CENTRAL FOODS GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-05 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-21
Watchouts
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-16.7% vs 2023
Employees
2
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+116.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £3,000,000 | £6,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,000,000 | £6,500,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £3,000,000 | £6,500,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | £3,000,001 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,000,000 | £18,000,000 | £15,000,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £15,000,000 | £18,000,000 | £15,000,000 | |
| Equity | £15,000,000 | £15,000,000 | £18,000,000 | £15,000,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-100%
£3,000,001 £0
-
Net assets
-16.7%
£18,000,000 £15,000,000
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Employees
0%
2 2
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Operating profit
+116.7%
£3,000,000 £6,500,000
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Profit before tax
+116.7%
£3,000,000 £6,500,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 16.7% | 43.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.00x | 1.00x |
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
- CENTRAL FOODS GROUP LIMITED 2019-11-19 → present
- CENTRAL FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-11-22 → 2019-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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.”
Group structure
- CENTRAL FOODS GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Central Foods Limited 100%
- Golden Valley Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Secretary | 2024-12-04 | — | — |
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Director | 2024-12-04 | Mar 1970 | British |
| BUCHANAN, William Edwin | Director | 2024-12-04 | Jul 1968 | British |
| HARLEY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2024-12-04 | Mar 1963 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUDER, Alison Rebecca | Director | 2019-07-16 | 2024-12-04 |
| LAUDER, Gordon | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2024-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-04 | Active |
| Mrs Alison Rebecca Lauder | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-07-16 | Ceased 2024-12-04 |
| Mr Gordon Lauder | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-11-22 | Ceased 2024-12-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 43 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-11-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-11-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.