APETITO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-11 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£36M
+129.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£138M
+25.6% vs 2023
Employees
1,900
-0.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£37M
+17% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- APETITO LIMITED 2000-04-27 → present
- WALDENS WILTSHIRE FOODS LIMITED 1928-10-06 → 2000-04-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £239,335,000 | £259,466,000 | |
| Operating profit | £31,978,000 | £36,715,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,855,000 | £37,271,000 | |
| Net profit | £23,608,000 | £28,054,000 | |
| Cash | £15,713,000 | £36,122,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £116,927,000 | £152,474,000 | |
| Net assets | £109,798,000 | £137,852,000 | |
| Equity | £109,798,000 | £137,852,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,907 | 1,900 | |
| Wages | £58,476,000 | £64,881,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.4% | 14.2% | |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.3% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 2.32x | |
| Interest cover | 62.95x | 73.72x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“apetito has sufficient cash balances and no borrowings, together with contracts over long periods with a number of customers across different sectors, that will allow the business to weather a sudden and significant drop in revenue or substantial increase in costs.”
Group structure
- APETITO LIMITED · parent
- Kiebev Limited 100%
- Iceage Delivery Service Limited 100%
- WFF (York) Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods (Stourbridge) Limited 100%
- Kyle & Bloomfield Company Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods (Dundee, Perth and Angus) Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods Limited 100%
- Wiltshire Farm Foods Munster Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Paul Freeston and Richard Ring made to the development of our company over many years. The last 25 years has been a period of huge success for apetito in the UK and Paul and Richard played vital roles in our story of growth and "making a real difference" to some of the most vulnerable in society.”
- “During the year, the company incurred £80k (2023: £45k) of costs related to business acquisitions.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIS, Jonathan Paul | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| CHAMBERS, Amanda | Director | 2025-05-19 | Dec 1991 | British |
| COJEEN, Victoria | Director | 2025-10-30 | Jun 1976 | British |
| KEEGAN, Jason Ian | Director | 2025-05-19 | May 1971 | British |
| LARKIN, Sharon Virginia | Director | 2025-01-13 | Dec 1964 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Lee | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jan 1971 | British |
| STONE, Ian Andrew | Director | 2006-03-22 | Jul 1966 | British |
| WILLIS, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-07-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
| WORRALL, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 2019-07-29 | Jul 1960 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIVINGSTONE, Robert Murray | Secretary | — | 2004-02-29 |
| RING, Richard Peter | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| BAUMGART, Joerg | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2023-10-31 |
| BRUMMER, Hartmut, Dr | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2002-12-12 |
| DREUSE, Wolfgang | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2012-10-01 |
| DUSTERBERG, Wolfgang | Director | 1995-12-18 | 2021-01-08 |
| ELSDEN, Richard James | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2004-11-01 |
| EMERY, Neil Stuart | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2013-07-31 |
| FORRESTER, Graham John, Mr. | Director | 2006-03-22 | 2018-12-12 |
| FREESTON, Paul Robert | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| HAYNES, Benedict William Hanbury | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2016-06-30 |
| JACKSON, David Craig | Director | 1997-08-08 | 1999-03-17 |
| KESSY, Christian | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2024-11-15 |
| KONIETZKO, Manfred August Karl, Dr | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2012-10-01 |
| LIVINGSTONE, Robert Murray | Director | — | 2004-02-29 |
| MORRIS, Karen | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2014-09-30 |
| RING, Richard Peter | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| RUFF, Andres | Director | 2007-05-01 | 2013-03-25 |
| RUSSELL, Graham John | Director | 2004-09-22 | 2010-12-06 |
| THOERNER, Martin Ulrich | Director | 2002-03-06 | 2005-09-30 |
| WALDEN, Benjamin Roger | Director | — | 2000-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apetito (Uk) Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Richard Peter Ring | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-02-26 | Ceased 2021-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 225 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.4%
£239,335,000 £259,466,000
-
Cash
+129.9%
£15,713,000 £36,122,000
-
Net assets
+25.6%
£109,798,000 £137,852,000
-
Employees
-0.4%
1,907 1,900
-
Operating profit
+14.8%
£31,978,000 £36,715,000
-
Profit before tax
+17%
£31,855,000 £37,271,000
-
Wages
+11%
£58,476,000 £64,881,000
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