ARTHUR DAVID (FOOD WITH SERVICE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+48.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+0.6% vs 2024
Employees
419
-4.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£311K
-74.3% 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
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £56,486,205 | £57,591,158 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,257,170 | £288,389 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,212,947 | £311,423 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £938,133 | £169,384 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £730,996 | £1,083,229 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £4,433,590 | £4,581,016 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £4,214,712 | £4,241,096 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £4,214,712 | £4,241,096 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 438 | 419 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £12,925,536 | £12,663,376 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £746,686 | £773,087 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+2%
£56,486,205 £57,591,158
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Cash
+48.2%
£730,996 £1,083,229
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Net assets
+0.6%
£4,214,712 £4,241,096
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Employees
-4.3%
438 419
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Operating profit
-77.1%
£1,257,170 £288,389
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Profit before tax
-74.3%
£1,212,947 £311,423
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Wages
-2%
£12,925,536 £12,663,376
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 2.2% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.7% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 28.4% | 6.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.10x | 1.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 18.42x | 6.71x |
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
- ARTHUR DAVID (FOOD WITH SERVICE) LIMITED 2015-05-14 → present
- A DAVID & CO LIMITED 1987-08-21 → 2015-05-14
- ANTBEAM LIMITED 1986-09-29 → 1987-08-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. They also fully believe that the company can continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements and are confident that the level of liquidity is adequate to meet its current liabilities.”
Significant events
- “Unfortunately, founder and chairman Arthur David sadly passed away in late December 2024.”
- “The company decided to close its Preparation Room in August 2024. Despite significant investment of around £600,000 in February 2020, the company was not able to generate the cost savings and efficiencies associated with the investment.”
- “Joining the "Country Range" purchasing group in January 2024 did not have the desired impact so it took the decision to come back out of this arrangement in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, Philip Arthur | Director | 2001-11-29 | Sep 1962 | British |
| EVANS, Jonathan David | Director | 2006-04-11 | Oct 1967 | British |
| RALL, Alexander | Director | 2022-10-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID, Diana June | Secretary | — | 2018-10-14 |
| COCKING, Simon Paul | Director | 2017-03-22 | 2020-03-31 |
| DAVID, Arthur Derrick | Director | — | 2024-12-27 |
| HILL, Daren | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2023-04-18 |
| HOOPER, Nigel Dillon | Director | 2006-04-11 | 2007-01-12 |
| O'BRIEN, John Richard | Director | 2014-08-01 | 2021-01-31 |
| SKUSE, Jason Reggie | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2025-09-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip Arthur David | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-12-27 | Active |
| Mr Arthur Derrick David | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-14 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-01-28 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-02-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.