GRIFFITH FOODS WINCANTON LTD
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Cash
£1.5k
+1,077.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.3m
+49.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
96
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2.9m
+17.2% highest 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 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,877,159 | £18,459,816 | £20,073,029 | +8.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,504,433 | £2,512,010 | £2,944,082 | +17.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,448,129 | £2,487,700 | £2,915,727 | +17.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,132,163 | £2,043,954 | £2,086,814 | +2.1% | |
| Cash | £505 | £127 | £1,495 | +1,077.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,650,309 | £4,741,348 | £6,937,764 | +46.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,158,869 | £4,202,823 | £6,289,637 | +49.7% | |
| Equity | £2,158,869 | £4,202,823 | £6,289,637 | +49.7% | |
| Average employees | 96 | 97 | 96 | -1% | |
| Wages | £3,292,314 | £3,644,859 | £3,614,478 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 13.6% | 14.7% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 11.1% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 56.8% | 53.0% | 42.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.37x | 1.97x | 2.46x | |
| Interest cover | 26.72x | 88.59x | — |
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 3 times since incorporation
- GRIFFITH FOODS WINCANTON LTD 2022-05-05 → present
- THE FLAVOURWORKS GROUP LIMITED 2018-04-19 → 2022-05-05
- MARKUS PRODUCTS LIMITED 1989-03-31 → 2018-04-19
- TOLMAIN LIMITED 1989-01-31 → 1989-03-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts and conducted a going concern assessment for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements which indicate that, taking accounts of reasonable plausible downsides including utilities price increase and counterparty risks, the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL, William, Mr. | Director | 2025-04-09 | Jan 1977 | American |
| SANI, Jarnail Singh | Director | 2021-07-23 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANCROFT, Richard Lee | Secretary | 1993-04-13 | 2006-06-29 |
| GASKIN, Robert Hughes | Secretary | — | 1993-04-13 |
| KEATING, Michelle | Secretary | 2006-06-29 | 2021-07-23 |
| ROEKEL, Wim Van | Secretary | 2021-07-23 | 2024-04-30 |
| ABIDA, Tarik | Director | 2021-07-23 | 2024-04-30 |
| BANCROFT, Anna Louise | Director | 1995-08-11 | 2003-12-15 |
| BANCROFT, Richard Lee | Director | — | 2021-07-23 |
| CARDALE, David Michael | Director | 2017-11-23 | 2021-07-23 |
| FROST, William Charles | Director | 2021-07-23 | 2025-02-28 |
| HIGHNAM, James William | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2021-07-23 |
| KEATING, Andrew Lawrence | Director | — | 2021-07-23 |
| KEATING, Michelle | Director | 2013-06-10 | 2021-07-23 |
| ORMROD, Christopher | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2021-07-23 |
| OSCROFT, Anthony | Director | 2019-09-05 | 2021-07-23 |
| ROEKEL, Wim Van | Director | 2021-07-23 | 2024-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-17 | Active |
| Mr Richard Lee Bancroft | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 181 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-05 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-05 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-08-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.