IRCA MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
202
+15.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+121.6% vs 2024
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 | £47,809,000 | £50,118,000 | £56,877,000 | +13.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,288,000 | £452,000 | £2,012,000 | +345.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,255,000 | £730,000 | £1,618,000 | +121.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,170,000 | £1,078,000 | £1,510,000 | +40.1% | |
| Cash | £2,488,000 | £2,304,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,545,000 | £19,257,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £8,006,000 | £9,084,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £8,006,000 | £9,084,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 178 | 175 | 202 | +15.4% | |
| Wages | £8,168,000 | £9,173,000 | £9,957,000 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £241,000 | £269,000 | £331,000 | +23% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £14,000 | £18,000 | £9,000 | -50% | |
| Highest paid director | £131,000 | £161,000 | £118,000 | -26.7% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 0.9% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 2.2% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.8% | 2.3% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 74.6% | 79.8% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 0.99x | — | |
| Interest cover | 69.33x | 2.05x | 4.13x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- IRCA MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED 2024-01-10 → present
- IRCA UK LIMITED 2023-03-29 → 2024-01-10
- KERRY SWEET & CEREALS LIMITED 2022-10-04 → 2023-03-29
- CERADALE LIMITED 2022-09-07 → 2022-10-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has received confirmation of continued financial support from its parent undertakings for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The York manufacturing facilities closed at the end of 2025 and all business has been moved to the new facility in Peterborough, adjoining onto the existing Peterborough operation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Jennifer | Director | 2023-05-16 | Nov 1986 | British |
| MACDONALD, Alexander Paul | Director | 2025-12-19 | May 1991 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEASY, Ronan | Secretary | 2022-09-07 | 2023-03-27 |
| COMPTOUR, Aurélie Marie-Claire | Director | 2023-03-27 | 2023-05-16 |
| DEASY, Ronan | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-03-27 |
| GALLAGHER, Niall | Director | 2023-05-16 | 2025-05-16 |
| HARROCH, Linda | Director | 2023-03-27 | 2023-05-16 |
| HORAN, Trevor James | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-03-27 |
| SALMON, Claire | Director | 2022-09-07 | 2023-03-27 |
| WOOLLEY, Richard | Director | 2025-06-13 | 2025-12-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ai Charlie Uk Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-27 | Active |
| Kerry Ingredients Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-09-07 | Ceased 2023-03-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 37 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-01-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-01-10 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-10 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.