SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED
Operating as a family-owned business, the company manufactures own-label and branded chilled and ambient foods, managing a portfolio that includes well-known brands such as Ginsters, Soreen, and the West Cornwall Pasty Company.
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Cash
£85m
+26.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£115m
-14% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
9,348
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£19m
-33.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,318,921,000 | £1,391,740,000 | £1,561,990,000 | +12.2% | |
| Operating profit | £41,775,000 | £47,441,000 | £37,422,000 | -21.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £27,503,000 | £27,955,000 | £18,505,000 | -33.8% | |
| Net profit | £15,691,000 | £17,453,000 | £7,788,000 | -55.4% | |
| Cash | £95,841,000 | £67,496,000 | £85,468,000 | +26.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £445,700,000 | £429,068,000 | £437,656,000 | +2% | |
| Net assets | £160,228,000 | £133,233,000 | £114,559,000 | -14% | |
| Equity | £160,228,000 | £133,233,000 | £114,559,000 | -14% | |
| Average employees | 8,975 | 9,348 | 9,348 | 0% | |
| Wages | £303,593,000 | £330,368 | £347,297 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £8,220,000 | £7,724 | £8,440 | +9.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £16,000 | £43,000 | +168.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £2,300,000 | £3,000,000 | £3,000,000 | 0% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.4% | 2.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 11.1% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 82.7% | 86.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.34x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.78x | 2.33x | 1.83x |
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
- SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED 1996-04-26 → present
- POWERMINE LIMITED 1995-10-20 → 1996-04-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the Company's financial statements. Further information is available in the Statement of Accounting Policies on page 30.”
Group structure
- SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED · parent
- Ginsters Limited 100%
- West Cornwall Pasty Co. Limited 100%
- The Real Wrap Co. Limited 100%
- Bossam Holdings Limited 100%
- Freshways Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In August 2025, we announced the closure of the Avonmouth site at The Real Wrap Co. Limited, subsidiary of the Company. The site was closed at the end of September. An impairment charge of £6.2m to write down the Company's investment in Real Wrap was recorded.”
- “Additionally, during the year, the Pension Scheme Trustee and the Company concluded that a Deed dating back to the 1990's did not have its intended effect and retirement ages for men and women were not equalised between 1990 and 1999. A past service cost of £9.5m has been recognised...”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| BOUCH, Rachael | Director | 2026-01-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, Stephen John | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1966 | British |
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| LEA, Andrew Frederick | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1980 | British |
| MITCHELL, Samuel James | Director | 2024-09-01 | May 1971 | British |
| MOORE, Clare Helen | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SAMWORTH, Mark Charles Chetwode | Director | 1996-02-12 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Lee Ernest | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1967 | British |
| WALSH BAILEY, Kerrie Louise | Director | 2026-01-05 | Sep 1980 | British |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2019-01-07 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Malcolm Roy | Secretary | 1996-01-11 | 1996-07-26 |
| BARKER, Timothy James | Secretary | 1996-07-26 | 2024-01-02 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-20 | 1996-01-03 |
| ARMITAGE, Richard James | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-04-06 |
| AUSTIN, Matthew Edward | Director | 2026-01-01 | 2026-09-18 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| BARKER, Anita Marie | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| BARTON, Alan | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2014-08-05 |
| CROSSLEY, Stephen Roy | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| DAVEY, Paul John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| DRAISEY, Stephen Michael | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| DUDDRIDGE, Mark Francis | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2015-09-25 |
| EDWARDS, Christopher Graham | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2002-11-21 |
| FLETCHER, Ian Antony | Director | 2014-09-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| HAYNES, Darren | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2026-05-31 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2022-05-27 |
| KEARNEY, Denis Patrick | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1997-10-15 |
| KNIGHT, Michael Alexander | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2017-04-06 |
| LAKE, Mary-Ann | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-07-03 |
| LEWIS, Gareth Rhys | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2015-03-01 |
| MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2024-06-24 |
| MARRIS, Richard Alexis Robertson | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| POWNALL, Lindsey Jane | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2016-01-06 |
| SAMWORTH, David Chetwode | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2001-07-31 |
| STEIN, Brian | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2012-04-05 |
| WERTH, Joanne Mary | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-20 | 1996-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 5
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.