PHILIP DENNIS FOODSERVICE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-28 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-14
Watchouts
Cash
£598
-41.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+2.9% vs 2024
Employees
173
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-40.3% first positive since 2021
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PHILIP DENNIS FOODSERVICE LIMITED 2008-03-22 → present
- PHILIP DENNIS FROZEN FOODS LIMITED 1982-06-15 → 2008-03-22
- WOOLACOMBE PROPERTIES LIMITED 1956-09-10 → 1982-06-15
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-26 | 2020-02-01 | 2021-01-30 | 2022-01-29 | 2023-01-28 | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,523,304 | £31,407,624 | — | £42,586,337 | £40,372,274 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£1,214,465 | £1,902,691 | — | £2,899,971 | £1,123,945 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£1,323,695 | £1,756,500 | — | £1,780,801 | £1,063,896 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,172,462 | £1,071,245 | — | £877,446 | £940,691 | |
| Cash | — | — | £45,491 | £895,047 | — | £1,023 | £598 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £15,642,329 | £15,243,002 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £10,593,225 | £10,896,113 | |
| Equity | £5,707,097 | £6,774,087 | £6,422,999 | £7,494,244 | — | £10,593,225 | £10,896,113 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 226 | 171 | — | 179 | 173 | |
| Wages | — | — | £5,318,085 | £4,371,065 | — | £5,324,587 | £5,152,862 |
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 | 2019-01-26 | 2020-02-01 | 2021-01-30 | 2022-01-29 | 2023-01-28 | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -5.6% | 6.1% | — | 6.8% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -5.4% | 3.4% | — | 2.1% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 18.5% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 48.3% | 46.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.68x | 1.52x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -11.10x | 12.91x | — | 11.03x | 4.99x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Significant Investment has been made in future proofing the business through the development of our CRM, enabling efficiencies to also be achieved and further improvements to our e-commerce and the installation of Solar panels on our main stockholding to ensure the business' sustainability for the future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS, Peter Joseph | Director | 2016-02-26 | Feb 1986 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DENNIS, Elizabeth, Mrs. | Secretary | — | 2018-06-01 |
| CARR, Stephen John | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2024-10-29 |
| DENNIS, Christopher John | Director | 2016-02-26 | 2024-10-29 |
| DENNIS, Elizabeth, Mrs. | Director | — | 2016-02-26 |
| DENNIS, John Preston, Mr. | Director | — | 2016-02-26 |
| DENNIS, Philip John | Director | — | 1993-07-06 |
| MOLLOY, Maurice James | Director | 2006-06-22 | 2011-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Dennis Foodservice Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-01-31 | Active |
| Philip Dennis Foodservice (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-01-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 162 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-06-22 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-27
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Turnover
-5.2%
£42,586,337 £40,372,274
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Cash
-41.5%
£1,023 £598
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.9%
£10,593,225 £10,896,113
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Employees
-3.4%
179 173
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Operating profit
-61.2%
£2,899,971 £1,123,945
first positive since 2021
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Profit before tax
-40.3%
£1,780,801 £1,063,896
first positive since 2021
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Wages
-3.2%
£5,324,587 £5,152,862
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers