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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-14 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-09-30

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£34K

-88.8% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+704% vs 2023

Employees

1,478

-2.8% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

+123% first positive since 2023

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

KEPAK GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=1796

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£656,922,975	—	£498,237,572	—	£526,683,574	—	£570,924,253	—	£585,449,826	£648,378,395
Operating profit	-£6,044,913	—	£1,779,361	—	£4,929,704	—	£6,117,506	—	-£1,965,450	£6,897,884
Profit before tax	-£10,041,750	—	£122,649	—	£2,420,680	—	£3,465,595	—	-£6,625,257	£1,520,678
Net profit	-£10,351,750	—	-£467,351	—	£1,975,680	—	£2,055,595	—	-£4,900,257	£2,978,302
Cash	£786,490	£332,788	£27,272	-£54,700	£133,783	-£2,260,937	£491,036	-£357,138	£305,218	£34,157
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,424,760	—	£2,196,838	—	£4,333,757	—	£7,237,995	—	£2,691,794	£5,921,507
Net assets	£1,759,388	—	£1,292,037	—	£3,267,717	—	£5,323,312	—	£423,055	£3,401,357
Equity	£1,759,388	£1,759,388	£1,292,037	£1,292,037	£3,267,717	£3,267,717	£5,323,312	£5,323,312	£423,055	£3,401,357
Average employees	1,400	—	1,330	—	1,293	—	1,300	—	1,520	1,478
Wages	£54,982,908	—	£35,572,079	—	£35,927,667	—	£41,593,038	—	£46,231,565	£50,256,687
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£0	£0

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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+10.7%

£585,449,826 £648,378,395
Cash

-88.8%

£305,218 £34,157
Net assets

+704%

£423,055 £3,401,357
Employees

-2.8%

1,520 1,478
Operating profit

+451%

-£1,965,450 £6,897,884

highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax

+123%

-£6,625,257 £1,520,678

first positive since 2023
Wages

+8.7%

£46,231,565 £50,256,687

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	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	-0.9%	—	0.4%	—	0.9%	—	1.1%	—	-0.3%	1.1%
Net margin	-1.6%	—	-0.1%	—	0.4%	—	0.4%	—	-0.8%	0.5%
Return on capital employed	-249.3%	—	81.0%	—	113.8%	—	84.5%	—	-73.0%	116.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	99.7%	97.8%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.66x	0.70x
Interest cover	-1.51x	—	1.07x	—	1.96x	—	2.31x	—	-0.42x	1.28x

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

KEPAK GROUP LIMITED 2018-07-31 → present
2 SISTERS RED MEAT LIMITED 2013-03-14 → 2018-07-31
VION RED MEAT LIMITED 2013-02-25 → 2013-03-14
DUNWILCO (1788) LIMITED 2013-01-21 → 2013-02-25

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: Forvis Mazars
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

KEPAK GROUP LIMITED · parent
1. Kepak Kirkham Limited 100% · UK

Significant events

“following the substantial investment in the Company's Value-Added facility in Wales during 2023, both turnover and profitability have improved in the financial year ended 2024”

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

People

5 active · 18 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
MARTIN, Walter	Secretary	2023-12-21	—	—
MCCHESNEY, Barry	Secretary	2018-11-13	—	—
GROGAN, Robert	Director	2018-07-28	Dec 1959	Irish
HORGAN, John	Director	2018-07-28	Sep 1951	Irish
WALKER, Simon	Director	2020-12-31	Nov 1965	Irish

Show 18 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
KEATING, Liam	Secretary	2018-07-28	2022-09-29
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Secretary	2013-01-21	2013-02-22
BECKERS, Peter Maria Jacobus	Director	2013-02-22	2013-03-08
BOPARAN, Ranjit Singh	Director	2013-03-08	2018-07-28
DAVIES, Gareth Wyn	Director	2015-08-24	2017-08-31
FLETCHER, Martyn Paul	Director	2017-07-17	2018-07-28
HENDERSON, Stephen	Director	2013-03-08	2014-08-01
KEATING, Liam	Director	2018-07-28	2022-09-29
KUSTERS, Maarten	Director	2013-02-22	2013-03-08
LEADBEATER, Stephen Paul	Director	2014-06-20	2017-07-17
MORGAN, David Steven	Director	2015-03-23	2015-08-24
PIKE, Richard Neil	Director	2017-08-22	2018-06-30
ROSE, Kenneth Charles	Director	2013-01-21	2013-02-22
STEVEN, Mark Alexander	Director	2013-02-22	2013-03-08
TOMKINSON, Craig Ashley	Director	2018-06-30	2018-07-28
VERNAUS, Louis Antoine Maria	Director	2013-02-22	2013-03-08
D.W. COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Director	2013-01-21	2013-02-22
D.W. DIRECTOR 1 LIMITED	Corporate Director	2013-01-21	2013-02-22

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Boparan Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2018-07-28

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 93 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-26	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-12-21	AP03	officers	Appoint person secretary company with name date	PDF
2023-10-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-09-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-10-13	TM02	officers	Termination secretary company with name termination date	PDF
2022-10-13	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-10-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-09-27	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-01-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-10-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-01-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-08-26	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2019-08-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-05-30	RP04CS01	miscellaneous	Legacy

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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