BECKETT'S FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
-32% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£29m
+0.4% vs 2024
Employees
555
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£300k
-135.8% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £186,553,866 | £184,525,897 | £169,417,935 | -8.2% | |
| Operating profit | £618,437 | £471,539 | -£698,352 | -248.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £761,020 | £839,470 | -£300,186 | -135.8% | |
| Net profit | £522,020 | £1,001,670 | £108,499 | -89.2% | |
| Cash | £22,197,718 | £19,554,968 | £13,299,491 | -32% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £38,721,547 | £29,378,260 | £29,287,962 | -0.3% | |
| Net assets | £38,328,527 | £29,147,440 | £29,255,939 | +0.4% | |
| Equity | £38,328,527 | £29,147,440 | £29,255,939 | +0.4% | |
| Average employees | 568 | 555 | 555 | 0% | |
| Wages | £18,085,439 | £18,968,384 | £19,755,608 | +4.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £665,304 | £661,794 | £685,958 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,639 | £2,642 | £2,642 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £230,401 | £223,111 | £233,501 | +4.7% |
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 | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | 1.6% | -2.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.0% | 50.8% | 49.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.09x | 1.80x | 1.70x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BECKETT'S FOODS LIMITED 1998-09-14 → present
- BECKETTS FOODS LIMITED 1988-05-12 → 1998-09-14
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.”
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2025 the Company had capital commitments contracted for but not provided in these financial statements of £9,000,000 (2024: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 13 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 | 2022-10-31 | May 1980 | British |
| CORNES, Jeremy Adam | Director | — | Aug 1967 | British |
| CORNES, Timothy William | Director | — | Aug 1966 | British |
| RUTHERFORD, Stephen Henry | Director | 2021-10-08 | Nov 1967 | English |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORNES, Anthony William | Secretary | — | 1992-03-30 |
| ROSCHKOWSKI, Heike | Secretary | 2016-04-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| TOMKINS, Rebecca Lydia | Secretary | 1992-03-30 | 2011-07-22 |
| BÜRGER, Carl Ernst | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2022-10-31 |
| CORNES, Anthony William | Director | — | 2002-08-10 |
| DALY, Thomas Brian | Director | 1995-11-20 | 2011-07-22 |
| DUFFE, Frank | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2022-10-31 |
| DUFFE, Frank | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2016-03-16 |
| EBELING, Michael | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2016-03-15 |
| FENSVIG, Peder Toft | Director | 2011-07-22 | 2016-03-15 |
| JAKOBSEN, Carsten Svejgaard | Director | 2012-04-23 | 2022-09-30 |
| JOHNS, Christopher Alan | Director | 2005-03-03 | 2010-11-03 |
| TOMKINS, Rebecca Lydia | Director | 1996-02-06 | 2011-07-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cpc Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-31 | 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 | |
| 2022-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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.