DAWN FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
-28.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£16m
+17.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
149
-2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.3m
+33.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
these conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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 | £55,687,362 | £56,993,188 | £55,844,640 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £804,034 | £2,312,041 | £3,153,975 | +36.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £710,362 | £2,430,414 | £3,254,260 | +33.9% | |
| Net profit | £540,062 | £1,833,803 | £2,362,439 | +28.8% | |
| Cash | £1,868,751 | £2,493,518 | £1,777,841 | -28.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,058,590 | £13,960,071 | £16,308,316 | +16.8% | |
| Net assets | £12,780,110 | £13,247,558 | £15,609,997 | +17.8% | |
| Equity | £12,780,110 | £13,247,558 | £15,609,997 | +17.8% | |
| Average employees | 164 | 152 | 149 | -2% | |
| Wages | £6,092,203 | £6,481,024 | £6,719,882 | +3.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £142,883 | £120,436 | £206,495 | +71.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £15,221 | £13,003 | £16,177 | +24.4% |
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 | 1.4% | 4.1% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 3.2% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.2% | 16.6% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.1% | 48.7% | 40.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.75x | 1.79x | 2.18x | |
| Interest cover | 6.85x | — | — |
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
- DAWN FOODS LIMITED 1997-01-01 → present
- DAWN FOODS (UK) LIMITED 1989-11-24 → 1997-01-01
- LEGIBUS 1450 LIMITED 1989-08-30 → 1989-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“these conditions indicate the existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 10 March 2026, it was publicly announced that the Puratos Group and Dawn Foods, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement under which the Puratos Group intends to acquire Dawn Foods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORDELL, David Stewart | Secretary | 2018-06-01 | — | — |
| CLARKSON, Timothy Adam | Director | 2019-06-18 | Jul 1968 | British |
| FASCETTI, Riccardo | Director | 2020-04-30 | May 1967 | Italian |
| VERWEIJ, Steven Ernest | Director | 2016-12-01 | May 1961 | Dutch |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Karl | Secretary | 2000-11-24 | 2016-12-01 |
| COOK, John | Secretary | 1993-07-01 | 2000-11-24 |
| FASCETTI, Riccardo | Secretary | 2016-12-01 | 2018-06-01 |
| WILLOW TAXATION & SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1993-07-01 |
| BARBER, Carrie Lynne | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2016-12-01 |
| CALFEE, Michael Grady | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| CORDELL, David Stewart | Director | 2018-12-06 | 2019-06-18 |
| CROW, Philip Edward | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2000-11-24 |
| HAGYARD, Christopher James | Director | 1999-09-06 | 2000-11-24 |
| JENKINS, Christopher Alexander | Director | 2016-12-01 | 2018-12-06 |
| JONES, Miles | Director | — | 2016-12-01 |
| JONES, Ronald | Director | — | 2013-12-31 |
| JONES, Steven | Director | — | 1995-10-20 |
| NALLY, John | Director | — | 1998-06-01 |
| STAELENS, Peter | Director | — | 2004-03-01 |
| THURSTON, William | Director | 1995-05-09 | 2000-03-23 |
| UNSAL, Kemal Serhat | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 146 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-06-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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.