BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-27 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-13
Watchouts
Cash
£361K
-65.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-34% vs 2023
Employees
34
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+238.5% vs 2023
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 3 times since incorporation
- BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED 2008-10-29 → present
- ARGENT BY-PRODUCTS LIMITED 2000-01-10 → 2008-10-29
- ARGENT LEATHER LIMITED 1999-10-06 → 2000-01-10
- STRONG & FISHER LIMITED 1961-05-30 → 1999-10-06
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 | £8,873,000 | £9,603,000 | |
| Operating profit | £688,000 | £513,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £751,000 | £2,542,000 | |
| Net profit | £509,000 | £2,392,000 | |
| Cash | £1,035,000 | £361,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | |
| Equity | £3,260,000 | £2,152,000 | |
| Average employees | 32 | 34 | |
| Wages | £1,294,000 | £1,513,000 |
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 | 7.8% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 24.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 23.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.0% | 25.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | 688.00x | — |
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
- Ballards LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BELWOOD FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Barker & Hird (PP) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALLOWFIELD-SMITH, James | Director | 2021-06-14 | May 1987 | English |
| FLETCHER, Darren | Director | 2010-07-12 | Nov 1972 | English |
| GRAY, David John | Director | 1997-09-18 | Apr 1959 | British |
| POLLARD, Julian | Director | 2010-07-15 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-06-14 | 2008-05-20 |
| MORGAN, Peter Frederick | Secretary | — | 2002-06-14 |
| BARNES, Andrew John | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2019-01-16 |
| BOOTH, Stuart | Director | — | 1998-01-09 |
| DELL, Julian David | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| HEEP, Paul | Director | 2004-09-15 | 2010-07-12 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Pennington Havard | Director | 1997-09-18 | 2010-02-26 |
| KOCH, Howard Alexander | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| MITCHELL, John | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| MORGAN, Peter Frederick | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Director | 2000-06-28 | 2000-07-03 |
| NICOLLS, Lars-Olav | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| OLDCORN, John | Director | 2018-06-07 | 2021-06-14 |
| ROBERTS, Michael Ralph Pakenham | Director | — | 1992-08-28 |
| SMITH, David Thomas | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1997-03-31 |
| WARD, Douglas John | Director | 1997-03-31 | 2005-09-30 |
| YORATH, David Anthony, Dr | Director | — | 1996-02-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A D Food Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-16 | Active |
| Argent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2025-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.2%
£8,873,000 £9,603,000
-
Cash
-65.1%
£1,035,000 £361,000
-
Net assets
-34%
£3,260,000 £2,152,000
-
Employees
+6.3%
32 34
-
Operating profit
-25.4%
£688,000 £513,000
-
Profit before tax
+238.5%
£751,000 £2,542,000
-
Wages
+16.9%
£1,294,000 £1,513,000
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