DIRECT TABLE FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£34m
+19.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£64m
+47.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
388
-14.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
-52.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £163,341,294 | £143,276,497 | £141,640,118 | -1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £700,144 | £2,186,364 | £668,618 | -69.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £933,277 | £2,651,009 | £1,248,047 | -52.9% | |
| Net profit | £839,874 | £2,907,157 | £1,832,886 | -37% | |
| Cash | £13,652,386 | £28,301,995 | £33,845,291 | +19.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £61,088,616 | £44,908,365 | £64,987,672 | +44.7% | |
| Net assets | £59,324,538 | £43,400,435 | £64,064,581 | +47.6% | |
| Equity | £59,324,538 | £43,400,435 | £64,064,581 | +47.6% | |
| Average employees | 515 | 452 | 388 | -14.2% | |
| Wages | £14,829,538 | £13,762,744 | £12,118,178 | -11.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £384,975 | £392,922 | £218,788 | -44.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,335 | £10,723 | £6,060 | -43.5% | |
| Highest paid director | £227,571 | £226,680 | £161,603 | -28.7% |
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 | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.1% | 4.9% | 1.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 27.3% | 49.2% | 26.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.55x | 1.50x | 2.93x | |
| Interest cover | 26.10x | — | 27.01x |
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
- DIRECT TABLE FOODS LIMITED 2003-09-29 → present
- LARK VALLEY FOODS LIMITED 1984-07-04 → 2003-09-29
- VALEROSE LIMITED 1984-05-17 → 1984-07-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and management's assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have not identified any material uncertainty in relation to going concern”
Significant events
- “During the year, an intercompany balance of £18,831,260 arising from a prior year dividend was forgiven as part of a group reorganisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Director | 2021-10-08 | Jan 1978 | French |
| CLARKE, Andrew Grahame | Director | 2021-10-08 | May 1980 | British |
| CORNES, Jeremy Adam | Director | 2022-10-31 | Aug 1967 | British |
| TAYLOR, Neil Terence | Director | 2021-10-08 | Mar 1971 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COHEN, Brian Jonathan | Secretary | — | 1991-02-21 |
| HOGG, Gordon John | Secretary | 1992-09-28 | 1994-01-13 |
| ROOK, Christiaan Willem | Secretary | 1997-06-26 | 1998-03-12 |
| SMITH, Charles Geoffrey Gregory | Secretary | 1994-01-13 | 1997-06-26 |
| STANTON, Anthony Michael | Secretary | 1998-03-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| BROWN, Peter Graham | Director | 1998-04-30 | 2003-07-31 |
| EASTWOOD, Roy Augustus | Director | — | 2003-08-31 |
| GOURMAND, Paul Rene | Director | — | 1998-03-12 |
| HAWKINS, Richard Michael John, Mr. | Director | 1998-04-30 | 2017-08-07 |
| HITCHIN, Robert Arthur | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-11-24 |
| HOGG, Gordon John | Director | — | 1998-03-12 |
| JACKSON, Paul Francis | Director | — | 1992-09-28 |
| JAKOBSEN, Carsten Svejgaard | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| JENSEN, Anders Jeppeson | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-11-24 |
| KJELDSEN, Gert | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2002-04-24 |
| KNIGHT, Alex James | Director | 1998-03-12 | 2003-03-28 |
| MARIBO, Bent | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2002-04-24 |
| MOLLER, Valdemar Johannes | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2004-12-03 |
| NIELSEN, Torben Bjerre | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2009-11-24 |
| NUGENT, Robert James | Director | 2014-03-04 | 2019-07-31 |
| PERRY, Colin | Director | 2000-01-31 | 2021-10-08 |
| ROOK, Christiaan Willem | Director | 1992-09-28 | 1998-01-25 |
| SINA, Seyed Masoud, Doctor | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-04-09 |
| SMITH, Stephen Michael | Director | 2021-10-08 | 2022-10-31 |
| STANTON, Anthony Michael | Director | 1998-03-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| THEJLS, Ove | Director | 1999-01-04 | 2009-11-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpc Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-12-27 | Active |
| Tican Process Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-27 |
| Mr Clemens Tonnies | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Robert Tonnies | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary 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.