BARRY CALLEBAUT MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-21 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-07
Watchouts
Cash
£2K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18M
+3.2% vs 2023
Employees
236
-0.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+167.3% 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 5 times since incorporation
- BARRY CALLEBAUT MANUFACTURING (UK) LIMITED 2004-09-01 → present
- BARRY CALLEBAUT (UK) LIMITED 1997-12-24 → 2004-09-01
- S & A LESME-CALLEBAUT LIMITED 1992-06-22 → 1997-12-24
- VAN HOUTEN UK LIMITED 1990-08-15 → 1992-06-22
- JACOBS SUCHARD (VENDING) LIMITED 1990-04-12 → 1990-08-15
- INTERFOOD CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1974-01-14 → 1990-04-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,576,000 | £35,805,000 | |
| Operating profit | £3,075,000 | £3,052,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £599,000 | £1,601,000 | |
| Net profit | £90,000 | £891,000 | |
| Cash | — | £2,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £53,049,000 | £56,524,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,302,000 | £17,857,000 | |
| Equity | £17,302,000 | £17,857,000 | |
| Average employees | 237 | 236 | |
| Wages | £13,120,000 | £13,272,000 |
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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.2% | 8.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.8% | 5.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 0.97x | 1.18x |
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
- Curo Professional Services Ltd, Statutory Auditors
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis on the grounds that the directors believe that there is sufficient funding in place to support the business for the next twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The intercompany loan with principal value of £50,850,000 was converted into a long term loan with maturity date on 29 July 2030.”
- “An increase in the UK corporation tax rate from 19% to 25% took effect from 1 April 2023.”
- “Contracted but not provided for in the financial statements: £2,502,000 (2024); £2,403,000 (2023).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRETZ, Philippe | Director | 2025-03-05 | Mar 1969 | Swiss |
| GROVES, Charles | Director | 2025-03-05 | Jan 1977 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Adrian James | Secretary | 2005-11-18 | 2009-08-01 |
| DO VIET, Dung, Mr. | Secretary | 2010-09-01 | 2011-11-06 |
| GRIFFITHS, David | Secretary | 2003-01-31 | 2004-02-03 |
| HARDMAN, Simon Archibald John | Secretary | 2004-02-01 | 2005-11-18 |
| HEATON, James | Secretary | 2011-11-06 | 2012-10-11 |
| LEWIS, Jonathan Wyndham | Secretary | — | 1995-02-06 |
| STEVENS, Trevor John | Secretary | 1995-02-15 | 2003-01-31 |
| WHITE, Norman Harvey | Secretary | — | 1993-11-08 |
| WORSH, Christopher Stephen | Secretary | 2012-10-11 | 2016-07-26 |
| BLEEKER, Onno | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2001-06-14 |
| BRAITHWAITE, Keith | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2007-03-23 |
| DE BUYSSCHER, Xavier | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2023-11-30 |
| DE GEYNDT, Bart | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| DENDOOVEN, Jurgen Daniel Liliane | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2016-07-19 |
| FLEMING, Andy Edward | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2021-10-01 |
| GARAVAGLIA, Massimo, Mr. | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2020-04-01 |
| GEBHARD, Charles | Director | — | 1998-02-17 |
| GRIFFITHS, David | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2004-02-03 |
| HARDMAN, Simon Archibald John | Director | 2003-08-31 | 2005-11-18 |
| HEAPS, Peter William, Dr | Director | 1993-08-16 | 2000-08-31 |
| HURT, Christopher Simon Richard | Director | 2004-03-20 | 2011-04-28 |
| KERN, Michael | Director | 2023-12-01 | 2025-03-05 |
| LANGLEY-JONES, Elizabeth Sarah | Director | 2013-10-18 | 2016-12-21 |
| MELIS, Jean Michel | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2002-08-15 |
| MERTENS, Masha | Director | 2020-06-22 | 2021-11-01 |
| PACHL, Rudloph John | Director | 1998-02-17 | 1999-04-22 |
| PAUSENBERGER, Ludwig Reimold Gabriel | Director | 1998-02-17 | 2014-09-30 |
| ROGIERS, Igor, Mr. | Director | 2011-09-07 | 2013-10-31 |
| SCOTT, Richard Martin | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2020-01-01 |
| SUMAN, Darko, Mr. | Director | 2019-03-07 | 2025-03-05 |
| VAN ROYEN, Jaak Christiaan | Director | — | 1995-05-19 |
| VAN SLIGTER, Rogier | Director | 2021-10-05 | 2023-11-30 |
| VERMAUT, Pierre Francis | Director | — | 1999-04-22 |
| WATERS, Robin, Director | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| WHARTON, Patrick John | Director | 2001-04-17 | 2004-04-06 |
| WHITE, Norman Harvey | Director | — | 1993-11-08 |
| WORSH, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2012-07-23 | 2016-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Callebaut Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2025-06-16 | Active |
| Barry Callebaut Holding (Uk) Limited | Legal person | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2016-04-16 | Ceased 2024-05-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-05-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
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Turnover
+6.6%
£33,576,000 £35,805,000
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Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£17,302,000 £17,857,000
-
Employees
-0.4%
237 236
-
Operating profit
-0.7%
£3,075,000 £3,052,000
-
Profit before tax
+167.3%
£599,000 £1,601,000
-
Wages
+1.2%
£13,120,000 £13,272,000
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