BUITELAAR FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-05 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-22
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+223.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6M
+42.8% vs 2023
Employees
13
-7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+44.8% vs 2023
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 · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £28,772,267 | £31,310,387 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,133,151 | £3,112,427 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,175,545 | £3,150,236 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,654,112 | £2,436,874 | |
| Cash | -£1,282,594 | -£2,153,881 | £2,654,255 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,393,745 | £6,273,241 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,393,745 | £6,273,241 | |
| Equity | — | £4,393,745 | £6,273,241 | |
| Average employees | — | 14 | 13 | |
| Wages | — | £993,234 | £632,792 | |
| 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
+8.8%
£28,772,267 £31,310,387
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Cash
+223.2%
-£2,153,881 £2,654,255
highest in 3 filed years
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Net assets
+42.8%
£4,393,745 £6,273,241
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Employees
-7.1%
14 13
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Operating profit
+45.9%
£2,133,151 £3,112,427
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Profit before tax
+44.8%
£2,175,545 £3,150,236
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Wages
-36.3%
£993,234 £632,792
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 7.4% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 5.7% | 7.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 48.5% | 49.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.28x | 2.92x | |
| Interest cover | — | 6201.02x | 1292.54x |
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
- Auditor
- MBM
- 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BUITELAAR FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Buitelaar Production (UK) Limited
- Buitelaar NL BV
- Caravel Foods (UK) Limited
- Caravel Foods Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUITELAAR, Adam | Director | 2020-01-29 | Dec 1975 | British |
| BUITELAAR, Clare | Director | 2020-01-29 | Feb 1977 | Irish |
| BUITELAAR, James William | Director | 2020-12-01 | Aug 1985 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James William Buitelaar | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, Significant influence | 2026-02-07 | Active |
| Mr Adam Buitelaar | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2026-02-07 | Active |
| Mrs Clare Buitelaar | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2026-02-07 | Active |
| Buitelaar Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-12-01 | Ceased 2026-02-07 |
| Wildhold Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-01-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-06-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-07 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-09-13 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-06-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-06-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-06-07 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2021-05-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.