CPC FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£71m
+0.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£38m
-60.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,781
+111% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£22m
-686.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £269,816,282 | £291,502,662 | £548,676,175 | +88.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,801,497 | -£63,206 | -£14,975,027 | -23,592.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,226,076 | -£2,808,074 | -£22,074,784 | -686.1% | |
| Net profit | -£7,702,233 | -£3,077,624 | -£22,556,891 | -632.9% | |
| Cash | £28,275,287 | £69,894,388 | £70,555,234 | +0.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£11,829,960 | -£10,566,082 | -£32,244,164 | -205.2% | |
| Net assets | -£20,313,092 | -£23,390,716 | -£37,580,827 | -60.7% | |
| Equity | -£20,313,092 | -£23,390,716 | -£37,580,827 | -60.7% | |
| Average employees | 823 | 844 | 1,781 | +111% | |
| Wages | £28,485,923 | £30,805,001 | £67,618,233 | +119.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £230,401 | £226,533 | £526,215 | +132.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £4,248 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £230,401 | £225,256 | £292,714 | +29.9% |
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 | -1.8% | -0.0% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.9% | -1.1% | -4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 118.8% | 108.8% | 113.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.68x | 0.62x | |
| Interest cover | -1.79x | -0.02x | -1.70x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the Group's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CPC FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Beckett's Foods Limited 100%
- C & K Meats Limited 100%
- Cheale Meats Limited 100%
- Riverway Foods Limited 100%
- Pro-Pak Foods Limited 100%
- Direct Table Foods Limited 100%
- Tican (Chilled) Limited 100%
- Tican (UK) Limited 100%
- Tican (UK) Holdings Limited 100%
- Tican Process Holdings Limited 100%
- Peddars Pigs Limited 50.01%
- Porcus Pig Care Limited 50.01%
Significant events
- “On 6 January 2026, Tican Process Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CPC Foods Limited, was dissolved.”
- “On 6 January 2026, Tican (UK) Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CPC Foods Limited, was dissolved.”
- “On 6 January 2026, Tican UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CPC Foods Limited, was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVRAIN, Guillaume Jean Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2022-10-31 | — | — |
| CLARKE, Andrew Grahame | Director | 2022-10-01 | May 1980 | British |
| CORNES, Jeremy Adam | Director | 2022-10-01 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSCHKOWSKI, Heike | Secretary | 2016-04-12 | 2022-09-30 |
| BÜRGER, Carl Ernst | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2022-10-31 |
| DUFFE, Frank | Director | 2016-04-12 | 2022-10-31 |
| EBELING, Michael | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2016-03-15 |
| FENSVIG, Preder Toft | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2012-12-21 |
| JAKOBSEN, Carsten Svejgaard | Director | 2012-01-06 | 2022-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonnies Holding Gmbh & Co Kg | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-01-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.