KP SNACKS LIMITED
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£343m
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,367
-0.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£130m
+47.3% highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £626,701,000 | £654,272,000 | £686,735,000 | +5% | |
| Operating profit | £97,312,000 | £89,386,000 | £129,680,000 | +45.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £93,714,000 | £88,086,000 | £129,782,000 | +47.3% | |
| Net profit | £69,249,000 | £54,894,000 | £94,266,000 | +71.7% | |
| Cash | £197,000 | £1,425,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £296,826,000 | £353,480,000 | £371,774,000 | +5.2% | |
| Net assets | £276,685,000 | £328,890,000 | £342,916,000 | +4.3% | |
| Equity | £276,685,000 | £328,890,000 | £342,916,000 | +4.3% | |
| Average employees | 2,370 | 2,384 | 2,367 | -0.7% | |
| Wages | £84,717,000 | £91,843,000 | £95,140,000 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,951,000 | £1,980,000 | £1,719,000 | -13.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,000,000 | £29,251 | £35,200 | +20.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £809,000 | £817,000 | £775,000 | -5.1% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.5% | 13.7% | 18.9% | |
| Net margin | 11.0% | 8.4% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.8% | 25.3% | 34.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.6% | 46.0% | 41.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.83x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 18.28x | 26.93x | 40.41x |
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
- KP SNACKS LIMITED 2013-01-25 → present
- TOP SNACKS LIMITED 2012-12-11 → 2013-01-25
- IS BRAZIL LIMITED 2012-11-30 → 2012-12-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the above, the directors have concluded that the Company has sufficient resources available to it to enable the Company to meet its obligations as they fall due at least for the next 12 months from the date of the approval of these financial statements and have therefore continued to adopt the going concern basis”
Group structure
- KP SNACKS LIMITED · parent
- Whole Earth Foods Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Giles Alexander Glidden | Director | 2013-01-25 | Apr 1976 | British |
| MCNAIR, Kevin | Director | 2024-04-22 | Oct 1973 | British |
| THORPE, Mark Christopher | Director | 2013-03-18 | Jul 1963 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNKER, Nicholas Robert | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2017-03-31 |
| KÖSTER, Klaus-Jürgen | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2013-01-25 |
| KÜHNE, Stephan Philipp Otto | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2013-01-25 |
| LEERDAM, Maarten | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2013-01-25 |
| RIDDLE, Andrew Steven | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2024-04-22 |
| ROBINSON, Richard Anthony | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2014-03-28 |
| VAN WINKEL, Johan Maurice Romain | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2013-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 51 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-12-04 | 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.