BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+1.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28m
+33.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
234
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.4m
-8.1% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £64,662,000 | £61,477,000 | £58,686,000 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £10,408,000 | £9,160,000 | £8,422,000 | -8.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,407,000 | £9,160,000 | £8,416,000 | -8.1% | |
| Net profit | £8,345,000 | £6,624,000 | £7,152,000 | +8% | |
| Cash | £1,371,000 | £1,629,000 | £1,652,000 | +1.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,734,000 | £21,727,000 | £28,995,000 | +33.5% | |
| Net assets | £14,577,000 | £21,201,000 | £28,353,000 | +33.7% | |
| Equity | £14,577,000 | £21,201,000 | £28,353,000 | +33.7% | |
| Average employees | 212 | 221 | 234 | +5.9% | |
| Wages | £8,024,000 | £7,888,000 | £8,607,000 | +9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £161,000 | £132,000 | £104,000 | -21.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,000 | £60,000 | £40,000 | -33.3% |
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 | 16.1% | 14.9% | 14.4% | |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 10.8% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 70.6% | 42.2% | 29.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.9% | 63.7% | 57.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.51x | 1.70x |
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
- BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED 2016-10-13 → present
- BOBBY'S FOODS PLC 2005-08-25 → 2016-10-13
- BOBBY'S FOODS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-12-09 → 2005-08-25
- BOBBY'S WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1982-09-24 → 1986-12-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and the company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Bobby's Foods Northern Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Midlands Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Scotland Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Southern Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South Wales Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North East Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North West Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South East Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North London Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods East Anglia Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South West Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods NI Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEDLE, Wayne | Director | 2018-04-23 | May 1970 | British |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2018-04-23 | Jul 1976 | British |
| NORBURY, Richard John | Director | 2022-03-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
| SUCKLING, David | Director | 2017-08-22 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Clive Anthony | Secretary | 1994-01-21 | 2016-10-14 |
| HANCOCK, Michael William | Secretary | — | 2007-04-24 |
| ASTIN, Philip | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2018-12-31 |
| BAKER, Clive | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-10-14 |
| BEEDLE, Wayne | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-07-17 |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-06-17 |
| HANCOCK, Lyn Lesley | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-10-14 |
| HANCOCK, Michael William | Director | — | 2015-05-20 |
| ISAAC, Robert Sidney | Director | — | 2016-10-14 |
| MADHU, Neha | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| MADHU, Vishal | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| SUMMERLEY, Jonathan Fitzgerald | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-07-11 |
| WATSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ib Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-09 | Active |
| Bobby's Acquisition Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-14 | Ceased 2022-09-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.