ORKLA FOODS UK PLC
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Cash
£1.8M
+40.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£3.2M
+18.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
6
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£662K
+272.5% vs 2024
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 | £6,606,574 | £7,557,869 | £7,868,234 | £9,147,983 | £9,219,264 | £9,835,750 | +6.7% | |
| Operating profit | £696,194 | £790,146 | £830,704 | £1,312,673 | £365,911 | £803,355 | +119.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £703,407 | £749,299 | £752,276 | £1,079,800 | £177,703 | £662,029 | +272.5% | |
| Net profit | £570,421 | £607,512 | £607,582 | £824,147 | £133,511 | £495,290 | +271% | |
| Cash | £206 | £86,829 | £301 | £101 | £1,290,692 | £1,813,625 | +40.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,070,421 | £1,681,930 | £2,289,161 | £3,111,887 | £2,709,563 | £3,204,512 | +18.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,070,421 | £1,677,933 | £2,285,515 | £3,109,662 | £2,708,173 | £3,203,463 | +18.3% | |
| Equity | £1,070,421 | £1,677,933 | £2,285,515 | £3,109,662 | £2,708,173 | £3,203,463 | +18.3% | |
| Average employees | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0% | |
| Wages | £309,523 | £288,807 | £299,182 | £308,711 | £337,587 | £367,789 | +8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £98,964 | £105,341 | £111,696 | £119,910 | £126,813 | £135,267 | +6.7% |
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 | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 14.3% | 4.0% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 8.0% | 7.7% | 9.0% | 1.4% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.0% | 47.0% | 36.3% | 42.2% | 13.5% | 25.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 61.0% | 62.9% | 57.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.64x | 1.59x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | — | 19.34x | 10.19x | 5.53x | 1.57x | 3.51x |
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
- ORKLA FOODS UK PLC 2014-01-02 → present
- RIEBER & SON PLC 1959-07-10 → 2014-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- SMH Jolliffe Cork Audit Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. No material uncertainties identified casting significant doubt on the company's ability to continue for at least twelve months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMARSTRAND, Jan Tore | Secretary | 2018-12-06 | — | — |
| STOKKE, Solveig Elisabet | Director | 2020-12-21 | Jul 1972 | Norwegian |
| WOOLLIN, David | Director | 2016-06-06 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKALD, Erik Ruud | Secretary | 2015-02-23 | 2018-12-06 |
| BRORSTRØM, René Tangen | Secretary | 2014-09-15 | 2015-02-23 |
| DREWS, Martin | Secretary | 2009-12-03 | 2014-09-15 |
| GJEVIK, Odd Arve | Secretary | 2006-11-24 | 2009-12-03 |
| HOLMES, Andrew John | Secretary | — | 2005-03-18 |
| PARK LANE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-03-18 | 2006-11-24 |
| AUKNER, Per Odmar | Director | — | 1996-07-01 |
| CLARKE, Keith | Director | 2014-09-08 | 2016-12-15 |
| HOLMES, Andrew John | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| JOBBINS, Michael George | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| KLARKEGG, Stein | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2005-12-06 |
| KVINGE, Knut Olav | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2013-06-03 |
| LARSEN, Arne Hartvig | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2005-12-06 |
| LARSEN, Thor | Director | — | 2001-10-31 |
| LOWZOW, Peter Ditlef | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2020-12-21 |
| LUND, Tor | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2009-12-03 |
| MOSS, Roar | Director | 2016-06-06 | 2018-02-28 |
| MØLLER, Bjarne Oskar Rasch | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2016-05-31 |
| OGDEN, Arne Georg | Director | — | 1993-05-27 |
| RAA, Trond Gisle | Director | 2005-12-06 | 2009-03-29 |
| STOLTZ, Niklas Darre | Director | 2013-06-03 | 2016-05-31 |
| ZALOPA, Jerzy | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2014-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-29 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.