DAIRY CREST LIMITED

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

  +4.6%

  £639,300,000 → £668,600,000

• Cash

  -9%

  £11,100,000 → £10,100,000

• Net assets

  -6%

  £480,000,000 → £451,200,000

• Employees

  -1.5%

  1,291 → 1,271

• Operating profit

  -431.1%

  -£6,100,000 → -£32,400,000

• Profit before tax

  -199.3%

  -£13,500,000 → -£40,400,000

• Wages

  +4.1%

  £61,400,000 → £63,900,000

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. DAIRY CREST LIMITED 1987-05-21 → present
2. DAIRY CREST FOODS LTD. 1987-03-20 → 1987-05-21
3. LEGIBUS 828 LIMITED 1986-12-23 → 1987-03-20

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

KPMG LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. DAIRY CREST LIMITED · parent
   1. Saputo Dairy Ireland Limited 100% · Ireland · Other Business Support Services
   2. MH Foods Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. The Yorkshire Creamery Limited 100% · Dormant
   4. Wensleydale Dairy Products Limited 100% · Dormant
   5. Dairy Crest Pension Trustees Limited 100% · Trustee company
   6. Unigate Dairies Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

• “The transfer of Kirkby Malzeard packing operations to Nuneaton is expected to further improve operational efficiencies and increase our ability to capture commercial opportunities.”
• “Completed the transfer of production from the Frome location to Nuneaton and initiated project to consolidate remaining packaging lines into Nuneaton by closing the Kirkby Malzcard location.”
• “Following the conclusion of employee consultations, severance costs related to the cessation of manufacturing certain functional ingredient products will be recognised in the financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2026.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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