L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-10 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£160K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12M
+21.7% vs 2023
Employees
279
+5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-5.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED 1983-05-31 → present
- L.E. PRITCHITT (1983) LIMITED 1983-05-18 → 1983-05-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £166,022,000 | £181,926,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,119,000 | £1,983,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,608,000 | £1,520,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,437,000 | £1,332,000 | |
| Cash | — | £160,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,560,000 | £21,468,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,866,000 | £12,004,000 | |
| Equity | £9,866,000 | £12,004,000 | |
| Average employees | 265 | 279 | |
| Wages | £11,389,000 | £12,351,000 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.8% | 9.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 4.15x | 4.28x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- L.E. Pritchitt (Northern Ireland) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Thomas Anthony | Secretary | 2018-10-11 | — | — |
| GRIFFIN, Thomas Anthony | Director | 2018-08-13 | Jun 1978 | Irish |
| KELLY, Colin | Director | 2025-12-10 | Nov 1985 | Irish |
| MATTHEWS, Niall | Director | 2023-01-12 | Apr 1976 | Irish |
| MCALLISTER, Oliver | Director | 2025-12-10 | Dec 1975 | Irish |
| SHIELS, Pat | Director | 2025-12-10 | Jun 1970 | Irish |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONFIELD, George William | Secretary | 1995-07-01 | 1998-01-31 |
| BROWN, Joseph Kellett | Secretary | — | 1995-06-30 |
| KAPILA, Shiv Kumar | Secretary | 1998-01-31 | 2001-01-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Gerald Patrick | Secretary | 2004-07-30 | 2013-10-01 |
| RYAN, Michael | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2018-10-11 |
| WALKER, Christopher Frank | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2004-07-30 |
| ASHTON, Simon Mark | Director | 1999-08-19 | 2003-03-28 |
| BINGHAM, Alan George | Director | — | 1996-04-19 |
| BONFIELD, George William | Director | 1993-08-05 | 1998-01-31 |
| BROWN, Joseph Kellett | Director | — | 1996-06-30 |
| COFFEY, Colin | Director | 1996-02-16 | 2000-12-31 |
| DUFFY, Aloysius | Director | 2019-05-02 | 2022-10-24 |
| FARRELL, Dermot | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2025-11-11 |
| FREESTON, Paul Robert | Director | 1993-04-26 | 1999-11-05 |
| HONEY, Richard Ian | Director | — | 1993-02-09 |
| HUNTER, Diane Elizabeth | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2003-03-07 |
| JUDGE, Peter | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2006-06-24 |
| KAPILA, Shiv Kumar | Director | 1998-01-19 | 2001-09-30 |
| LAWES, Richard Woodford | Director | — | 1997-02-02 |
| LAWES, William Robert | Director | — | 2003-07-25 |
| MARCH, Anthony John | Director | 2002-05-30 | 2003-07-25 |
| MCCARTHY, Gerald Patrick | Director | 2006-06-24 | 2013-10-01 |
| MILLEN, Peter Ronald | Director | 1993-04-26 | 2003-07-25 |
| NEVILLE, Christopher John | Director | — | 2003-07-25 |
| NEVILLE, James Robert | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2003-07-25 |
| PRENDERGAST, Ed | Director | 2003-07-25 | 2006-04-28 |
| RYAN, Michael | Director | 2006-06-24 | 2018-08-13 |
| SHERIDAN, Peter | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2025-08-15 |
| STONE, Ian Andrew | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-09-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-29
-
Turnover
+9.6%
£166,022,000 £181,926,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+21.7%
£9,866,000 £12,004,000
-
Employees
+5.3%
265 279
-
Operating profit
-6.4%
£2,119,000 £1,983,000
-
Profit before tax
-5.5%
£1,608,000 £1,520,000
-
Wages
+8.4%
£11,389,000 £12,351,000
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