BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-09
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+18.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+45.4% vs 2023
Employees
221
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£9M
-12% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-09.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED 2016-10-13 → present
- BOBBY'S FOODS PLC 2005-08-25 → 2016-10-13
- BOBBY'S FOODS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-12-09 → 2005-08-25
- BOBBY'S WHOLESALE CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1982-09-24 → 1986-12-09
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 | £64,662,000 | £61,477,000 | |
| Operating profit | £10,408,000 | £9,160,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,407,000 | £9,160,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,345,000 | £6,624,000 | |
| Cash | £1,371,000 | £1,629,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,734,000 | £21,727,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,577,000 | £21,201,000 | |
| Equity | £14,577,000 | £21,201,000 | |
| Average employees | 212 | 221 | |
| Wages | £8,024,000 | £7,888,000 |
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 | 16.1% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 12.9% | 10.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 70.6% | 42.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | 10408.00x | — |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's detailed forecasts for the next year and medium term projections based on the current trends in trading after taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the company will be able to operate within the level of its currently available cash reserves and banking facilities. The directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and consider the going concern basis to be appropriate.”
Group structure
- BOBBY'S FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Bobby's Foods Northern Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Midlands Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Scotland Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods Southern Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South Wales Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North East Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North West Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South East Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods North London Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods East Anglia Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods South West Limited 100%
- Bobby's Foods NI Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Non-recurring costs of £635,000 were also incurred in the year including the impact of back dated rent reviews.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEEDLE, Wayne | Director | 2018-04-23 | May 1970 | British |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2018-04-23 | Jul 1976 | British |
| NORBURY, Richard John | Director | 2022-03-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
| SUCKLING, David | Director | 2017-08-22 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Clive Anthony | Secretary | 1994-01-21 | 2016-10-14 |
| HANCOCK, Michael William | Secretary | — | 2007-04-24 |
| ASTIN, Philip | Director | 2017-08-22 | 2018-12-31 |
| BAKER, Clive | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-10-14 |
| BEEDLE, Wayne | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-07-17 |
| FOSTER, Stephen Edward | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-06-17 |
| HANCOCK, Lyn Lesley | Director | 2015-07-15 | 2016-10-14 |
| HANCOCK, Michael William | Director | — | 2015-05-20 |
| ISAAC, Robert Sidney | Director | — | 2016-10-14 |
| MADHU, Neha | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| MADHU, Vishal | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2018-04-23 |
| SUMMERLEY, Jonathan Fitzgerald | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-07-11 |
| WATSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2016-10-14 | 2017-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ib Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-09-09 | Active |
| Bobby's Acquisition Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-14 | Ceased 2022-09-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
-4.9%
£64,662,000 £61,477,000
-
Cash
+18.8%
£1,371,000 £1,629,000
-
Net assets
+45.4%
£14,577,000 £21,201,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
212 221
-
Operating profit
-12%
£10,408,000 £9,160,000
-
Profit before tax
-12%
£10,407,000 £9,160,000
-
Wages
-1.7%
£8,024,000 £7,888,000
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