BARRY CALLEBAUT BEVERAGES UK LTD
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Cash
£426K
-11.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.2M
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
25
-10.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4K
-95.6% first positive since 2022
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,243,056 | £7,329,104 | £11,555,721 | £10,332,326 | £9,863,397 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £259,514 | -£104,948 | -£386,412 | -£105,132 | -£171,516 | -63.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £270,497 | -£104,948 | -£372,429 | £92,090 | £4,029 | -95.6% | |
| Net profit | £215,552 | -£104,252 | -£372,429 | £92,090 | £4,029 | -95.6% | |
| Cash | £365,540 | £421,422 | £441,931 | £482,511 | £425,651 | -11.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,386,881 | £6,281,793 | £5,909,364 | £5,161,604 | £5,165,633 | +0.1% | |
| Net assets | £6,386,045 | £6,281,793 | £5,909,364 | £5,161,604 | £5,165,633 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | £6,386,045 | £6,281,793 | £5,909,364 | £5,161,604 | £5,165,633 | +0.1% | |
| Average employees | 23 | 22 | 28 | 28 | 25 | -10.7% | |
| Wages | £858,977 | £818,517 | £1,082,373 | £1,005,337 | £907,343 | -9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £95,185 | £99,975 | £63,282 | £82,275 | £86,412 | +5% |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.6% | -1.4% | -3.3% | -1.0% | -1.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | -1.4% | -3.2% | 0.9% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | -1.7% | -6.5% | -2.0% | -3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 33.5% | 25.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.83x | 3.38x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- BARRY CALLEBAUT BEVERAGES UK LTD 2015-02-12 → present
- BARRY CALLEBAUT VENDING UK LTD 2009-12-09 → 2015-02-12
- EUROGRAN UK LIMITED 2008-07-17 → 2009-12-09
- UK AUTOMATIC VENDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1986-08-21 → 2008-07-17
- READYBOX LIMITED 1986-03-26 → 1986-08-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BK Plus Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The fiscal year 2024/25 presented significant challenges, persistently high cocoa powder prices, which constrained sales of premium high-cocoa drinking chocolates and volume decline was impacted by customer behaviour shifts in the context of volatility and significantly higher prices.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAILOR, Varsha Thakordas Himesh | Secretary | 2021-10-06 | — | — |
| SCHWARTZE, Jörg Peter | Director | 2025-09-19 | May 1969 | German |
| TAILOR, Varsha Thakordash | Director | 2025-09-19 | Jan 1981 | English |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVERIDGE, Alan Stanislaus | Secretary | 2002-01-01 | 2013-07-31 |
| CHRISTIAN, Richard Anthony | Secretary | 2015-08-24 | 2021-06-14 |
| WILLIAMS, Laura | Secretary | 2013-08-01 | 2015-08-24 |
| ZEWDE, Fekade | Secretary | — | 2002-01-01 |
| ALLWORK, Stephen Raymond | Director | — | 2003-04-04 |
| COOPER, Adrian James | Director | 2009-08-20 | 2013-03-31 |
| DE REYMAEKER, Filip | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2019-09-01 |
| FITZPATRICK, Gareth Michael | Director | 2022-11-21 | 2025-09-19 |
| FLEMING, Andy | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-02-24 |
| HOLDWAY, Peter James | Director | 2012-04-02 | 2015-02-27 |
| SMITH, Stephen Mark | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2004-04-20 |
| SOUTHWELL, Tracy Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2018-08-22 | 2021-08-27 |
| SPANGSBERG, Michael | Director | 2006-05-24 | 2009-08-20 |
| STOTT, Edward Ronald | Director | — | 2006-05-24 |
| STOTT, John Roy | Director | — | 1992-03-03 |
| TUCKER, Andrew James | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2022-11-21 |
| VAN DER KNAAP, Frederik Jacobus Lambertus | Director | 2019-09-01 | 2025-06-30 |
| ZEWDE, Fekade | Director | — | 2012-05-24 |
| ZHANG, Jiaqi | Director | 2025-07-14 | 2025-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frederik Jacobus Lambertus Van Der Knaap | Individual | Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2019-09-01 | Ceased 2019-09-02 |
| Mr Filip De Raymaeker | Individual | Voting 75–100% (as firm), Significant influence | 2016-09-01 | Ceased 2019-09-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-02-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.