ABF INGREDIENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£7M
+21% vs 2024
Employees
41
+51.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£433K
+126.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- ABF INGREDIENTS LIMITED 2003-12-29 → present
- ABITEC LIMITED 1989-06-19 → 2003-12-29
- RISHY CRISPS LIMITED 1989-03-09 → 1989-06-19
- F. & M. LIMITED 1989-02-09 → 1989-03-09
- RISHY CRISPS LIMITED 1950-05-12 → 1989-02-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,334,000 | £17,794,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£981,000 | £1,150,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,632,000 | £433,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,498,000 | £101,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£9,404,000 | -£7,445,000 | |
| Net assets | -£9,422,000 | -£7,445,000 | |
| Equity | -£9,422,000 | -£7,445,000 | |
| Average employees | 27 | 41 | |
| Wages | £3,677,000 | £4,635,000 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.8% | 6.5% | |
| Net margin | -10.5% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.4% | -15.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.47x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -1.51x | 1.60x |
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 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering the support available from the intermediate parent company described above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ABF INGREDIENTS LIMITED · parent
- ABFI France SAS 100%
Significant events
- “On the 30th September 2025 a new entity, ABF Ingredients Japan Limited, was incorporated. This new entity is a wholly owned subsidiary of ABF Ingredients Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL, Raymond Gerrard | Secretary | 2021-04-22 | — | — |
| CHANTREY, Clare Louise | Director | 2021-06-17 | Oct 1977 | British |
| ENGLISH, Paul | Director | 2025-12-10 | Nov 1977 | Irish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, Jessica Sophie | Secretary | 2000-07-14 | 2001-02-26 |
| GORE, Malcolm Raymond | Secretary | — | 1999-06-11 |
| RICHARDSON, Lyn | Secretary | 2001-07-24 | 2001-08-13 |
| SCHOFIELD, Rosalyn Sharon | Secretary | 2001-08-13 | 2020-12-24 |
| SPRINGETT, Catherine Mary | Secretary | 2001-02-26 | 2001-07-24 |
| WRIGHT, William Bernard | Secretary | — | 2000-07-14 |
| BRADBURN, Robert John | Director | 2004-02-23 | 2006-05-31 |
| CATLING, Stephen John | Director | 2003-12-09 | 2014-08-29 |
| CLARKE, David John, Dr | Director | — | 1994-12-10 |
| EMMINS, Robert Philip | Director | 2007-11-26 | 2013-03-11 |
| FISHER, Keith | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2021-12-31 |
| FRAMPTON, Paul | Director | 2013-03-11 | 2016-04-26 |
| LINDBLAD, Per Weng | Director | 2016-04-26 | 2023-05-26 |
| MACEWAN, John Macdonald | Director | 1995-01-23 | 2004-02-23 |
| MACKUIN, Melvyn Stuart | Director | 1994-01-19 | 2000-12-01 |
| O'NEILL, Michael Joseph | Director | — | 2003-11-21 |
| PATCHETT, Peter Edmund | Director | — | 1994-01-18 |
| SHAW, Trevor Henry Montague | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| SIMMONDS, Colin | Director | 2003-12-09 | 2007-11-27 |
| STRAIN, Terence | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2003-04-10 |
| TOMASIN, Jean-Francois | Director | 2023-06-20 | 2025-12-02 |
| WELLS, Alan John | Director | 2014-08-21 | 2015-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abf (No. 2) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-01-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+24.1%
£14,334,000 £17,794,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+21%
-£9,422,000 -£7,445,000
-
Employees
+51.9%
27 41
-
Operating profit
+217.2%
-£981,000 £1,150,000
-
Profit before tax
+126.5%
-£1,632,000 £433,000
-
Wages
+26.1%
£3,677,000 £4,635,000
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