MEADOW FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£18m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£86m
Equity attributable
Employees
410
Average over period
Profit before tax
£20m
Period ending 2025-12-31
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Our short-form breakdown of MEADOW FOODS LIMITED's latest filing
Meadow Foods files its latest accounts, showing half a billion in turnover but a drop in pre-tax profit after last year's investment income vanished. 🥛📉
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £488,173,000 | £419,945,000 | £570,793,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £24,120,000 | £22,767,000 | £24,744,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £19,448,000 | £25,902,000 | £20,209,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £14,867,000 | £23,444,000 | £15,157,000 | — | |
| Cash | £20,287,000 | £17,804,000 | £18,028,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,666,000 | £97,041,000 | £95,701,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £59,914,000 | £86,740,000 | £85,530,000 | — | |
| Equity | £59,914,000 | £86,740,000 | £85,530,000 | — | |
| Average employees | — | 406 | 410 | — | |
| Wages | — | £13,992,000 | £19,184,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,800,000 | £2,618,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £1,800,000 | £2,618,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 9 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 5.4% | 4.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 5.6% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.1% | 23.5% | 25.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.0% | 48.8% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.29x | 1.37x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 4.82x | 5.83x | 5.20x |
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
- MEADOW FOODS LIMITED 1992-07-10 → present
- PREMIUMTRADE LIMITED 1992-06-05 → 1992-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements”
Group structure
- MEADOW FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Naked Foods Limited 99%
- Meadow Inclusions Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCINTYRE, Paul George | Director | 2024-09-19 | Apr 1968 | British |
| TUGNAIT, Rajesh | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, James Damian | Secretary | 1995-09-13 | 2020-10-21 |
| OLDMEADOW, Gillian Shore | Secretary | 1992-08-26 | 1995-09-13 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-29 |
| BARRELL, Jamie Mark | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2010-10-28 |
| CHANTLER, Mark Henry | Director | 2014-10-22 | 2022-05-01 |
| CHANTLER, Simon | Director | 1994-10-01 | 2023-11-29 |
| DEAKIN, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2016-09-09 |
| HOWARTH, Jack | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-01-21 |
| LAMBERT, John Derek | Director | 2002-02-06 | 2010-10-28 |
| MCDONALD, Damian | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2020-10-21 |
| MIDDLETON, Ronald Patrick | Director | 1996-06-04 | 2010-10-28 |
| MORRIS, John | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| NEEVE, Maria Louise | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2024-09-19 |
| OLDMEADOW, Gillian Shore | Director | 1992-06-29 | 1994-10-01 |
| OLDMEADOW, Norman Robert | Director | 1992-06-29 | 2010-10-28 |
| PICKERING, David Owen | Director | 1995-09-13 | 2012-12-25 |
| PICKERING, John Michael | Director | 1995-09-13 | 2012-03-16 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ff Meadow Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-12-19 | Active |
| Meadow Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-12-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.