AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -0.2%

  £239,421,000 → £238,986,000

• Cash

  +12.4%

  £1,779,000 → £2,000,000

• Net assets

  +14.8%

  £153,040,000 → £175,664,000

• Employees

  +13.6%

  470 → 534

• Operating profit

  +5.6%

  £22,135,000 → £23,376,000

• Profit before tax

  +5.8%

  £27,754,000 → £29,363,000

• Wages

  -1.8%

  £29,911,000 → £29,366,000

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

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.

1. AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED 2008-03-31 → present
2. PATAK'S FOODS LIMITED 2001-02-26 → 2008-03-31
3. KIRPAC LIMITED 1990-09-28 → 2001-02-26
4. KIRBY COMMODITY PACKERS & SUPPLIES LIMITED 1978-11-21 → 1990-09-28

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Company has received a letter of support from its intermediate parent company, ABF Investments plc, indicating that it will receive the financial and other support necessary for the Company to trade and meet its liabilities as and when they become due for a period of twelve months from the date of signing of these financial statements. After making enquiries and considering the support available from the intermediate parent company described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. These considerations include the Group's directors' assessment of going concern (set out in the ABF Annual Report dated 4 November 2025 and available at www.abf.co.uk), which included the significant levels of cash and undrawn committed long-term facilities available to the Group and the Group's directors' stress testing of cash flow forecasts through to 5 March 2027, and an assessment of any developments since that date that would adversely affect that conclusion. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. AB WORLD FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Patak's Breads Limited 100% · England & Wales · Dormant
   2. Patak's Frozen Foods Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   3. Korway Holdings Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   4. Patak's Chilled Foods Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   5. Korway Foods Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   6. Capsicana Ltd 100% · England & Wales · Dormant

Significant events

• “During the year, the implementation of a new ERP system took place to support the company's long-term growth, improve operational and financial efficiency, and align processes with the wider group.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.