RIVERWAY FOODS LTD.
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Cash
£5.5m
-16.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£23m
+0.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
138
+48.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£215k
-92.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £17,012,775 | £22,380,049 | £31,483,467 | +40.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,109,776 | £2,803,566 | £76,668 | -97.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,225,229 | £2,896,298 | £215,259 | -92.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,135,251 | £2,920,468 | £165,804 | -94.3% | |
| Cash | £3,773,718 | £6,536,313 | £5,484,136 | -16.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,620,840 | £23,017,138 | £23,232,397 | +0.9% | |
| Net assets | £11,369,224 | £22,656,472 | £22,822,276 | +0.7% | |
| Equity | £11,369,224 | £22,656,472 | £22,822,276 | +0.7% | |
| Average employees | 112 | 93 | 138 | +48.4% | |
| Wages | £2,548,939 | £3,191,076 | £4,194,729 | +31.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £167,636 | £134,500 | £137,228 | +2% |
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 | 6.5% | 12.5% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 13.0% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | 12.2% | 0.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.8% | 14.9% | 16.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 6.15x | 5.62x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Company's forecasts and management's assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company identified an error in the accounting treatment of insurance proceeds received in 2023 following the factory fire in 2022. Insurance proceeds of 8,366,780 were received during 2023 and were recognised as deferred income.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2022-09-30 | — | — |
| CLARKE, Andrew Grahame | Director | 2022-10-31 | May 1980 | British |
| CORNES, Jeremy Adam | Director | 2018-10-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
| CROSBY, Jon Warren | Director | 1999-10-21 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSBY, Stephen Clive | Secretary | 1999-10-21 | 2018-10-01 |
| ROSCHKOWSKI, Heike | Secretary | 2018-10-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-10-21 | 1999-10-21 |
| CROSBY, Stephen Clive | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2023-05-24 |
| CROSBY, Stephen Douglas | Director | 1999-10-21 | 2023-05-24 |
| DUFFE, Frank | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| JAKOBSEN, Carsten Svejgaard | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverway Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-25 | Active |
| Riverway Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.