ARLA FOODS LIMITED

1. ARLA FOODS LIMITED 2004-03-17 → present
2. ARLA FOODS PLC 2000-06-02 → 2004-03-17
3. MD FOODS PLC 1992-03-02 → 2000-06-02
4. ASSOCIATED DAIRIES LIMITED 1987-08-25 → 1992-03-02
5. LUSHJUST LIMITED 1987-06-30 → 1987-08-25

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 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The impact on the group and company during the assessment period is not considered to create any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that could cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Therefore, the directors are satisfied the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities for a period to 30 June 2026, keeping within current funding facility limits.”

Group structure

1. ARLA FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Arla Foods (Westbury) Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
   2. Arla Foods Ingredients UK Limited 100% · UK · Holding company
   3. Arla Foods Cheese Company Limited 100% · UK · Holder of cheese inventory rights
   4. Westbury Dairies Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
   5. Arla Foods Hatfield Limited 100% · UK · Lease holder
   6. Arla Foods Pension Plan Trustees Limited 50% · UK · Trustee company
   7. Yeo Valley Dairies Limited 100% · UK · Brand licence holder
   8. The Cheese Company Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
   9. Cornish Country Larder Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
   10. TCC Pension Fund Trust Limited 100% · UK · Dormant company
   11. Arla Foods Ingredients Taw Valley Limited 100% · UK · Processing of whey
   12. Lockerbie Biogas Limited 100% · UK · Manufacture of biogas

Significant events

• “In 2024 Arla launched a nationwide initiative to ensure fresh dairy provision in food charities across the country.”
• “Two new solar parks signed under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), which will supply around 20% of the energy needed to power Arla's entire UK operation from renewable sources, were operational in 2024.”
• “Launched in November 2024 both Arla and Müller united all 400 of Tesco's Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG) farmers across the UK in the initiative.”
• “On 28 March 2024 the company purchased 3,271,200 £0.01 ordinary shares, 12,000,000 £0.01 A ordinary shares, 31,950,000 £1 preference shares, 12,000,000 USD 0.00001 A preference shares, 3,271,200 USD 0.00001 B preference shares and 31,950,000 C preference shares of The Cheese Company Limited from a fellow group undertaking for £57.5m.”
• “On 7 May 2024 the company purchased 100 ordinary £1 shares of Lockerbie Biogas Limited for £0.7m making it a wholly owned subsidiary.”
• “On 15 October 2024 Milk Link Holdings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the company, was dissolved.”

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

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -0.5%

  £3,048,988,000 → £3,032,722,000

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +5.3%

  £397,839,000 → £418,865,000

• Employees

  -0.6%

  3,806 → 3,783

• Operating profit

  -77.9%

  £64,797,000 → £14,350,000

• Profit before tax

  -3.8%

  £44,743,000 → £43,041,000

• Wages

  +5.2%

  £176,240,000 → £185,353,000

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