ELLA'S KITCHEN (BRANDS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-25 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+39.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
-6.4% vs 2024
Employees
90
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£14M
-12% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £86,090,825 | £81,274,555 | |
| Operating profit | £15,418,564 | £13,849,202 | |
| Profit before tax | £15,906,631 | £13,992,946 | |
| Net profit | £11,974,110 | £10,427,365 | |
| Cash | £7,966,481 | £11,087,692 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,231,155 | £19,867,595 | |
| Net assets | £21,231,155 | £19,867,595 | |
| Equity | £21,231,155 | £19,867,595 | |
| Average employees | 99 | 90 | |
| Wages | £6,425,429 | £5,456,421 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £420,669 | — |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-5.6%
£86,090,825 £81,274,555
-
Cash
+39.2%
£7,966,481 £11,087,692
-
Net assets
-6.4%
£21,231,155 £19,867,595
-
Employees
-9.1%
99 90
-
Operating profit
-10.2%
£15,418,564 £13,849,202
-
Profit before tax
-12%
£15,906,631 £13,992,946
-
Wages
-15.1%
£6,425,429 £5,456,421
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.9% | 17.0% | |
| Net margin | 13.9% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 72.6% | 69.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 64.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 11.09x | 9.38x |
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
- ELLA'S KITCHEN (BRANDS) LIMITED 2005-04-06 → present
- C2'S PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2004-07-19 → 2005-04-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied, based on current projections, that the Company has, and will continue to have, sufficient cash resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period to 30 June 2027, being the going concern assessment period. As such, the going concern basis is adopted in preparing the annual reports and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Key drivers included the transition of certain customers to Hain Celestial Ireland, which changed how Irish sales are reported, and the unforeseen impact of the BBC Panorama broadcast, which impacted category net sales of wet baby food products in the final quarter.”
- “Age of Weaning: We made the decision in FY25 to transition the recommended age of weaning on our from 4 months products to from 6 months.”
- “Ireland: Hain has moved to directly service Ireland through Hain Celestial Ireland, replacing the third-party distributor.”
- “Co-packer and packaging suppliers for Ella's Kitchen group companies hold inventories of branded packaging for use in the manufacturing process. Ella's Kitchen group companies have a possible liability to purchase this stock if it is not used in the production of finished products.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKERSGILL, Alexa | Secretary | 2024-02-27 | — | — |
| BOYCE, Lee | Director | 2023-11-17 | Feb 1965 | British |
| GOLDENITSCH, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2023-09-25 | Nov 1975 | Austrian |
| PICKERSGILL, Alexa Lauren | Director | 2025-05-07 | May 1979 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASLAM, Farhaana Hussain | Secretary | 2022-09-14 | 2023-06-08 |
| KEEN, Nicholas | Secretary | 2016-03-01 | 2022-09-14 |
| LINDLEY, Paul John | Secretary | 2004-07-19 | 2005-11-25 |
| TURNER, Janet | Secretary | 2023-06-08 | 2024-02-08 |
| 2020 SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-25 | 2016-02-29 |
| BELLAIRS, Christopher James | Director | 2022-02-04 | 2023-11-19 |
| BRITTON, Christopher Paul | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2013-05-02 |
| CARROLL, John Brian | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-03-24 |
| CONTE, Pasquale | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2017-06-30 |
| CUDDIGAN, Mark Nicholas John | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2023-09-25 |
| DAVIDSON, Wendy Patricia | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2025-05-07 |
| FALTISCHEK, Denise Menikheim | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2019-06-30 |
| IDROVO, Javier H | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-02-04 |
| LANGROCK, James Michael | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-12-02 |
| LINDLEY, Alison Jane | Director | 2008-12-01 | 2013-05-02 |
| LINDLEY, Alison Jane | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2005-11-25 |
| LINDLEY, Paul John | Director | 2004-07-19 | 2018-04-06 |
| MACREADY, Timothy | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2013-05-02 |
| MCDONNELL, Nicole | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2013-05-02 |
| MEIERS, James | Director | 2013-05-02 | 2016-03-24 |
| SCHILLER, Mark Lawrence | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2022-12-31 |
| SIMON, Irwin David | Director | 2016-03-24 | 2018-12-05 |
| STRUTHERS, Douglas Macleod | Director | 2008-12-08 | 2013-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ella's Kitchen Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-12-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-12-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-31 | 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
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.