CELTICA FOODS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-07-31 (in 2mo)

Last filed for 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-04 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-21

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£21K

-95% lowest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£5M

+15.7% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

+44.4% highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£975K

-15% vs 2023

Net assets

8-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

CELTICA FOODS LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=1796

Accounts

8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31

Metric	2018-10-31	2019-10-31	2020-10-31	2021-10-31	2022-10-31	2022-11-01	2023-10-31	2024-10-31
Turnover	—	—	—	£9,558,714	£14,699,766	—	£17,420,155	£20,296,446
Operating profit	—	—	—	£890,474	£1,250,341	—	£1,182,108	£1,009,403
Profit before tax	—	—	—	£888,688	£1,232,732	—	£1,147,453	£974,935
Net profit	—	—	—	£697,734	£962,942	—	£833,305	£698,813
Cash	—	—	—	£40,870	£34,230	£34,230	£428,445	£21,312
Total assets less current liabilities	—	—	—	£3,431,230	£4,344,472	—	£5,177,387	£5,519,405
Net assets	—	—	—	£2,651,505	£3,614,447	—	£4,447,752	£5,146,565
Equity	£188,588	£731,152	£1,953,771	£2,651,505	£3,614,447	£3,614,447	£4,447,752	£5,146,565
Average employees	—	—	—	56	61	—	54	78
Wages	—	—	—	£1,518,591	£1,755,863	—	£1,948,694	£2,484,531
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	£88,005	£72,282	—	£0	£0

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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31

Turnover

+16.5%

£17,420,155 £20,296,446

highest in 4 filed years
Cash

-95%

£428,445 £21,312

lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+15.7%

£4,447,752 £5,146,565

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

+44.4%

54 78

highest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

-14.6%

£1,182,108 £1,009,403
Profit before tax

-15%

£1,147,453 £974,935
Wages

+27.5%

£1,948,694 £2,484,531

highest in 4 filed years

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	2018-10-31	2019-10-31	2020-10-31	2021-10-31	2022-10-31	2022-11-01	2023-10-31	2024-10-31
Operating margin	—	—	—	9.3%	8.5%	—	6.8%	5.0%
Net margin	—	—	—	7.3%	6.6%	—	4.8%	3.4%
Return on capital employed	—	—	—	26.0%	28.8%	—	22.8%	18.3%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.68x	1.47x
Interest cover	—	—	—	498.59x	71.01x	—	34.11x	29.29x

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 Services LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The company is in a strong financial position at the balance sheet date and projected ongoing trading levels and profitability has been reviewed by the directors. Management utilise rolling projection models, as sensitised for various economic uncertainties and anticipated customer demand. Projected profitability and cash flow for the remainder of the financial year to October 2025 and beyond are considered to be satisfactory and the directors consider the company to be a going concern.”

Significant events

“The Barclays loan was re-financed after the year end with a redemption date of April 2027.”

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

People

2 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
JONES, David Brian	Director	2002-12-09	Mar 1947	British
WILLIAMS, James Nigel Owen	Director	2018-10-01	Feb 1964	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
WILLIAMS, James Nigel Owen	Secretary	2002-12-09	2007-12-05
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	2002-12-09	2002-12-09
JONES, Lilian Elizabeth	Director	2002-12-09	2007-12-05
MORGAN, Edward	Director	2014-05-01	2018-09-24
WILLIAMS, James Nigel Owen	Director	2002-12-09	2007-12-05
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	2002-12-09	2002-12-09

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr David Brian Jones	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2019-01-09	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 65 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-08-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-07-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-08-23	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-07-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-24	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-07-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-08-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-07-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-08-03	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-07-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2019-09-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-02-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-01-09	PSC01	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2019-01-09	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2018-10-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2018-10-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2018-07-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-07-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

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