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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-28

Confirmation statement due

2027-05-23 (in 1y)

Last made up 2026-05-09

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£101M

+427.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£71M

+10% vs 2023

Employees

710

-0.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£5M

-55.4% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 3 times since incorporation

  1. ORNUA FOODS UK LIMITED 2016-03-31 → present
  2. ADAMS FOODS LIMITED 2010-09-21 → 2016-03-31
  3. THE KERRYGOLD COMPANY LIMITED 1989-10-04 → 2010-09-21
  4. ADAMS FOODS LIMITED 1940-07-06 → 1989-10-04

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28

Metric Trend 2023-12-282024-12-28
Turnover £523,880,000£532,040,000
Operating profit £14,507,000£7,962,000
Profit before tax £11,648,000£5,192,000
Net profit £9,055,000£4,675,000
Cash £19,156,000£101,130,000
Total assets less current liabilities £78,448,000£82,938,000
Net assets £64,296,000£70,726,000
Equity £64,296,000£70,726,000
Average employees 715710
Wages £23,674,000£25,800,000

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 2023-12-282024-12-28
Operating margin 2.8%1.5%
Net margin 1.7%0.9%
Return on capital employed 18.5%9.6%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 69.7%69.7%
Current ratio 1.36x1.35x
Interest cover 2.27x1.06x

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 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Deloitte Ireland LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The directors have reviewed the financial position and forecasts of the company and are satisfied that it has sufficient resources to meet the company's liabilities as they fall due. Consequently; the directors are confident in the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

  1. ORNUA FOODS UK LIMITED · parent
    1. Ornua Dairy Products Nigeria Limited 0.01% · Nigeria · packaging and marketing of food and dairy related products

Significant events

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

People

6 active · 35 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
LOCKEY, Julie Secretary 2017-05-04
BLAKE, Patrick Director 2026-03-10 Jul 1984 Irish
BUGGY, Donal Joseph Director 2012-12-20 Mar 1968 Irish
HUNTER, William James Director 2015-06-05 Dec 1968 British
LOCKEY, Julie Director 2026-03-10 Dec 1970 British
SMYTH, David Thomas Director 2026-03-10 Mar 1963 Irish
Show 35 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HUNTER, William James Secretary 2015-06-05 2017-05-04
KEANE, Colin Secretary 2014-04-02 2015-06-05
PATERSON, John Malcolm Secretary 1991-12-23
SCOTT, Nicholas Secretary 2012-04-06 2014-04-02
SIMCOCK, Thomas Secretary 1991-12-23 2007-02-28
TERRY, Christopher Malcolm, Mr. Secretary 2007-02-28 2012-04-06
BALL, Simon Director 2022-11-18 2026-03-10
CAWLEY, Noel Director 2006-04-28
CHILDS, Gary Clifford Director 2010-10-04 2013-06-07
COAKLEY, Noel Director 2009-03-04
DOLAN, Peter Director 2003-01-31
EVANS, David Gareth Director 2009-06-26 2015-05-06
FITZGERALD, Cathal Director 2002-07-01 2012-12-20
GREEN, Kevin Richard Director 2022-06-24 2025-06-30
HENNERTY, Roisin Mary Director 2019-01-09 2024-05-10
JACKSON, Alastair Malcolm Director 2017-05-04 2021-09-30
JACKSON, Alastair Malcolm Director 2010-10-04 2015-05-06
JORDAN, John Anthony Director 2015-06-05 2019-01-09
KENNEDY, Neil Angus Director 2015-06-09 2021-09-30
LANE, Kevin Michael Director 2010-12-22 2017-05-04
OFLYNN, Joseph Director 2002-07-01 2013-04-09
PATERSON, John Malcolm Director 1991-12-23
POPIOLKOWSKI, Jacqueline Mary, Ms. Director 2010-10-04 2015-05-06
RAVENHALL, Carl Edward Director 2006-01-01 2011-08-31
RHODES, Bruce Anthony Director 1992-01-21
ROBERTS, Michael Director 2012-01-23 2014-02-03
SCOTT, Nicholas Director 2012-03-05 2014-04-03
SIMCOCK, Thomas Director 1998-06-01 2007-04-30
SMYTH, David Thomas Director 1998-06-01 2008-12-31
STANLEY, Stuart Andrew Director 2019-01-09 2025-06-30
TERRY, Christopher Malcolm, Mr. Director 2009-06-26 2012-04-06
TOAL, Ian John Director 2011-07-12 2014-09-30
TURVEY, David Director 2009-06-26 2012-04-13
WALSH, Gordon James Director 2019-01-09 2022-06-24
WHITFIELD, Sean Paul Director 2009-06-26 2013-05-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
The Irish Dairy Board (Uk) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2022-10-14 Active
Ornua Co-Operative Limited Corporate entity Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-11-21

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 201 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-04-01 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-08-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-24 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type full
2024-09-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-05-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-21 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2022-11-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-10-14 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-10-14 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2022-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
9

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
3

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-28

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

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