ZWANENBERG FOOD GROUP UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+6.5% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£29M
+24% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
539
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+91.1% vs 2023
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £95,906,949 | £95,441,580 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £4,503,994 | £8,032,413 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £3,808,665 | £7,278,533 | |
| Net profit | £3,106,214 | — | £4,891,687 | — | -£9,121,701 | — | £808,628 | — | £4,052,899 | £5,638,810 | |
| Cash | £1,412,943 | — | £2,651,736 | — | £2,017,208 | — | £3,970,737 | — | £5,476,869 | £5,830,856 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,937,547 | — | £25,829,234 | — | £16,865,255 | — | £17,980,672 | — | £23,751,856 | £30,030,389 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £23,531,579 | £29,170,389 | |
| Equity | £20,937,547 | £20,937,547 | £25,829,234 | £25,829,234 | £16,707,533 | £16,707,533 | £17,516,161 | £17,516,161 | £23,531,579 | £29,170,389 | |
| Average employees | 498 | — | 503 | — | 501 | — | 496 | — | 599 | 539 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £23,399,774 | £23,504,463 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,191,399 | £1,226,896 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-0.5%
£95,906,949 £95,441,580
-
Cash
+6.5%
£5,476,869 £5,830,856
highest in 6 filed years
-
Net assets
+24%
£23,531,579 £29,170,389
-
Employees
-10%
599 539
-
Operating profit
+78.3%
£4,503,994 £8,032,413
-
Profit before tax
+91.1%
£3,808,665 £7,278,533
-
Wages
+0.4%
£23,399,774 £23,504,463
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-01-01 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19.0% | 26.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48.3% | 37.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.32x | 1.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.48x | 10.37x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- ZWANENBERG FOOD GROUP UK LIMITED 2019-11-22 → present
- ZWANENBERG FOOD UK LIMITED 2000-09-26 → 2019-11-22
- TH S VAN DER LAAN (UK) LIMITED 1971-11-25 → 2000-09-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- WR Partners
- 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 Group's or the parent 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.”
Group structure
- ZWANENBERG FOOD GROUP UK LIMITED · parent
- Malton Foods Limited 100%
- Marston Food Marketing Limited 100%
- Puredrive Fine Foods Limited 100%
- Rea Valley Speciality Foods Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASHMORE, Jonathan Donald | Director | 2008-01-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GERRITSEN, Meulman Geetruida Grada Maria Christina | Director | 2015-06-01 | Jul 1975 | Dutch |
| LIGGINS, Craig Anthony | Director | 2021-01-01 | May 1971 | British |
| VAN DER LAAN, Arnoldus Theodorus Maria | Director | — | May 1954 | Dutch |
| VAN DER LAAN, Sjoerd | Director | 2019-03-01 | Jan 1981 | Dutch |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Peter John | Secretary | — | 2019-05-31 |
| BURDEKIN, Martin Andrew | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2018-03-23 |
| BURDEKIN, Pamela Joan | Director | 2003-09-30 | 2008-12-31 |
| BURDEKIN, Richard Miles | Director | 1996-11-07 | 2008-12-31 |
| BURDEKIN, Richard Miles | Director | 1993-12-06 | 1994-05-22 |
| GOODWIN, John Charles | Director | 2015-05-27 | 2020-12-31 |
| HIGGINSON, Anthony Mitchell | Director | 2002-09-19 | 2020-12-31 |
| HIGGINSON, Julie Elizabeth | Director | 2007-08-12 | 2020-12-31 |
| LOTGERINK, Ronald Emmanuel Maria | Director | 1998-06-05 | 2018-07-26 |
| STEVERS-VAN DER LAAN, Johanna Clazina Maria | Director | — | 2016-06-30 |
| VAN DER LAAN, Adrianus Maria | Director | — | 2017-07-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meatpoint Bv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-09 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.