 | £80,953 | £83,117 | £43,059 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £27,624 | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 115.5% | 112.3% | 108.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.87x | 0.89x | 0.92x | |
| Interest cover | 3.52x | 2.33x | 3.40x | 2.57x | 5.13x | 2.73x |
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
- YE OLDE OAK FOODS LIMITED 1985-09-24 → present
- ROBT. R. AND R.W. SMITH LIMITED 1949-07-15 → 1985-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WR Partners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors believe to be appropriate. ... The parent company has confirmed in writing its continued financial support for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRUIK FOODS INTERNATIONAL BV | Corporate Secretary | 2022-09-15 | — | — |
| ASHMORE, Jonathan Donald | Director | 2023-06-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| LIGGINS, Craig Anthony | Director | 2023-06-01 | May 1971 | British |
| VAN DER LAAN, Sjoerd Adrianus Roland | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1981 | Dutch |
| STRUIK FOODS INTERNATIONAL B.V. | Corporate Director | 2011-06-01 | — | — |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COUGHLAN, Anne | Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2006-10-18 |
| DICKIE, John Mckay | Secretary | — | 1998-07-01 |
| WILSON, Gordon Petley | Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2011-05-16 |
| WOOLLEY, Diana | Secretary | 1998-07-20 | 2002-08-30 |
| ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATION LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-08-30 | 2005-06-30 |
| WILTON CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-01-26 | 2006-01-26 |
| WILTON SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2005-06-30 |
| BAKER, John Edwin | Director | — | 2018-03-01 |
| FARREN, Peter Alexander | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| GROENEWOLD, Dirk | Director | 1996-10-23 | 2001-08-25 |
| GYMER, Jon Paul | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2002-08-16 |
| HEEMSKERK, Jan Piet | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2003-07-21 |
| LOR, Martin | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2010-12-15 |
| MORGAN, Michael David | Director | 1998-04-06 | 2014-09-30 |
| MULLER, Jan Hendrik | Director | 2003-09-25 | 2005-06-17 |
| REAH, Peter | Director | — | 1999-05-27 |
| VAN DER HAMSVOORT, Jeroen Joannes Henricus, Drs | Director | 2007-10-17 | 2011-06-01 |
| VERHOFF, Jan Pieter | Director | 1996-02-01 | 1996-06-03 |
| WATSON, Derrick | Director | 2002-07-08 | 2005-04-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Edwin Baker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Struik Foods International B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-03 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.