BERRY GARDENS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-23 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£936K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
Equity attributable
Employees
413
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BERRY GARDENS LIMITED 2007-02-07 → present
- KG FRUITS LIMITED 2000-07-26 → 2007-02-07
- KENTISH GARDEN MARKETING LIMITED 1988-03-30 → 2000-07-26
- A.F.I. (KENTISH GARDEN) MARKETING LIMITED 1983-05-03 → 1988-03-30
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 | £341,939,000 | £329,186,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,960,000 | £5,412,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,798,000 | £5,451,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,354,000 | £4,049,000 | |
| Cash | £804,000 | £936,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,683,000 | £15,713,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,610,000 | £14,659,000 | |
| Equity | £10,610,000 | £14,659,000 | |
| Average employees | 382 | 413 | |
| Wages | £17,590,000 | £16,441,000 |
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 | 0.9% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.3% | 34.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 72.1% | 62.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.01x | 1.17x | |
| Interest cover | 17.62x | 180.40x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BERRY GARDENS LIMITED · parent
- Driscoll's UK Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024 we continued to observe extraordinary weather events, including storms and unseasonably hot or cold temperatures, which adversely impacted the size and timing of yields throughout the year - most acutely in Q1 and Q2 2024, in which a heatwave in Morocco limited import supply to the UK and a cold spell delayed the start of the UK local season.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 57 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILLAM, Andrew | Director | 2025-10-01 | Sep 1972 | British |
| STOMP, Wyard | Director | 2024-02-26 | Dec 1976 | Dutch |
Show 57 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Nicholas | Secretary | 2009-06-01 | 2024-03-12 |
| MACGREGOR, David Joseph Philip | Secretary | 1996-03-04 | 2009-05-31 |
| MAGATTI, Teresa Veronica | Secretary | 1994-01-10 | 1996-03-04 |
| ROSS, Ian Victor | Secretary | — | 1994-01-10 |
| ALLEN, Nicholas | Director | 2010-01-26 | 2024-03-12 |
| ALLWELL, Russell Alexander | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2023-01-17 |
| ASHBY, William John | Director | 2007-02-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| BARRIE, William Andrew | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2017-04-27 |
| BOUCHER, Hugh Alexander Comyn | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| BROOKS, Alastair Henry | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2020-04-22 |
| BROOKS, Alastair Henry | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2007-02-06 |
| BROWN, Iain Mckenzie | Director | 2020-05-21 | 2020-07-29 |
| BROWN, Roy Drysdale | Director | 2001-10-15 | 2002-06-11 |
| CRAGG, Nicholas Paul | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| CRITCHLEY, Ian Williamson | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| DAVISON, Angus James | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2007-02-06 |
| DE KRUIFF, Sjors Jan Wouter | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2023-08-30 |
| EGAN, Patrick Valentine Martin | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2002-07-16 |
| FIFE, James Spicer Snodgrase | Director | — | 1994-04-18 |
| GIBBON, Michael Allan | Director | 2017-01-26 | 2019-09-05 |
| GOODWIN, Donald Frederick | Director | — | 1993-04-19 |
| GREEN, Jacqui | Director | 2013-10-29 | 2019-10-31 |
| HANCOX, John Philip Dale | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2006-12-18 |
| HARNDEN, Richard Charles | Director | 2000-04-18 | 2008-07-31 |
| HARRISON, Robert Howard | Director | 2019-10-02 | 2022-10-31 |
| HUGHES, David Robert, Professor | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2013-10-29 |
| HUGHES, David Robert, Professor | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2007-02-06 |
| KELLY, Timothy Geoffrey | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| KELSEY, Paul Hyde | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2015-05-22 |
| KEMP, Douglas Stewart | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| KENISTON-COOPER, Graham | Director | 2014-01-28 | 2022-10-31 |
| KIDSON, Charles Richard | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2022-10-31 |
| KRISHNAN, Siva Kumar | Director | 2020-10-06 | 2021-05-12 |
| LOWE, Hugh Burman | Director | — | 1992-04-22 |
| MACGREGOR, David Joseph Philip | Director | 1995-11-06 | 2009-05-31 |
| MACKRILL, David | Director | — | 1995-04-24 |
| MARSDEN, Nicholas | Director | 1995-11-06 | 2012-11-06 |
| MARSTON, Nicholas James | Director | 1995-11-06 | 2017-07-18 |
| MITCHELL, John | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2012-09-01 |
| MORTON, Timothy Ralph | Director | 1992-05-14 | 1993-07-16 |
| NORTHCROFT, David Stuart | Director | 2017-06-29 | 2019-11-25 |
| O'BRIEN, Thomas Allen | Director | 2022-10-31 | 2026-03-25 |
| PASCALL, Robert Keith | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2022-10-31 |
| PASCALL, Robert Keith | Director | 1999-05-10 | 2007-02-06 |
| PASCALL, Robert Keith | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
| PIERCE, William Frederick | Director | — | 1999-05-10 |
| RAINES, Wayne | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2022-10-31 |
| REGAN, Marion Frances | Director | 2018-06-05 | 2020-12-16 |
| REGAN, Marion Frances | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2010-12-31 |
| REGAN, Marion Frances | Director | 2002-10-21 | 2007-02-06 |
| REGAN, Marion Frances | Director | — | 1998-05-18 |
| RUTHERFORD, Scott Alexander | Director | 2022-01-04 | 2022-10-31 |
| SNELL, Anthony John | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2014-05-23 |
| WADE, Elizabeth | Director | 2009-03-03 | 2014-04-29 |
| WALKER, Robin Peter | Director | 2012-05-29 | 2022-10-31 |
| WALLBRIDGE, Adrian Charles | Director | 2011-01-25 | 2017-02-21 |
| WORLEY, Douglas Arnold | Director | — | 1995-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Gardens Growers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-10-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 213 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-01 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-12-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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