ORNUA INGREDIENTS EUROPE (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-21 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£560
+57.3% vs 2023
Net assets
-£2M
-182% vs 2023
Employees
250
-9.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£5M
-514.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ORNUA INGREDIENTS EUROPE (UK) LIMITED 2021-04-26 → present
- F.J. NEED (FOODS) LIMITED 1986-11-10 → 2021-04-26
- ISLEBLUE LIMITED 1985-07-26 → 1986-11-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-28 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £154,695,526 | £165,166,097 | |
| Operating profit | £3,472,100 | -£2,702,805 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,189,566 | -£4,935,698 | |
| Net profit | £955,747 | -£4,500,492 | |
| Cash | £356 | £560 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,559,519 | -£376,179 | |
| Net assets | £2,472,267 | -£2,028,225 | |
| Equity | £2,472,267 | -£2,028,225 | |
| Average employees | 275 | 250 | |
| Wages | £11,834,648 | £10,930,932 |
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 | 2023-12-28 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.2% | -1.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | -2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 76.2% | 718.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 95.5% | 103.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.75x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 1.52x | -1.12x |
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
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors of the company have received written confirmation from Ornua Co-operative Limited, that it will continue to provide financial support to the Company for the foreseeable future. This assurance includes the provision of necessary funds to meet the Company's liabilities as they fall due. The directors have reviewed the financial position and forecasts of the parent company and are satisfied that it has sufficient resources to provide this support. Consequently, the directors are confident in the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On 8 January 2025 OIEUK announced a proposal to close its cheese operation in Ledbury, Herefordshire. Production started winding down from March 2025 and closed on 24th April 2025. The majority of production transferred to other sites. The facility was underutilised and required significant capital investment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, Victoria | Secretary | 2020-03-24 | — | — |
| BUGGY, Donal Joseph | Director | 2017-03-31 | Mar 1968 | Irish |
| HUNTER, William James | Director | 2024-12-05 | Dec 1968 | British |
| JACKSON, Alastair Malcolm | Director | 2020-04-28 | Jan 1970 | British |
| MCREDMOND, John | Director | 2025-05-10 | Aug 1972 | Irish |
| SMYTH, David Thomas | Director | 2017-03-31 | Mar 1963 | Irish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYLWARD, Gareth | Secretary | 2017-04-27 | 2020-03-24 |
| NEED, Tracey Ann | Secretary | 1998-06-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| SEDDON, Paul Marcus | Secretary | — | 1998-05-31 |
| AYLWARD, Gareth | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2020-04-28 |
| BLAKE, Patrick | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2022-05-12 |
| CONDON, Bernard | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2025-05-10 |
| CULLEN, Michael John | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2020-09-29 |
| FINNEY, Angela | Director | 2022-05-12 | 2024-03-31 |
| KYNASTON, William Alfred Gordon | Director | 2000-01-05 | 2000-03-31 |
| KYNASTON, William Alfred Gordon | Director | — | 1998-05-31 |
| NEED, Frederick John | Director | — | 2000-05-25 |
| NEED, Paul | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| NEED, Sandra Patricia | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| NEED, Sandra Patricia | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| NEED, Tracey Ann | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| PARKER, Andrew Edward | Director | 2024-03-31 | 2024-08-23 |
| SEDDON, Paul Marcus | Director | — | 2017-03-31 |
| SHAW, Katharine Linda | Director | 1996-08-01 | 2001-01-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ornua Nantwich Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Paul Need | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
| Miss Tracey Ann Need | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-28
-
Turnover
+6.8%
£154,695,526 £165,166,097
-
Cash
+57.3%
£356 £560
-
Net assets
-182%
£2,472,267 -£2,028,225
-
Employees
-9.1%
275 250
-
Operating profit
-177.8%
£3,472,100 -£2,702,805
-
Profit before tax
-514.9%
£1,189,566 -£4,935,698
-
Wages
-7.6%
£11,834,648 £10,930,932
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