C & K MEATS LIMITED
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Cash
£40k
-66.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£17m
-111.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
179
+8.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£8.6m
-494.6% lowest 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 Discretionary 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 | £66,093,516 | £79,664,815 | £87,814,505 | +10.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,099,138 | -£983,591 | -£7,999,923 | -713.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,400,087 | -£1,454,418 | -£8,648,321 | -494.6% | |
| Net profit | -£4,547,266 | -£1,875,986 | -£9,187,937 | -389.8% | |
| Cash | £97,759 | £121,109 | £40,231 | -66.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£5,202,566 | -£6,662,567 | -£15,310,888 | -129.8% | |
| Net assets | -£6,341,074 | -£8,217,060 | -£17,404,997 | -111.8% | |
| Equity | -£6,341,074 | -£8,217,060 | -£17,404,997 | -111.8% | |
| Average employees | 143 | 165 | 179 | +8.5% | |
| Wages | £7,708,857 | £8,036,059 | £9,322,052 | +16% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £108,626 | £110,001 | £113,006 | +2.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,319 | £1,320 | £1,321 | +0.1% |
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 | -6.2% | -1.2% | -9.1% | |
| Net margin | -6.9% | -2.4% | -10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 121.9% | 132.2% | 151.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.49x | 0.37x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | -13.62x | -2.09x | -12.34x |
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
- C & K MEATS LIMITED 1996-02-23 → present
- C & K BURROWS LIMITED 1993-01-11 → 1996-02-23
- OPENADMIT LIMITED 1992-12-04 → 1993-01-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company have adequate resources and support to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial information.”
Significant events
- “The Company is party to a cross guarantee agreement with HSBC between CPC Foods Limited, Pro-Pak Foods Limited, Tican (Chilled) Limited, Beckett's Foods Limited, Riverway Foods Limited, C&K Meats Limited, Cheale Meats Limited, Peddars Pigs Limited and Direct Table Foods Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Director | 2022-01-14 | Jan 1978 | French |
| CLARKE, Andrew Grahame | Director | 2022-10-31 | May 1980 | British |
| CORNES, Jeremy Adam | Director | 2019-04-29 | Aug 1967 | British |
| DAISLEY, Samuel Edward | Director | 2023-01-19 | Oct 1968 | English |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURROWS, Paula Marie | Secretary | 1996-01-19 | 2019-04-29 |
| BURROWS, Richard Ronald | Secretary | 1992-12-22 | 1996-01-19 |
| ROSCHKOWSKI, Heike | Secretary | 2019-04-29 | 2022-09-30 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-12-04 | 1992-12-22 |
| BURROWS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 2019-11-19 | 2020-01-31 |
| BURROWS, Christopher Joseph | Director | 1992-12-22 | 2019-04-29 |
| BURROWS, Craig John | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2019-04-29 |
| BURROWS, Kevin James | Director | 1992-12-22 | 2019-04-29 |
| BURROWS, Richard Ronald | Director | 1992-12-22 | 1994-01-31 |
| DUFFE, Frank | Director | 2019-04-29 | 2022-10-31 |
| EDGE, Jonathan David | Director | 2022-01-14 | 2023-01-19 |
| JAKOBSEN, Carsten Svejgaard | Director | 2019-04-29 | 2022-09-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-12-04 | 1992-12-22 |
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 | 2019-04-29 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Joseph Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-29 |
| Mr Kevin James Burrows | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name 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 |
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.