DUNNS FOOD & DRINKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-15.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7M
+8.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
136
+8.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£986K
-29.4% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £40,098,488 | £42,635,250 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,323,111 | £795,835 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,396,096 | £985,530 | |
| Net profit | £1,007,828 | £1,174,780 | £734,114 | |
| Cash | £5,757,847 | £6,432,706 | £5,460,591 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,943,091 | £7,571,785 | |
| Net assets | £4,912,768 | £6,625,281 | £7,201,248 | |
| Equity | — | £6,625,281 | £7,201,248 | |
| Average employees | 115 | 125 | 136 | |
| Wages | £3,213,284 | £3,750,058 | £4,161,477 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £973,861 | £533,023 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+6.3%
£40,098,488 £42,635,250
-
Cash
-15.1%
£6,432,706 £5,460,591
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+8.7%
£6,625,281 £7,201,248
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+8.8%
125 136
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-39.9%
£1,323,111 £795,835
-
Profit before tax
-29.4%
£1,396,096 £985,530
-
Wages
+11%
£3,750,058 £4,161,477
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.3% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.9% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 19.1% | 10.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.67x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | — | 66.85x | — |
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
- DUNNS FOOD & DRINKS LIMITED 2001-03-06 → present
- JOSEPH DUNN LIMITED 2000-03-23 → 2001-03-06
- M M & S (2622) LIMITED 2000-03-09 → 2000-03-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The group has a net asset position and a healthy bank position and the directors are satisfied that there are sufficient resources in place to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- DUNNS FOOD & DRINKS LIMITED · parent
- Robertson of Springwells (1900) Limited 100%
- Duncans Food Services Limited 100%
- Alexander Wines Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROWAN, James Columba | Secretary | 2008-03-17 | — | British |
| DUNN, Julie Frances | Director | 2000-03-22 | Jul 1967 | British |
| ROWAN, James Columba | Director | 2000-03-22 | Nov 1959 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, Joseph Peter | Secretary | 2000-03-22 | 2005-04-05 |
| WATT, Allan Harvey | Secretary | 2005-04-06 | 2008-03-14 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-22 |
| BRUCE, Joseph Peter | Director | 2000-03-22 | 2005-04-05 |
| DUNN, Christopher Robert | Director | 2000-03-22 | 2018-06-14 |
| DUNN, Marie | Director | 2018-06-15 | 2023-12-11 |
| NEISON, Marion Lurleen | Director | 2000-03-22 | 2004-05-14 |
| VINDEX LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-22 |
| VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-09 | 2000-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Columba Rowan | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2026-02-04 | Active |
| Ms Julie Frances Dunn | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2026-02-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-10-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-31 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-05 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-11-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-02 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-10-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-10-31 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.