O'BRIEN FINE FOODS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
+24.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£6.4m
-292.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
116
+1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.8m
-173.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £28,874,268 | £23,864,679 | £21,194,107 | -11.2% | |
| Operating profit | £567,750 | -£881,465 | -£3,842,449 | -335.9% | |
| Profit before tax | -£233,711 | -£2,136,308 | -£5,838,433 | -173.3% | |
| Net profit | -£228,539 | -£1,817,551 | -£4,737,440 | -160.6% | |
| Cash | £1,410,970 | £948,722 | £1,183,807 | +24.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,337,016 | £14,666,389 | £21,550,877 | +46.9% | |
| Net assets | £196,940 | -£1,620,611 | -£6,358,051 | -292.3% | |
| Equity | £196,940 | -£1,620,611 | -£6,358,051 | -292.3% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 114 | 116 | +1.8% | |
| Wages | £4,174,264 | £3,253,835 | £3,602,638 | +10.7% | |
| 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. 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 | 2.0% | -3.7% | -18.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.8% | -7.6% | -22.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.0% | -6.0% | -17.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.1% | 104.6% | 116.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 0.41x | 0.31x | |
| Interest cover | 0.71x | -0.70x | -1.91x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The group has the continued operational and financial support from the ultimate parent undertaking whilst it continues to establish itself and repayments of any debt will be made from the future trading. Based on this the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing its annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- O'BRIEN FINE FOODS HOLDINGS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Bearfields of London Limited 100%
- O'Brien Fine Foods Investments Limited 100%
- O'Brien Fine Foods Leeming Bar Limited 100%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCELLIGOTT, Louise | Director | 2025-12-16 | Oct 1967 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN, John | Director | 2021-09-27 | May 1980 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN, William | Director | 2021-09-27 | Oct 1950 | Irish |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John O'Brien | Individual | Significant influence | 2021-09-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.