THE ILCHESTER CHEESE CO. LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-21 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
-79.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£15M
-0.9% vs 2023
Employees
191
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£45K
-103.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-04-09
- THE ILCHESTER CHEESE CO. LTD. 2025-04-09 → present
- NORSELAND LIMITED 2009-09-22 → 2025-04-09
- ILCHESTER CHEESE COMPANY LIMITED 1965-03-08 → 2009-09-22
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 | £51,992,385 | £45,570,231 | |
| Operating profit | £1,497,903 | £223,685 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,295,087 | -£44,758 | |
| Net profit | £1,072,301 | -£132,163 | |
| Cash | £12,584 | £2,560 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,217,875 | £20,070,343 | |
| Net assets | £15,207,766 | £15,075,603 | |
| Equity | £15,207,766 | £15,075,603 | |
| Average employees | 195 | 191 | |
| Wages | £6,494,789 | £7,020,657 |
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 | 2.9% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | -0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.4% | 1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.46x | 2.99x | |
| Interest cover | 7.39x | 0.83x |
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
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that they have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period from the approval of these financial statements through to 30 April 2026 Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATCHPOLE, James Christopher | Secretary | 2023-09-21 | — | — |
| BUNAES-NAESS, Just | Director | 2025-09-24 | Oct 1977 | Norwegian |
| CATCHPOLE, James Christopher | Director | 2023-08-01 | Sep 1978 | British |
| HADDELAND, Ketil | Director | 2025-09-24 | Apr 1964 | Norwegian |
| SCHEJN, Jakub | Director | 2025-09-24 | Jul 1984 | Polish |
| SMITH-HANSEN, Erik | Director | 2023-09-21 | Dec 1971 | Norwegian |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALKFJELL, Lise | Secretary | 2022-01-07 | 2023-09-21 |
| HARRIS, Gareth Addison | Secretary | 2010-06-21 | 2018-10-17 |
| MAFFIN, James Lyndon | Secretary | 2018-10-17 | 2022-01-07 |
| RETTER, Linda Margaret | Secretary | — | 2006-07-13 |
| ROSE, Martin | Secretary | 2006-07-13 | 2006-09-19 |
| WILSON, Nicholas Peter | Secretary | 2006-09-19 | 2010-06-21 |
| AASGAARD, Stein Arne, Mr. | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2014-09-01 |
| AULT, John Douglas, Dr | Director | — | 2004-12-12 |
| BAGWELL, Stephen Terry | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2007-09-14 |
| BENDIXBY, Mads | Director | 2023-11-17 | 2025-09-24 |
| CHAVANON, Olivier | Director | 2006-10-01 | 2010-11-23 |
| CHILDS, Gary Clifford | Director | 2000-01-14 | 2005-04-25 |
| DAVIDGE, David John | Director | — | 2004-12-12 |
| FALKFJELL, Lise | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-09-21 |
| FELTHAM, Christopher Roy | Director | — | 2003-07-31 |
| FORKNALL, Eric Samuel | Director | — | 2004-12-12 |
| GLYN, Melvin | Director | 1997-10-06 | 2009-05-22 |
| HARRIS, Gareth Addison | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2018-10-17 |
| HOVLAND, Gunnar | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2023-09-23 |
| JACOBSEN, Atle Kjol, Mr. | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2021-01-14 |
| JONES, Richard Edwin | Director | 1997-10-06 | 2000-01-12 |
| LAWRENCE, Richard | Director | 2021-01-15 | 2022-03-16 |
| MAFFIN, James Lyndon | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2022-01-07 |
| MEADOWS, Nigel Dewis | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2018-12-19 |
| MO, Kathrine | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-06-20 |
| MOLDSKRED, Bjorn, Mr. | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-09-01 |
| RETTER, Linda Margaret | Director | 2001-09-28 | 2006-07-13 |
| SIMONSEN, Merete | Director | 2022-06-27 | 2023-11-17 |
| SOMERVILLE, Diana | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| STOREY, Stuart Thomas | Director | 2018-12-19 | 2020-06-01 |
| WILSON, Nicholas Peter | Director | 2006-09-19 | 2010-06-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tine Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-12.4%
£51,992,385 £45,570,231
-
Cash
-79.7%
£12,584 £2,560
-
Net assets
-0.9%
£15,207,766 £15,075,603
-
Employees
-2.1%
195 191
-
Operating profit
-85.1%
£1,497,903 £223,685
-
Profit before tax
-103.5%
£1,295,087 -£44,758
-
Wages
+8.1%
£6,494,789 £7,020,657
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