ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS TAW VALLEY LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18m
+11.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+53.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,913,000 | £19,460,000 | £21,811,000 | +12.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,642,000 | £1,574,000 | £2,319,000 | +47.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,647,000 | £1,651,000 | £2,539,000 | +53.8% | |
| Net profit | £2,804,000 | £1,206,000 | £1,900,000 | +57.5% | |
| Cash | £3,688,000 | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,171,000 | £18,323,000 | £20,919,000 | +14.2% | |
| Net assets | £15,078,000 | £16,284,000 | £18,184,000 | +11.7% | |
| Equity | £15,078,000 | £16,284,000 | £18,184,000 | +11.7% | |
| Average employees | — | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £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. 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 19.3% | 8.1% | 10.6% | |
| Net margin | 14.8% | 6.2% | 8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.2% | 8.6% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.1% | 30.3% | 24.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.33x | 2.16x | 2.25x | |
| Interest cover | — | 10.15x | — |
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
- ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS TAW VALLEY LIMITED 2024-08-30 → present
- MV INGREDIENTS LIMITED 2011-10-12 → 2024-08-30
- MILK LINK TAW VALLEY LIMITED 2010-11-01 → 2011-10-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the company has adequate resources and support available to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 June 2027. Therefore, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Significant events
- “Following the 2023-24 group acquisitions' of the company and its main customer (Volac Whey Nutrition Limited, subsequently renamed Arla Foods Ingredients Felinfach Limited), simplified intra-group arrangements for whey have been introduced.”
- “The cost-plus approach for WPC was implemented in late 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria | Director | 2026-02-15 | Apr 1971 | Dutch |
| RUTTER, Louis | Director | 2023-09-25 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Benjamin James | Secretary | 2017-01-18 | 2017-05-02 |
| SOAR, Tanjot | Secretary | 2012-10-18 | 2016-11-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy | Secretary | 2017-10-12 | 2019-04-18 |
| YOUNG, Karen | Secretary | 2010-11-18 | 2012-10-18 |
| QUAYSECO LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-18 |
| ANDERSEN, Henrik | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2021-08-31 |
| ARMSTRONG, Alan Richard | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2019-04-03 |
| FRAMPTON, Paul | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2023-08-31 |
| FRANKLIN, Noah Felix Kalman | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| FRIIS, Povl | Director | 2021-09-01 | 2023-09-25 |
| HANCOCK, Shelagh Mccone | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2012-02-16 |
| INGVARDSEN, Jens Skovbo | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-01-31 |
| JONES, Richard Steven | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2023-08-31 |
| KRISTIANSEN, Klaus | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2026-02-15 |
| MCLOUGHLIN, Damien Peter | Director | 2012-02-16 | 2012-10-18 |
| NEVILLE, James Robert | Director | 2019-02-13 | 2020-07-01 |
| PEARSON, Philip David | Director | 2010-11-18 | 2017-02-04 |
| WILLIAMS, David Anthony James | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2017-06-17 |
| WILLIAMS, David Anthony James | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2010-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volac International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-31 |
| Arla Foods Ingredients Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Arla Foods Ingredients Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Arla Foods Ingredients Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2023-10-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-10-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.