BEST FOODS LIMITED
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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
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | |
| 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
-
Turnover
-5.3%
£64,482,158 £61,061,181
-
Cash
-92.5%
£2,502,750 £186,791
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+4%
£9,448,400 £9,829,950
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-11.1%
18 16
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-13.7%
£585,761 £505,448
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-15.1%
£597,794 £507,428
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-5.6%
£1,331,693 £1,257,513
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | 2.82x | 2.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 2.42x | 1.98x |
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
- BEST FOODS LIMITED 2004-09-03 → present
- 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
- BEST FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Bestfoods Polska Sp. z o.o.
Significant events
- “Risks of duties on EU imports are viewed as low despite ongoing discussions over the NI protocol. Additional import controls have been delayed further and when these controls are finally introduced, these are manageable. The business has successfully adapted to existing import controls and declarations.”
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-01-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.