C J WILDBIRD FOODS LIMITED

1. C J WILDBIRD FOODS LIMITED 1997-04-30 → present
2. C.J. (WILD BIRD FOODS) LIMITED 1987-02-19 → 1997-04-30

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Crowe U.K. LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Director's have prepared projections for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Company continued to have losses in 2025 but lower compared to 2024 because of the restructuring project. In Q2 2024 a turnaround plan was presented to its shareholders and banks to get the Company back to profitability. As part of this plan the shareholders should provide 3 capital contributions for a total of €3,750,000 and the parent company's bank will increase their overdraft facility from €1,900,000 to €2,650,000 if certain milestones are met. The last capital contribution was made in January 2025, according to the plan.”

Significant events

• “The Company continues to invest in improved production facilities and technology.”
• “In 2024 the move of the production facility from the UK to Oberhausen was completed.”
• “The exceptional item in the current and prior year relates to a VAT coding error in the finance system which resulted in VAT not being charged to online customers for a number of standard-rated bird food products which is irrecoverable from those customers.”
• “The Company's subsidiary undertakings CJ Wildlife Limited, Birdcare Limited, and Subbuteo Natural History Books Limited were dissolved during the year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -33.3%

  £10,703,555 → £7,138,479

• Cash

  -3.5%

  £744,320 → £718,611

• Net assets

  -13.1%

  £4,729,802 → £4,111,570

• Employees

  -42.1%

  76 → 44

• Operating profit

  +0.2%

  -£617,397 → -£616,124

• Profit before tax

  +4.8%

  -£649,348 → -£618,232

• Wages

  -37%

  £2,201,485 → £1,387,578

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