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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-19 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-09-05

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£187K

-92.5% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£10M

+4% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

16

-11.1% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£507K

-15.1% lowest in 4 filed years

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric Trend 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-30
Turnover £48,385,939£56,660,880£64,482,158£61,061,181
Operating profit £1,502,647£962,069£585,761£505,448
Profit before tax £1,502,647£1,226,193£597,794£507,428
Net profit £1,211,913£989,778£457,436£381,550
Cash £1,414,051£660,560£2,502,750£186,791
Total assets less current liabilities £7,997,111£8,993,385£9,448,400£9,833,689
Net assets £7,993,695£8,990,957£9,448,400£9,829,950
Equity £7,116,607£7,993,695£8,990,957£9,448,400£9,829,950
Average employees 18181816
Wages £1,217,881£1,126,201£1,331,693£1,257,513
Directors' remuneration £450,652£207,421£184,872£52,500

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2020-09-302021-09-302022-09-302023-09-302024-09-30
Operating margin 3.1%1.7%0.9%0.8%
Net margin 2.5%1.7%0.7%0.6%
Return on capital employed 18.8%10.7%6.2%5.1%
Current ratio 2.82x2.52x
Interest cover 2.42x1.98x

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

  1. BEST FOODS LIMITED 2004-09-03 → present
  2. ART-POL LIMITED 2002-09-05 → 2004-09-03

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Cooper Parry Group Limited
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. BEST FOODS LIMITED · parent
    1. Bestfoods Polska Sp. z o.o. · Poland · purchased goods and services

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

1 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SZWED, Radomir Director 2003-01-29 Jan 1977 Polish
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MANLEY, Paul James Secretary 2002-09-05 2002-09-05
COUNTY WEST SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2002-09-05 2005-09-20
PAYDAY BUREAU LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2005-09-20 2008-09-01
HARSZ, Hubert Director 2002-09-05 2003-11-28
HINCHLIFFE, Stuart Director 2018-04-10 2021-06-30
KOWALCZYK, Katarzyna Director 2002-09-05 2003-03-05
SYKES, Robert John Director 2021-01-20 2024-01-15
COUNTY WEST COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD Corporate Director 2002-09-05 2002-09-05

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Radomir Szwed Individual Shares 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active
Mr Radomir Szwed Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 98 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-09-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-03 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2025-02-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-01-18 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-01-16 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-09-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-06-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-06-27 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2022-09-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-22 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2021-10-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-08-17 SH03 capital Capital return purchase own shares
2021-06-30 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-06-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-05-04 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2021-01-20 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-09-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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