DIRECT TABLE FOODS LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

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

  -12.3%

  £163,341,294 → £143,276,497

• Cash

  +107.3%

  £13,652,386 → £28,301,995

• Net assets

  +4.9%

  £59,324,538 → £62,231,695

• Employees

  -12.2%

  515 → 452

• Operating profit

  +212.3%

  £700,144 → £2,186,364

• Profit before tax

  +184.1%

  £933,277 → £2,651,009

• Wages

  -7.2%

  £14,829,538 → £13,762,744

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. DIRECT TABLE FOODS LIMITED 2003-09-29 → present
2. LARK VALLEY FOODS LIMITED 1984-07-04 → 2003-09-29
3. VALEROSE LIMITED 1984-05-17 → 1984-07-04

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

MHA

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 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.”

Significant events

• “Turnover has decreased by £20,064,797 (-12.3%) during the year from £163,341,294 in 2023 to £143,276,497 in 2024. This is the direct result of volumes being moved to fellow group companies during the year.”
• “Gross profit margins increased from 6.7% in 2023 to 7.8% in 2024, thanks to fantastic Christmas trade results and a restructure of the labour workforce to drive further efficiencies.”
• “Operating profit margin improved from 0.4% to 1.5% in 2023 and 2024 respectively, due to increased focus on costs. This was offset by inflation on materials, energy, transport and labour.”

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

0

last 12 months

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