BIRDS EYE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£137K
+280.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£488M
+24.9% vs 2023
Employees
928
-0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£128M
-2.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BIRDS EYE LIMITED 2006-11-03 → present
- UNILEVER ICE CREAM & FROZEN FOOD LIMITED 2003-04-14 → 2006-11-03
- BIRDS EYE WALL'S LIMITED 1981-01-02 → 2003-04-14
- BIRDS EYE FOODS LIMITED 1938-08-18 → 1981-01-02
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 | £836,567,000 | £815,196,000 | |
| Operating profit | £119,318,000 | £108,765,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £131,253,000 | £128,085,000 | |
| Net profit | £90,970,000 | £95,965,000 | |
| Cash | £36,000 | £137,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £394,316,000 | £494,138,000 | |
| Net assets | £390,694,000 | £488,063,000 | |
| Equity | £390,694,000 | £488,063,000 | |
| Average employees | 936 | 928 | |
| Wages | £44,124,000 | £41,953,000 |
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 | 14.3% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 10.9% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.3% | 22.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.4% | 37.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.37x | 2.39x | |
| Interest cover | 110.58x | 566.48x |
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
“The Company is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows on its own account for the foreseeable future. Based on the review of the Company's business plan, the Directors have satisfied themselves of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern based on current cash-flow projections and capital expenditure.”
Group structure
- BIRDS EYE LIMITED · parent
- Nomad Foods International Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Simon | Director | 2026-05-01 | Sep 1968 | British |
| GOFF, Stacey Louise | Director | 2024-12-03 | Jul 1987 | British |
| PARISH-WILLIAMS, Karl Robert George | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRATT, Anthony William | Secretary | 2006-12-19 | 2013-09-26 |
| BIGMORE, Tracey Anne | Secretary | 2005-07-22 | 2006-11-03 |
| FREEMAN, Stanley Roger | Secretary | — | 2000-10-06 |
| GOATES, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2013-09-26 | 2016-04-15 |
| JONES, Alan Morgan Lewis | Secretary | 2006-11-03 | 2006-12-19 |
| MACAULAY, Barbara Scott | Secretary | 2005-07-22 | 2006-11-03 |
| MARRIOTT, Edward John Heaton | Secretary | 2019-01-14 | 2023-04-28 |
| ROWLANDS, Trefor Huw | Secretary | 2000-10-06 | 2005-07-22 |
| VAN KRUIJSBERGEN, Johanna Maria | Secretary | 2016-04-15 | 2019-01-14 |
| ALLISON, James Brian | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| ARDERN, Christian James | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2024-04-11 |
| BAKER, Paul Martin | Director | 2012-01-30 | 2013-06-27 |
| BALFOUR, Fergus George | Director | 2005-07-29 | 2006-11-03 |
| BEATTIE, Andrew John | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2007-09-14 |
| BIRRELL, David Jensen | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2006-11-03 |
| BROWN, Alan John | Director | 1991-11-01 | 1994-07-01 |
| BUTT, Kenneth Thomas John | Director | — | 1994-01-31 |
| CHALLOUMA, Soterakis | Director | 2020-01-27 | 2023-04-17 |
| COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1998-01-01 |
| CORRY, Anna | Director | 2013-10-07 | 2015-07-17 |
| CRILLY, James Francis, Dr | Director | 1994-09-02 | 1999-04-30 |
| CROUCH, Gary Bradford | Director | 2003-01-02 | 2006-11-03 |
| DUNCAN, Alastair | Director | 2024-04-11 | 2026-03-27 |
| EDGE, Victoria Jane | Director | 2024-04-11 | 2024-11-13 |
| FERGUSON, Iain George Thomas | Director | 1995-09-12 | 2001-04-17 |
| FURLONG, Richard Paul | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2002-12-31 |
| GARDNER, Sharon Lee | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2002-03-01 |
| GLENN, Martin Richard | Director | 2006-11-03 | 2007-02-07 |
| HAMILTON, Craig | Director | 2011-01-21 | 2025-12-31 |
| HEBEL, Michael | Director | 1993-05-10 | 1998-09-01 |
| HILL, James Jasper | Director | 2001-04-17 | 2005-07-22 |
| HOOGSTAD, Willem | Director | 1993-03-01 | 1996-11-07 |
| HUDSON, Wayne Brian | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| JOBLING, Margaret, Dr | Director | 2011-01-21 | 2014-09-05 |
| JOHNSON, Nicholas | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2010-07-22 |
| KNOWLER, Emma Kate | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-08-15 |
| LAL, Anuj | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2006-07-01 |
| MCADAM, John David Gibson, Dr | Director | — | 1993-03-05 |
| MURPHY, Anne Louise | Director | 2007-02-07 | 2011-08-15 |
| MURRAY, Brian John | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2010-03-01 |
| NICOLSON, John Ross | Director | — | 1993-03-18 |
| PEARCE, Anthony Michael | Director | — | 2002-01-25 |
| PEARMAN, Ben John | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2010-10-06 |
| POLLARD, Sarah Ann | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2020-01-16 |
| POMFRET, Christopher Charles | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2003-06-01 |
| PRICE, Allan Stuart | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| REILLY, James Patrick | Director | — | 1991-10-31 |
| RICE, John Wallace | Director | — | 1994-05-03 |
| SCHIRMER, Henry Richard | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2006-11-28 |
| SHARPE, John Harald | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1995-09-11 |
| SHAW, Louise Helen | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2012-01-30 |
| SMITH, Shaun Lee | Director | 2023-05-09 | 2025-10-23 |
| STRACHAN, Jonathan David | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2010-12-13 |
| STURTON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2011-09-08 | 2017-11-21 |
| THIRION, Arnould | Director | 1994-05-04 | 1997-04-07 |
| VAN WEEZEL, Johan Frederik | Director | 1996-12-02 | 2002-08-30 |
| VIERSTRA, Doede Gerben | Director | 1997-12-01 | 1999-11-01 |
| VREEKEN, Gaby John | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2005-03-01 |
| WESTON-WEBB, Andrew Beresford | Director | 2011-09-08 | 2016-01-01 |
| WINTER, Mark Terence | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2013-08-31 |
| WRIGHT, Jeremy Wyckham | Director | 2003-06-01 | 2006-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomad Foods Europe Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 294 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
-2.6%
£836,567,000 £815,196,000
-
Cash
+280.6%
£36,000 £137,000
-
Net assets
+24.9%
£390,694,000 £488,063,000
-
Employees
-0.9%
936 928
-
Operating profit
-8.8%
£119,318,000 £108,765,000
-
Profit before tax
-2.4%
£131,253,000 £128,085,000
-
Wages
-4.9%
£44,124,000 £41,953,000
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