NUTRICIA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-05 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£10K
-84.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£127M
+6.3% vs 2023
Employees
939
-4.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£36M
+52.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- NUTRICIA LIMITED 1997-01-01 → present
- COW & GATE NUTRICIA LIMITED 1993-02-01 → 1997-01-01
- COW & GATE LIMITED 1978-12-31 → 1993-02-01
- UNITED DAIRIES LIMITED 1933-05-03 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,266,924,000 | £1,269,646,000 | |
| Operating profit | £31,535,000 | £42,569,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £23,511,000 | £35,838,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,972,000 | £26,535,000 | |
| Cash | £66,000 | £10,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,232,000 | £132,608,000 | |
| Net assets | £119,081,000 | £126,563,000 | |
| Equity | £119,081,000 | £126,563,000 | |
| Average employees | 985 | 939 | |
| Wages | £51,518,000 | £57,886,000 |
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 | 2.5% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.3% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.2% | 32.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.1% | 74.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | 2.81x | 4.02x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the signing of these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In February 2024, the commercial and distribution operations of the plant-based and beverages categories relating to Republic of Ireland were transferred from the company to Nutricia Ireland Limited, another Danone group company.”
- “In May 2024, the Company entered into a pension buy-in arrangement where an investment decision was made to exchange its invested pension assets with an insurance policy. The company contributed £1,233,000 to the buy-in.”
- “On 1 May 2025, the commercial and distribution operations of Harrogate Spring Water Limited were transferred to the company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HASHAGEN, George Harold | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
| MAYER, James Forster | Director | 2022-08-15 | Sep 1969 | British |
| WOLFENDEN, Samuel James | Director | 2024-04-02 | Jun 1983 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROMBLEY, Graham Keith | Secretary | — | 1993-04-23 |
| HOUSE, Stephen Mark | Secretary | 2008-07-01 | 2018-02-23 |
| KNUDSEN, Morten Schott | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | 2008-06-30 |
| MARSHALL, James | Secretary | 1993-12-23 | 2006-06-30 |
| ROEBUCK, Peter Thomas | Secretary | 1993-04-23 | 1993-12-23 |
| ALGAR, David Stanley | Director | 2005-03-18 | 2008-12-31 |
| BOWEN, Niall Thomas | Director | — | 2007-09-01 |
| CUADRA, Adam Joseph | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2023-10-01 |
| DASGUPTA, Sudip | Director | 2018-02-23 | 2019-09-30 |
| FAIRHURST, Peter Mark | Director | — | 1991-06-30 |
| HILDENBRAND, Gustavo Adolfo Araujo | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2022-08-15 |
| HOUSE, Stephen Mark | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2018-02-23 |
| JOVE GESTI, Marc | Director | 2017-11-08 | 2019-06-14 |
| KNUDSEN, Morten Schott | Director | 2006-06-30 | 2008-06-30 |
| KUCUKCAN, Murat Cem | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-11-08 |
| LEE, Pauline Una, Dr | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2005-04-18 |
| LEWKO, Catherine Germaine | Director | 2022-08-15 | 2023-11-01 |
| MARSHALL, James | Director | 1996-05-28 | 2006-06-30 |
| MAYER, James Forster | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2017-11-08 |
| PENDLE, Bernard George | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Roger David John, Dr | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| PILGRIM, Christopher James | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2005-11-08 |
| ROACH, Stuart Lewis | Director | 2019-09-30 | 2021-09-30 |
| ROEBUCK, Peter Thomas | Director | — | 2000-12-31 |
| SYKES, John Maclean | Director | 2009-01-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| THOMAS, Ian Lance | Director | 2000-04-03 | 2001-03-31 |
| TORRE, Filippo Samuele Della | Director | 2017-11-08 | 2019-09-30 |
| VAN DER WIELEN, Johannes Cornelis Theodorus | Director | — | 1996-06-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uk Holdings Cap (Commonwealth, Asia And Pacific) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-04-16 | Active |
| Nutricia (Cow & Gate, Milupa) Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.2%
£1,266,924,000 £1,269,646,000
-
Cash
-84.8%
£66,000 £10,000
-
Net assets
+6.3%
£119,081,000 £126,563,000
-
Employees
-4.7%
985 939
-
Operating profit
+35%
£31,535,000 £42,569,000
-
Profit before tax
+52.4%
£23,511,000 £35,838,000
-
Wages
+12.4%
£51,518,000 £57,886,000
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