SHIRE FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.7m
+682.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£19m
+30.7% vs 2023
Employees
283
+11.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5.8m
+65.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,965,000 | £49,040,000 | +14.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,684,000 | £5,919,000 | +60.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,512,000 | £5,819,000 | +65.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,071,000 | £4,339,000 | +41.3% | |
| Cash | £602,000 | £4,710,000 | +682.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,994,000 | £21,325,000 | +25.5% | |
| Net assets | £14,644,000 | £19,133,000 | +30.7% | |
| Equity | £14,644,000 | £19,133,000 | +30.7% | |
| Average employees | 254 | 283 | +11.4% | |
| Wages | £6,374,000 | £7,611,000 | +19.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £165,000 | £184,000 | +11.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 8.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.7% | 27.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 33.6% | 30.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 3.16x | |
| Interest cover | 21.42x | 59.19x |
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
- SHIRE FOODS LIMITED 2009-04-07 → present
- SHIRE FOODS OF WARWICK LIMITED 1970-05-22 → 2009-04-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company did not pay a dividend during the year but subsequent to the year-end declared a dividend of £5.00 million, of which £1.00 million was paid to minority shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TZIRKI, Michael Andrew | Secretary | 2002-02-15 | — | British |
| LANDER, Nicholas Paul | Director | 2011-07-29 | Sep 1966 | British |
| TZIRKI, Michael Andrew | Director | 1994-01-12 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Owen David | Secretary | — | 1998-11-30 |
| TZIRKI, Marina | Secretary | 1998-12-01 | 2002-02-15 |
| BISHOP, Owen David | Director | 1991-06-03 | 1998-11-30 |
| DOYLE, Victor James | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| KYRIAKOU, Dimitri | Director | — | 2011-07-29 |
| LANDER, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2011-07-29 | 2023-08-28 |
| MOSELEY, Doug | Director | 2009-01-05 | 2009-10-10 |
| PAVLOU, Constantine Kyriacos | Director | — | 1994-01-12 |
| TZIRKI, Stelios Michael | Director | — | 2011-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volvere Plc | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-10-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 164 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-12-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.