JG FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
+79.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+20.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
873
+38.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.2m
+23.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £52,370,825 | £69,248,365 | £84,932,473 | +22.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,270,094 | £4,183,468 | £5,399,518 | +29.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,226,043 | £4,209,469 | £5,204,706 | +23.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,523,046 | £3,123,152 | £4,389,876 | +40.6% | |
| Cash | £4,322,472 | £2,699,612 | £4,846,739 | +79.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,690,226 | £11,646,799 | £14,451,698 | +24.1% | |
| Net assets | £7,302,972 | £8,876,124 | £10,685,900 | +20.4% | |
| Equity | £7,302,972 | £8,876,124 | £10,685,900 | +20.4% | |
| Average employees | 628 | 631 | 873 | +38.4% | |
| Wages | £8,376,048 | £10,822,595 | £13,849,871 | +28% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £136,786 | £150,962 | £92,422 | -38.8% |
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 | 4.3% | 6.0% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 4.5% | 5.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.4% | 35.9% | 37.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.4% | 60.7% | 63.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.67x | 1.57x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 17.72x | 26.10x | 21.53x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- JG FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Grapetree Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During FY2025, the company completed a transition to employee ownership through the establishment of an EOT ("JG Foods EOT Limited").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, Kathryn Anne | Secretary | 2025-01-06 | — | — |
| BLOOMER, Claire Janet | Director | 2026-05-12 | Sep 1968 | British |
| LLOYD, Kathryn Anne | Director | 2026-05-12 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SHUTTS, Nicholas | Director | 2012-08-14 | Mar 1955 | British |
| SHUTTS, Oliver Peter Jack | Director | 2026-05-12 | Apr 2002 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Nigel Graves | Director | 2014-06-25 | 2024-10-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jg Foods Eot Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2025-11-21 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas Julian Shutts | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-11-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-11-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-13 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 15
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.