BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£506k
+40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.3m
+6.9% vs 2024
Employees
35
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£966k
-62% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,873,000 | £9,603,000 | £9,817,000 | +2.2% | |
| Operating profit | £688,000 | £513,000 | £202,000 | -60.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £751,000 | £2,542,000 | £966,000 | -62% | |
| Net profit | £509,000 | £2,392,000 | £899,000 | -62.4% | |
| Cash | £1,035,000 | £361,000 | £506,000 | +40.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | £2,301,000 | +6.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | £2,301,000 | +6.9% | |
| Equity | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | £2,301,000 | +6.9% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 34 | 35 | +2.9% | |
| Wages | £1,294,000 | £1,513,000 | £1,536,000 | +1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £352,000 | £380,000 | £334,000 | -12.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £7,000 | £7,000 | £24,000 | +242.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £223,000 | £242,000 | £218,000 | -9.9% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.8% | 5.3% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 24.9% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 23.8% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.0% | 25.6% | 23.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 2.33x | 2.72x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED 2008-10-29 → present
- ARGENT BY-PRODUCTS LIMITED 2000-01-10 → 2008-10-29
- ARGENT LEATHER LIMITED 1999-10-06 → 2000-01-10
- STRONG & FISHER LIMITED 1961-05-30 → 1999-10-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of these forecasts, the Directors are confident that the Company currently has sufficient financial resources available to continue to operate for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Barker & Hird (PP) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALLOWFIELD-SMITH, James | Director | 2021-06-14 | May 1987 | English |
| FLETCHER, Darren | Director | 2010-07-12 | Nov 1972 | English |
| GRAY, David John | Director | 1997-09-18 | Apr 1959 | British |
| POLLARD, Julian | Director | 2010-07-15 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-06-14 | 2008-05-20 |
| MORGAN, Peter Frederick | Secretary | — | 2002-06-14 |
| BARNES, Andrew John | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2019-01-16 |
| BOOTH, Stuart | Director | — | 1998-01-09 |
| DELL, Julian David | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| HEEP, Paul | Director | 2004-09-15 | 2010-07-12 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Pennington Havard | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2010-02-26 |
| KOCH, Howard Alexander | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| MITCHELL, John | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| MORGAN, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2000-07-03 |
| NICOLLS, Lars-Olav | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| OLDCORN, John | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2021-06-14 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Ralph Pakenham | Director | — | 1992-08-28 |
| SMITH, David Thomas | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| WARD, Douglas John | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2005-09-30 |
| YORATH, David Anthony, Dr | Director | — | 1996-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A D Food Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-16 | Active |
| Argent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2025-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.