S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED

1. S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED 2004-04-01 → present
2. STEVENS AND BROTHERTON LIMITED 1919-07-04 → 2004-04-01

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Directors have reviewed the current financial performance and position of the Company and are confident that the Company will continue to be a going concern. ... Taking into account the financial position, including the liquidity of the ultimate parent company, the Directors are of the view that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity's ability to continue as a going concern, for 12 months from the date of signing these accounts. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. S&B HERBA FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Joseph Heap & Sons Limited 100% · England · dormant
   2. Vogan & Company Limited 100% · England · dormant
   3. Riviana Foods Limited 99.9% · England · dormant
   4. EBRO U.K. 33.33% · England · Provision of services

Significant events

• “Investments in the business continue, and two major capital expenditure expansion programs are underway at our two manufacturing sites in Cambridge and Liverpool to keep pace with the increased volumes and customer demands. The new facility in Cambridge will be commissioned in 2025 and the one in Liverpool in 2026.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -7.4%

  £168,625,000 → £156,116,000

• Cash

  -98.7%

  £471,000 → £6,000

• Net assets

  +20.1%

  £48,163,000 → £57,846,000

• Employees

  +8.5%

  106 → 115

• Operating profit

  +1.1%

  £12,725,000 → £12,869,000

• Profit before tax

  +15.4%

  £10,032,000 → £11,578,000

• Wages

  +5.2%

  £5,762,000 → £6,060,000

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