INNOVATE FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
+164.7% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£9.7m
+10.2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
106
-2.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+31.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,407,948 | £19,976,791 | £23,969,634 | £24,323,529 | £26,993,509 | £27,673,464 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | £498,543 | £1,252,135 | £1,629,527 | £693,170 | £913,165 | £1,207,609 | +32.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £499,083 | £1,239,675 | £1,638,735 | £680,458 | £914,183 | £1,202,952 | +31.6% | |
| Net profit | £417,069 | £1,019,365 | £1,304,156 | £523,822 | £704,510 | £902,550 | +28.1% | |
| Cash | £980,342 | £1,330,940 | £371,413 | £610,147 | £676,953 | £1,791,601 | +164.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,479,368 | £6,826,981 | £8,076,457 | £8,238,100 | £8,844,281 | £9,738,804 | +10.1% | |
| Net assets | £5,258,608 | £6,277,973 | £7,582,129 | £8,105,951 | £8,810,461 | £9,713,011 | +10.2% | |
| Equity | £5,258,608 | £6,277,973 | £7,582,129 | £8,105,951 | £8,810,461 | £9,713,011 | +10.2% | |
| Average employees | 76 | 88 | 101 | 95 | 109 | 106 | -2.8% | |
| Wages | £1,256,372 | £2,312,540 | £2,510,348 | £2,858,502 | £3,180,921 | £3,151,351 | -0.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £60,779 | £120,000 | £107,718 | £130,000 | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 4.4% | |
| Net margin | 4.0% | 5.1% | 5.4% | 2.2% | 2.6% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.1% | 18.3% | 20.2% | 8.4% | 10.3% | 12.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.8% | 34.8% | 44.8% | 24.5% | 32.7% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 3.92x | 2.91x | 3.44x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 54.53x | 70.76x | — |
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 2 times since incorporation
- INNOVATE FOODS LIMITED 2006-10-30 → present
- GOLDEN CRUMB PRODUCE LIMITED 1989-05-19 → 2006-10-30
- PLOTSLOT LIMITED 1989-02-16 → 1989-05-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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...”
Significant events
- “Following a strategic review by the Frostkrone Food Group Board, the Company is proposing to relocate manufacturing and support functions, currently undertaken at Innovate Foods, to Abergavenny Fine Foods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUMBRECK, Anthony Miles | Secretary | — | — | British |
| DERVIEUX, Frederic | Director | 2020-02-07 | Apr 1964 | French |
| DUMBRECK, Anthony Miles | Director | — | Aug 1961 | British |
| JUHNKE, Andreas | Director | 2024-07-01 | Dec 1966 | German |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEDEL, Roman | Secretary | 2025-06-02 | 2026-06-24 |
| BACH, Markus Andreas | Director | 2023-05-08 | 2024-06-30 |
| BROSS, Matthias Arthur | Director | 2020-07-13 | 2024-06-30 |
| DUMBRECK, James Grant | Director | — | 2019-01-31 |
| DUMBRECK, Siobhan Grainne | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2020-02-07 |
| FOX, Joyce Eleanor | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2010-07-26 |
| LOMPE, Holger | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-02 |
| SKELDING, Philip John | Director | 2023-05-08 | 2025-10-03 |
| THOMAS, Marc David | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2024-11-15 |
| WEDEL, Roman | Director | 2025-06-01 | 2026-06-24 |
| WEDEL, Roman | Director | 2020-02-07 | 2020-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frostkrone Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-02-07 | Active |
| Mr Anthony Miles Dumbreck | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-02-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.