DANISH CROWN UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£68M
+197.5% vs 2023
Employees
714
+38.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£10M
-194.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- DANISH CROWN UK LIMITED 2005-04-19 → present
- DANISH BACON INDEPENDENT (DBI) UK LIMITED 1986-08-12 → 2005-04-19
- DANISH BACON INDEPENDENT (DIB) UK LIMITED 1986-06-06 → 1986-08-12
- FADERS LIMITED 1986-05-20 → 1986-06-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £610,613,000 | £608,129,000 | |
| Operating profit | £12,887,000 | -£4,601,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £10,492,000 | -£9,898,000 | |
| Net profit | £8,621,000 | -£6,423,000 | |
| Cash | £12,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £62,391,000 | £154,614,000 | |
| Net assets | £22,789,000 | £67,793,000 | |
| Equity | £22,789,000 | £67,792,000 | |
| Average employees | 517 | 714 | |
| Wages | £17,896,000 | £23,218,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.1% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.7% | -3.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.5% | 68.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 5.06x | -0.84x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- DANISH CROWN UK LIMITED · parent
- Leivers Brothers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year Danish Crown UK completed its investment of more than £100 million in a new 30,500 sqm processing facility. Using highly automated production equipment and the latest processing technology to slice and pack bacon and gammon produced to UK welfare and food safety standards.”
- “The Company completed the investment in a new plant in Rochdale, UK, for slicing and packaging Danish bacon for the UK market. The state-of-the-art facility will employ around 300 staff and handle over 900 tonnes of bacon weekly.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAYLOR, Christopher | Secretary | 2024-11-08 | — | — |
| DUNNING, Jamie | Director | 2025-09-01 | Feb 1973 | British |
| NEASHAM, Christopher David | Director | 2019-08-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| RYAN, Mark | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1975 | British |
| TWIGG, Kerry | Director | 2023-04-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, Clint Paul | Secretary | 2011-02-10 | 2018-09-14 |
| NOBLE, Colin Henry | Secretary | — | 2000-03-31 |
| ROBINSON, Martyn | Secretary | 2018-09-14 | 2024-11-08 |
| SCOTT, Nigel George | Secretary | 2000-04-01 | 2009-08-31 |
| ALBERTSEN, Lars Bech | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2024-05-30 |
| BEARDSHALL, Carl | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2022-09-16 |
| BONEFELD, Kresten | Director | — | 1994-02-01 |
| BRADBURY, Anna | Director | 2022-03-08 | 2025-02-17 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Egil | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2003-02-28 |
| CHRISTENSEN, Thomas Brebol | Director | 2017-03-20 | 2019-06-30 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, Jens Haven | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2008-11-03 |
| EDELMANN, Jesper Scheel | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1997-06-16 |
| ENEVOLDSEN, Flemming Nyenstad | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-03-30 |
| ERIKSEN, Soren | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2022-03-08 |
| FRIIS, Jesper Roholm | Director | 2014-04-28 | 2015-02-01 |
| GOTZSCHE, Kaj | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| HANSEN, Allan Munch | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2024-10-22 |
| HAURUM, Gert | Director | — | 1994-02-01 |
| JAKOBSSON, Ole | Director | — | 1998-01-01 |
| JENSEN, Kristian Hess | Director | — | 1993-09-27 |
| JOHANNESEN, Kjeld, Mr. | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2014-04-28 |
| JOHANNESEN, Kjeld | Director | — | 2001-02-13 |
| JOSEFSEN, Jens | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1996-04-01 |
| JØRGENSEN, Tim Ørting | Director | 2022-11-02 | 2024-08-30 |
| KJELDSEN, Gert | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-10-01 |
| KNUDSEN, Bent Hjort | Director | 1994-02-01 | 2001-02-13 |
| LASSEN, Bent Claudi | Director | — | 1999-03-23 |
| LAWTON, Robert James | Director | — | 2001-02-13 |
| LEHRMANN, Carsten, Mr. | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2017-03-20 |
| LEHRMANN, Jacob | Director | 2017-02-15 | 2019-05-31 |
| LENBROCH, Kasper | Director | 2022-03-08 | 2022-06-30 |
| LINDELOV, Flemming, President & Group Ceo | Director | — | 1990-10-19 |
| MARIBO, Bent | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1999-10-01 |
| MIKKELSEN, Niels Gottrup | Director | 1999-03-23 | 2001-02-13 |
| MOLLER, Niels Ingemann | Director | 1997-06-16 | 2001-02-13 |
| MORRIS, Clint Paul | Director | 2011-09-01 | 2018-09-14 |
| NOBLE, Colin Henry | Director | — | 2000-03-31 |
| NORDSTROM, Jan | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2015-05-01 |
| PETERSEN, Morten | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2009-07-01 |
| ROBINSON, Martyn James | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2024-11-08 |
| SCOTT, Nigel George | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2009-09-08 |
| SIMMONS, Mark | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2026-01-23 |
| SKOVGAARD KRISTENSEN, Erik | Director | — | 1994-02-01 |
| SMITH, Kevin Francis | Director | 2001-02-13 | 2005-04-29 |
| VALEUR, Jais Stampe Li | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2017-03-20 |
| VESTERBÆK, Ole | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2022-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danish Crown A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 226 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-10-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-0.4%
£610,613,000 £608,129,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+197.5%
£22,789,000 £67,793,000
-
Employees
+38.1%
517 714
-
Operating profit
-135.7%
£12,887,000 -£4,601,000
-
Profit before tax
-194.3%
£10,492,000 -£9,898,000
-
Wages
+29.7%
£17,896,000 £23,218,000
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