SUN VALLEY FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-21 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£29M
+45.2% vs 2024
Employees
323
-3.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
+332.5% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £292,584,000 | £292,735,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,203,000 | £16,268,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,071,000 | £13,283,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,895,000 | £9,536,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,446,000 | £29,992,000 | |
| Net assets | £20,161,000 | £29,271,000 | |
| Equity | £20,161,000 | £29,271,000 | |
| Average employees | 336 | 323 | |
| Wages | £13,382,000 | £14,666,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £247,000 | £240,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+0.1%
£292,584,000 £292,735,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+45.2%
£20,161,000 £29,271,000
-
Employees
-3.9%
336 323
-
Operating profit
+125.9%
£7,203,000 £16,268,000
-
Profit before tax
+332.5%
£3,071,000 £13,283,000
-
Wages
+9.6%
£13,382,000 £14,666,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.1% | 54.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 2.06x | 5.48x |
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
- SUN VALLEY FOODS LIMITED 1996-05-24 → present
- SUN VALLEY POULTRY LIMITED 1960-12-19 → 1996-05-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Cargill global workforce restructuring: In October 2025, Cargill Inc. announced the continuation of its Cargill 2030 strategy. At the time of reporting, the UK has completed its consultation with the European Works Council. It is a smaller amount of roles impacted in comparison to the prior year and given the limited impact, there is no material financial effect on Sun Valley Foods Limited relating to the restructuring.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOWLER, David Andrew | Director | 2024-04-30 | Jan 1985 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Claire Margaret | Director | 2022-05-05 | May 1983 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHILDS, David Alan | Secretary | 2001-02-28 | 2002-03-01 |
| KEMPENAAR, Cornelis Johannes | Secretary | — | 1992-06-01 |
| LO'BUE, Dena Michelle | Secretary | 2013-10-09 | 2025-02-06 |
| MARLOR, Steven James | Secretary | 2006-07-21 | 2009-07-01 |
| OLIVER, Charles Iain | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2006-07-21 |
| OLIVER, Christopher William | Secretary | 2009-07-01 | 2013-10-09 |
| ORLEDGE, Stephen | Secretary | 1993-05-21 | 2001-02-28 |
| ROBINSON, Peter John | Secretary | 1992-06-01 | 1993-05-21 |
| ALLAN, Peter Michael | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2020-05-15 |
| BASSETT, James Dennis | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| CHILDS, David Alan | Director | 2001-02-28 | 2002-03-01 |
| CONWAY, Paul Damian | Director | 1996-03-29 | 2003-02-28 |
| CRUZ DIAZ, Maria Del Pilar | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2015-08-04 |
| DE BRAAL, Peter | Director | 2000-11-28 | 2016-11-01 |
| GRAHAM, Kevin Bruce | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2018-06-11 |
| GUILL, Hugh Buckler | Director | 1996-03-29 | 2005-06-01 |
| HYENNE, Xavier | Director | 2013-10-09 | 2016-03-01 |
| IRWIN, Michael Francis Gerard | Director | 2018-01-26 | 2018-12-07 |
| KEMPENAAR, Cornelis Johannes | Director | — | 1992-06-01 |
| MANN, Haydn Alexander | Director | 2020-05-15 | 2022-01-31 |
| MARLOR, Steven James | Director | 2006-05-31 | 2009-07-01 |
| MARSH, Donald William David | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2018-01-26 |
| MAXFIELD, Richard | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2011-11-24 |
| NELSON-SMITH, David Austin | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| NETO, Jose Noronha | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2024-04-30 |
| OLIVER, Charles Iain | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2006-07-21 |
| OLIVER, Christopher William | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2013-10-09 |
| ORLEDGE, Stephen | Director | — | 2001-02-28 |
| PHILLIPS, Edward Courtenay, Lt Colonel | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| PILLING, Ian Geoffrey | Director | 2001-09-19 | 2002-08-08 |
| REED, John William | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2018-01-26 |
| SHOOTER, Christopher John | Director | 2018-06-11 | 2019-08-13 |
| SIKES, James Brian | Director | 2011-11-24 | 2013-10-09 |
| SKOLD, Lee Barclay | Director | — | 1996-03-29 |
| THOMPSON, Mary Lane | Director | 2015-08-04 | 2018-06-11 |
| TILLER, Paul John | Director | 1996-03-29 | 2000-11-28 |
| URQUIDI NEGRON, Federico | Director | 2018-12-07 | 2022-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cargill Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-09-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.