BURTS SNACKS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
-16% vs 2025
Net assets
-£6m
+6.3% vs 2025
Employees
395
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£916k
+117.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,373,833 | £93,213,310 | £86,338,835 | -7.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,591,480 | -£2,618,900 | £3,376,263 | +228.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,174,745 | -£5,168,281 | £916,224 | +117.7% | |
| Net profit | -£4,282,069 | -£3,988,140 | £400,438 | +110% | |
| Cash | £850,206 | £3,777,385 | £3,172,141 | -16% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,312,425 | £16,484,145 | £23,984,251 | +45.5% | |
| Net assets | -£2,414,818 | -£6,402,958 | -£6,002,520 | +6.3% | |
| Equity | -£2,414,818 | -£6,402,958 | -£6,002,520 | +6.3% | |
| Average employees | 396 | 411 | 395 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £13,856,565 | £8,994,333 | £7,983,374 | -11.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £486,666 | — | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £2,944 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £421,407 | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.7% | -2.8% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | -4.4% | -4.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -16.9% | -15.9% | 14.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 105.5% | 116.0% | 117.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.74x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | -1.00x | -1.03x | 1.37x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- BURTS SNACKS LIMITED 2019-07-01 → present
- BURTS POTATO CHIPS LIMITED 2016-04-05 → 2019-07-01
- BURTS CHIPS LIMITED 2012-11-14 → 2016-04-05
- CANOPUS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 1999-02-15 → 2012-11-14
- KONA (U.K.) LIMITED 1991-11-25 → 1999-02-15
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having undertaken this assessment, and after making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- BURTS SNACKS LIMITED · parent
- Burts Chips Limited 100%
- Savoury & Sweet Ltd 100%
- Savoury & Sweet Snack Foods Ltd 100%
- Burts Snacks IE Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKHANI, Rikin Ashok | Director | 2025-02-05 | Feb 1979 | British |
| LECOMTE, Etienne | Director | 2023-03-02 | May 1965 | French |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSBY, Michael Patrick Richard | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2020-08-03 |
| HURST, Sally Kathrine | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2001-12-10 |
| JOSEPH, John Leonard | Secretary | 2009-04-01 | 2011-12-01 |
| NAIRN, David Alexander | Secretary | 2020-08-03 | 2023-03-02 |
| SHEPPARD, Julia Lesley | Secretary | — | 2000-10-02 |
| WHITE, Christopher John Graham | Secretary | 2001-12-10 | 2009-04-01 |
| YOUNG, Catherine Emilie | Secretary | 2011-12-01 | 2014-03-30 |
| ADKIN, Geoffrey Alfred | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2008-10-10 |
| BROOKING, Ian Charles | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2014-10-28 |
| COSBY, Michael Patrick Richard | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2023-03-02 |
| GLYN, Melvin | Director | 2011-01-02 | 2011-12-31 |
| HURST, Nicholas Graham | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2009-04-01 |
| HURST, Sally Kathrine | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2009-04-01 |
| JOSEPH, John Leonard | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2023-03-02 |
| KELLY, Timothy Geoffrey | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2023-03-02 |
| KNIGHT, Simon Richard | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2020-10-30 |
| MCNULTY, David John | Director | 2020-08-03 | 2023-03-02 |
| NAIRN, David Alexander | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2023-03-02 |
| PATEL, Jitendrakumar Maganbhai | Director | 2017-06-27 | 2023-03-02 |
| PATEL, Yogeshchandra Maganbhai | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2023-03-02 |
| RICHARDSON, Peter Charles | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-11-04 |
| SHEPPARD, Julia Lesley | Director | — | 2000-10-02 |
| SHEPPARD, Julian Mark | Director | — | 2000-10-02 |
| THOMPSON, Piers Reginald | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2009-04-01 |
| WHITE, Annabel Victoria | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2009-04-01 |
| WHITE, Christopher John Graham | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2009-04-01 |
| WHITE, Jonathan George James Graham | Director | 2001-12-10 | 2012-03-13 |
| CANOPUS | Corporate Director | 2011-01-03 | 2011-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snacks International Development Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-02 | Active |
| Jtc Trust Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Andrea Holdings Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as trust), Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 280 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-03-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-08-14 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2024-08-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-28 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2023-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-03-28 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-03-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.