COOKED MEAT CO. LIMITED
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Cash
£451k
+29.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9m
+22.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
82
+36.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1m
-8.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,432,808 | £20,991,694 | £26,719,378 | +27.3% | |
| Operating profit | £1,378,978 | £1,160,481 | £1,075,219 | -7.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,371,829 | £1,168,897 | £1,070,838 | -8.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,278,330 | £966,987 | £948,354 | -1.9% | |
| Cash | £995,467 | £347,309 | £450,757 | +29.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,606,699 | £3,454,731 | £4,189,348 | +21.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,459,601 | £3,210,588 | £3,942,942 | +22.8% | |
| Equity | £2,459,601 | £3,210,588 | £3,942,942 | +22.8% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 60 | 82 | +36.7% | |
| Wages | £2,204,950 | £2,446,624 | £3,347,936 | +36.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £295,028 | £281,966 | £338,550 | +20.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £18,232 | £879,791 | £342,610 | -61.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £75,810 | £354,586 | £159,046 | -55.1% |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.9% | 5.5% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 4.6% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 52.9% | 33.6% | 25.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.3% | 53.6% | 53.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.25x | 1.77x | 1.74x |
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
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After due consideration of all relevant factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNKLEY, Lucy | Secretary | 2016-09-20 | — | — |
| ANDREWS, Neil | Director | 2021-05-13 | Aug 1975 | British |
| BEESTON, Mark, Dr | Director | 2010-07-06 | Sep 1969 | British |
| DUNKLEY, Simon Paul | Director | 2015-09-01 | Jun 1957 | British |
| DURKIN, Robert | Director | 2010-07-06 | Mar 1969 | British |
| FOSTER, Emma | Director | 2021-05-13 | Mar 1985 | British |
| HINDOCHA, Amit Suresh | Director | 2026-01-05 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNKLEY, Simon Paul | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2011-07-31 |
| FOSTER, Stephen John | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2016-09-06 |
| FOSTER, Stephen John | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2011-07-31 |
| HUGHES, Stephen Glynn | Director | 2016-09-20 | 2018-03-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lucy Ann Dunkley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-20 | Ceased 2023-09-13 |
| Mr Stephen Glynn Hughes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-09-20 | Ceased 2018-03-24 |
| Dr Mark Beeston | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Robert Durkin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Simon Paul Dunkley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-09-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-09-28 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-09-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-09-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-09-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-09-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-09-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-31 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.