ROQUETTE UK LIMITED
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Cash
£1.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£4.4m
Equity attributable
Employees
9
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1.5m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £131,145,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,919,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,509,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,406,000 | — | |
| Cash | £1,505,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,323,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£4,429,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£4,429,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 9 | — | |
| Wages | £624,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 145.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 110.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | 4.19x |
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
- ROQUETTE UK LIMITED 2000-12-21 → present
- ROQUETTE (U.K.) LIMITED 1980-03-19 → 2000-12-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Constantin Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have received a letter of support from Roquette Frères S.A. confirming its intention to provide financial support to Roquette UK Limited for at least the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Roquette Frères has indicated that it will continue to make available such funds as are necessary to enable the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- ROQUETTE UK LIMITED · parent
- Roquette (Corby) Limited 100%
- ABR Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Company's final remaining landholding at Willowbrook, Corby, was sold for £14.46 million, generating a profit on disposal of £9.75 million.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUELLER-WEINING, Matthias | Director | 2025-01-31 | Jan 1963 | German |
| PLESSIS, Romain Vincent | Director | 2021-09-30 | Feb 1984 | French |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, Derek Frederick James | Secretary | — | 2004-10-29 |
| MCGREEVY, Daniel Gerald | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2010-05-01 |
| PRICE, Susan | Secretary | 2010-05-01 | 2016-04-15 |
| BASEDEN, Stephane | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2018-05-17 |
| DELLOYE, Denis | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2018-05-17 |
| DUFOUR, Bertrand | Director | — | 2003-05-28 |
| FICHET, Guillaume Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2020-07-29 | 2021-09-30 |
| FLAWN, Matthew James, Mr/ | Director | 2018-05-17 | 2021-04-30 |
| JENSEN, Kim Waldemar | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2025-01-31 |
| LEE, Derek Frederick James | Director | 2000-09-06 | 2004-10-29 |
| LELEU, Jean Bernard | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2007-01-01 |
| MAGNIEN, Thibault, M | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2018-05-17 |
| MARETT, Francis John | Director | — | 2004-10-07 |
| MCGREEVY, Daniel Gerald | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2010-05-01 |
| MOUTON, David, M | Director | 2016-02-02 | 2018-03-23 |
| PATRUCCO, Gianfranco | Director | 2013-03-18 | 2021-09-30 |
| PRICE, Susan Rachel Wilson | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2016-04-15 |
| ROQUETTE, Claude Pierre Joseph | Director | — | 1998-06-29 |
| ROQUETTE, Marc Phillippe Bernard Marie Joseph | Director | 1998-06-29 | 2013-03-18 |
| ROQUETTE, Yves | Director | 2003-05-28 | 2007-10-18 |
| SCARROTT, Christopher David | Director | 2002-10-03 | 2016-03-31 |
| STREATFIELD, Nigel Brian | Director | 2018-03-23 | 2021-09-30 |
| TRUCY, Andre | Director | 2001-07-19 | 2006-10-31 |
| VANPOULLE, Christophe Jean Philippe | Director | 2018-05-17 | 2020-01-31 |
| WELLS, Philip John | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2021-09-30 |
| WILLEFERT, Jean Marc | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2013-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roquette Freres | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-10-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-19 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-12-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-10-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-19 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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.