LUPA FOODS LTD
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Cash
£2.3m
+201.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13m
+29.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
33
0% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£3.1m
+11.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,373,514 | £45,013,016 | £45,012,289 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | £1,937,775 | £3,132,332 | £3,445,331 | +10% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,495,665 | £2,782,120 | £3,093,271 | +11.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,082,660 | £2,788,578 | £2,871,790 | +3% | |
| Cash | £1,021,379 | £757,709 | £2,287,545 | +201.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,901,565 | £9,690,143 | £12,569,381 | +29.7% | |
| Net assets | £6,901,565 | £9,690,143 | £12,561,333 | +29.6% | |
| Equity | £6,901,565 | £9,690,143 | £12,561,333 | +29.6% | |
| Average employees | 32 | 33 | 33 | 0% | |
| Wages | £1,310,832 | £1,203,566 | £1,515,966 | +26% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.6% | 7.0% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 6.2% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.1% | 32.3% | 27.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.8% | 52.4% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.90x | 2.02x | |
| Interest cover | 4.38x | 8.94x | 9.75x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- LUPA FOODS LTD 2019-10-30 → present
- DONATANTONIO LIMITED 2005-02-02 → 2019-10-30
- MC298 LIMITED 2003-10-16 → 2005-02-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “In January 2025, Donatantonio Group Limited along with all its subsidiaries was acquired by Geia food UK Ltd”
- “As part of the centralisation process, Lupa foods Ltd changed its reporting period to Calendar year”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANDAVIA, Manish | Secretary | 2010-10-13 | — | — |
| JENSEN, Thomas Flo | Director | 2025-01-31 | Aug 1988 | Danish |
| MANDAVIA, Manish Jayant | Director | 2008-12-08 | Nov 1972 | British |
| RAVNSBO, Claus Ulrik | Director | 2025-01-31 | Jun 1973 | Danish |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDLIN, Robert | Secretary | 2003-12-15 | 2010-10-13 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-10-16 | 2003-12-15 |
| ASPLEN, Stephen Brett | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2008-11-30 |
| BEDFORD, Darren | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2005-07-08 |
| BEDFORD, Tanya | Director | 2007-12-07 | 2010-06-18 |
| BELL, Simon | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2020-05-29 |
| CARPENTER, David Bernard | Director | 2004-11-22 | 2005-08-03 |
| CRYSTAL, Peter Maurice | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2025-01-03 |
| DONATANTONIO, Sheila Mary | Director | 2003-12-15 | 2007-12-07 |
| DYSON, Rory Stanley Alexander | Director | 2024-04-16 | 2025-01-31 |
| GARLAND, Roderick John | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2004-11-11 |
| JOSHI, Anish Vipin | Director | 2024-11-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| KEY, Julian David | Director | 2021-07-05 | 2023-09-29 |
| LINDSAY, Claire | Director | 2021-07-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| MOSS, Malcolm Kennedy Hunt | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2025-01-03 |
| PEARCE, Benjamin Warren Richard | Director | 2020-06-10 | 2025-01-31 |
| PEDDER, Elizabeth Catherine | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2021-07-01 |
| SCARBOROUGH, Timothy Ross | Director | 2018-12-14 | 2021-07-01 |
| WELSH, Christopher | Director | 2003-12-18 | 2004-12-10 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-10-16 | 2003-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geia Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-01-03 | Active |
| Donatantonio Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-16 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.