DALE FARM LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +16.9%

  £545,972,000 → £638,227,000

• Cash

  +232.7%

  £4,133,000 → £13,752,000

• Net assets

  +25.7%

  £122,565,000 → £154,075,000

• Employees

  +0.4%

  690 → 693

• Operating profit

  +16.4%

  £35,896,000 → £41,775,000

• Profit before tax

  +26.8%

  £28,001,000 → £35,500,000

• Wages

  +3.9%

  £27,193,000 → £28,246,000

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

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.

1. DALE FARM LIMITED 2002-05-13 → present
2. DROMONA QUALITY FOODS LIMITED 1993-10-20 → 2002-05-13
3. TOBERMONA LIMITED 1991-03-14 → 1993-10-20

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“While market volatility and inflationary pressures continue to challenge the global dairy industry, the directors feel substantial progress has been made in mitigating potential risks to the group. The group is in a strong position to pursue its strategic objectives. The group has adequate resources, strategic and well-embedded relationships with key stakeholders, and a strong order book to enable it to trade positively going forward. The group's financial forecasts and projections show that the group continues to be cash generative and that it will operate within its banking covenants and meet its obligations until 30 September 2026. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

1. DALE FARM LIMITED · parent
   1. Dale Farm Ice Cream Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Sale and distribution of ice cream and frozen products
   2. Dale Farm (GB) Limited 100% · England · Sale and distribution of milk
   3. Rowan Glen Dairy Products Limited 100% · Scotland · Dormant
   4. Ash Manor Cheese Company 100% · Wales · Non trading
   5. Dale Farm Ice Cream (Ireland) Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · Non-trading
   6. Mullins Ice Cream Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Non-trading
   7. Dale Farm Dairies (Ireland) Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · Dormant
   8. Dale Farm Dairies Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Dormant
   9. Dale Farm Ingredients Limited 100% · Dormant
   10. Dale Farm Gridco Limited 100% · Dormant
   11. Ash Manor Holdings Limited 100% · Dormant

Significant events

• “The group has invested heavily in the year, with the new cheese plant at the Dunman site now complete and adding significant additional processing capacity.”
• “Trading ceased in Ash Manor Cheese Company Limited in November 2024. Assets supporting the trade were transferred to Dale Farm Limited via the intermediate parent, Ash Manor Holdings Limited.”

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

Filings

2

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.