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AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED

#09406975 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 2015-01-26 (11y 6m) · Last filing 2026-06-09 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 46320 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-02-09 (in 7 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.4M

-52.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£12M

+34.6% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

62

+63.2% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£4.9M

+87.9% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £81,467,088£90,997,517£148,678,705 +63.4%
Operating profit £1,761,948£2,630,880£5,903,807 +124.4%
Profit before tax £1,717,894£2,596,792£4,879,488 +87.9%
Net profit £1,245,929£1,846,602£3,081,115 +66.9%
Cash £1,262,504£5,021,239£2,402,848 -52.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £7,168,032£17,017,867£25,218,106 +48.2%
Net assets £7,070,202£8,914,804£11,995,919 +34.6%
Equity £7,070,202£8,914,804£11,995,919 +34.6%
Average employees 313862 +63.2%
Wages £2,141,379£2,906,177£4,110,491 +41.4%
Directors' remuneration £172,085£174,751£240,600 +37.7%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 2.2%2.9%4.0%
Net margin 1.5%2.0%2.1%
Return on capital employed 24.6%15.5%23.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) —83.0%76.2%
Current ratio 1.56x0.86x1.21x
Interest cover 37.40x63.72x5.70x

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.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-03-31 → present
  2. BIDEAWHILE 713 LIMITED 2015-01-26 → 2015-03-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
Larking Gowen LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Autumn Foods Limited 100% · England, NR2 1DN · Dormant
    2. Hemswell Coldstore Limited 100% · England, NR2 1DN · storage and freezing of frozen food products
    3. Reids of Norwich Limited 100% · England, NR2 1DN · import and export of poultry meat
    4. Central Foods Group Limited 100% · Northamptonshire, NN4 0NB · holding company
    5. Central Foods Limited 100% · Northamptonshire, NN4 0NB · frozen food brokers and specialist frozen food suppliers to the wholesale and catering industries
    6. Golden Valley Foods Limited 100% · Northamptonshire, NN4 0NB · Dormant

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 2 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice Director 2015-01-26 Mar 1970 British
BUCHANAN, William Edwin Director 2015-01-26 Jul 1968 British
BURTON, Marie Nicola Director 2025-04-23 Jul 1987 British
HARLEY, Stephen Andrew Director 2018-08-23 Mar 1963 British
LONG, Gareth Charles Director 2022-04-21 Feb 1980 British
REID, John Michael Director 2015-12-23 Oct 1964 British
Show 2 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
MULLEN, Paul William Director 2015-03-16 2016-09-30
SMITH, Raymond Director 2016-05-06 2018-09-26

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
G.M.B. Nominees Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2019-10-06 Active
W.E.B. Nominees Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2019-10-06 Active
Mr William Edwin Buchanan Individual Shares 25–50% 2017-01-01 Ceased 2019-10-06
Mr Geoffrey Maurice Buchanan Individual Shares 25–50% 2017-01-01 Ceased 2019-10-06

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 59 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-02-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-18 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2025-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-04-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-01-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-01-06 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-12-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-12-09 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-05-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-02-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-05-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-02-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-04-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-04-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-02-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-05-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-03-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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