WESTCOUNTRY FRUIT SALES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
218
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-10-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WESTCOUNTRY FRUIT SALES LIMITED 2009-09-01 → present
- WEST COUNTRY FRUIT SALES LIMITED 2000-12-13 → 2009-09-01
- P. DAWE & SONS (PENRYN) LIMITED 1970-05-27 → 2000-12-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,228,000 | £38,184,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,241,000 | £3,309,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,213,000 | £3,267,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,223,000 | £2,445,000 | |
| Cash | £2,486,000 | £2,325,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,521,000 | £5,961,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,116,000 | £5,561,000 | |
| Equity | £4,116,000 | £5,561,000 | |
| Average employees | 213 | 218 | |
| Wages | £5,189,000 | £6,728,000 |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.8% | 8.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.7% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 93.8% | 55.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.1% | 35.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.13x | 2.67x | |
| Interest cover | 146.24x | 76.95x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis based on their enquiries. The ultimate parent undertaking (Kitwave Group plc) have confirmed their intention to provide financial support to the company as needed to pay their liabilities for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- WESTCOUNTRY FRUIT SALES LIMITED · parent
- Veggies & More Ltd 0%
- Westcountry Fine Food Limited 0%
Significant events
- “On 1 December 2024 the trade and assets of M.J. Baker Foodservice Ltd were acquired by Westcountry Fruit Sales Limited at their book value and the companies continue to trade as one enlarged legal entity. This allows the entities to benefit from the operational synergies of the new South West distribution centre opened in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTHOLOMEW, Lee | Secretary | 2009-01-08 | — | British |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Lee | Director | 2016-06-14 | May 1968 | British |
| EARL, Mark | Director | 2026-03-12 | Nov 1985 | British |
| MAXTED, Ben | Director | 2022-12-09 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Adrian Peter | Secretary | 2002-02-01 | 2009-01-08 |
| GREENHALGH, Melvyn Ellis | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2002-01-31 |
| PIKE, Christopher Anthony | Secretary | — | 1994-09-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Julie Bernadette | Secretary | 1994-09-30 | 1995-12-31 |
| BRIND, David Leonard | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2026-03-12 |
| ROSSIGNOL, Roger Benoni | Director | 2013-04-03 | 2024-03-22 |
| RUSSELL, James William Oxley | Director | 2025-02-04 | 2025-06-18 |
| WILLIAMS, Julie Bernadette | Director | — | 2001-03-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Sean Harcourt | Director | 2000-10-01 | 2022-12-09 |
| WILLIAMS, William John Harcourt | Director | — | 2009-01-08 |
| YOUNG, Chris | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2025-07-01 |
| YOUNG, Paul Victor | Director | 2022-12-09 | 2024-03-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kitwave Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-09 | Ceased 2022-12-09 |
| Westcountry Food Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-12-09 | Active |
| Mr Sean Harcourt Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-09 |
| Mrs Sally Elizabeth Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-12-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31