DELICE DE FRANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-13 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+67.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+15.4% vs 2023
Employees
322
+0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+59.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DELICE DE FRANCE LIMITED 2011-11-28 → present
- DELICE DE FRANCE PLC 1987-07-20 → 2011-11-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-25 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,681,129 | £96,420,615 | |
| Operating profit | £3,473,023 | £5,146,120 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,246,149 | £5,166,473 | |
| Net profit | £2,808,597 | £5,169,832 | |
| Cash | £5,169,380 | £8,670,929 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,251,235 | £10,439,366 | |
| Net assets | £9,204,554 | £10,620,088 | |
| Equity | £9,204,554 | £10,620,088 | |
| Average employees | 319 | 322 | |
| Wages | £12,260,381 | £14,225,644 |
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 | 2023-11-25 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 5.3% | |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.5% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.26x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | 15.31x | 1562.27x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have concluded that they can continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Significant events
- “2024 has been a landmark year for Delice de France (Delice), marking our first full year with our new partner Financière Menissez (FLM), who came on board on 30th November 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CACALY, Thierry | Secretary | 2013-12-01 | — | — |
| BAYLISS, Jennifer | Director | 2019-10-29 | Feb 1971 | British |
| CACALY, Thierry | Director | 2013-12-01 | May 1971 | French |
| CHIA, Anthea Siew Lian | Director | 2019-10-04 | Jan 1979 | British |
| STURGESS, Martin | Director | 2019-10-29 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALWAY, Ronan | Secretary | 2010-05-21 | 2010-08-10 |
| GARCIA, Elizabeth Marguerite Marie Alice | Secretary | — | 1995-02-01 |
| HIRJI, Gulzar | Secretary | 1998-05-18 | 1999-07-23 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Keith | Secretary | 1995-02-01 | 1998-01-27 |
| LOWTHER, Alan | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2007-03-09 |
| MANNING, Cormac | Secretary | 2010-08-10 | 2013-12-01 |
| MINAHAN, Ronan | Secretary | 2009-02-15 | 2010-05-21 |
| MORRISSEY, Pat | Secretary | 2007-03-09 | 2009-02-15 |
| PHELAN, John Anthony | Secretary | 1999-07-23 | 2001-04-06 |
| STANSIL, Frank | Secretary | 1998-02-18 | 1998-06-18 |
| BOTT, Martin Clive | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2009-11-23 |
| BRITTAIN, John | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2004-03-18 |
| BROWN, Lisa | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2004-03-18 |
| CACALY, Thierry | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2003-06-02 |
| CAHILL, John | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2000-01-17 |
| DROOG, Hans | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2002-12-31 |
| DUKE, David | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2004-03-18 |
| FISHER, Mitchell | Director | 1997-09-17 | 1999-07-23 |
| GALWEY, Ronan | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2010-08-10 |
| GIBSON, Mark | Director | 2010-05-21 | 2011-05-05 |
| HAREN, Francis | Director | 2000-01-17 | 2001-08-01 |
| HART, Graham | Director | 2015-11-05 | 2017-07-07 |
| JENVEY, Max | Director | 2019-10-29 | 2021-04-30 |
| KELLY, Martin Joseph | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2016-09-19 |
| KILLIAN, Owen | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2009-02-15 |
| LYNCH, Philip | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2004-09-04 |
| MANNING, Cormac Joseph | Director | 2010-08-10 | 2013-12-01 |
| MARTIN, David | Director | 1999-07-23 | 2004-10-29 |
| MCENIFF, Patrick | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2009-02-15 |
| MINAHAN, Ronan | Director | 2008-04-20 | 2010-05-21 |
| MURPHY, Dermot | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2018-07-09 |
| MURPHY, Sean Timothy | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2019-10-04 |
| O'DONOGHUE, David Jeremiah | Director | 2008-04-29 | 2013-12-01 |
| PROCTOR, James Anthony | Director | 2018-07-09 | 2019-10-04 |
| RAI, Harveen | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2013-12-01 |
| REYNOLDS, Alan Richard | Director | 1994-05-03 | 2000-05-01 |
| SIGNOLET, Elizabeth Marguerite Marie Alice | Director | — | 1999-07-23 |
| SIGNOLET, Philippe Henri Gerard | Director | — | 2000-08-05 |
| STANSIL, Frank | Director | 1995-06-09 | 2001-10-29 |
| SULEMAN, Hanif Adam | Director | 1998-09-29 | 2001-03-31 |
| TOAL, Ian John | Director | 2010-05-21 | 2011-08-01 |
| TOITOT, Christophe | Director | 2000-11-21 | 2004-03-18 |
| VIOLLEAU, Patrice Raymond Georges | Director | 2000-07-25 | 2000-11-17 |
| WEETMAN, Nicholas Philip | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ddf Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-10-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 265 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-12-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-12-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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 2023-11-25
-
Turnover
+18%
£81,681,129 £96,420,615
-
Cash
+67.7%
£5,169,380 £8,670,929
-
Net assets
+15.4%
£9,204,554 £10,620,088
-
Employees
+0.9%
319 322
-
Operating profit
+48.2%
£3,473,023 £5,146,120
-
Profit before tax
+59.2%
£3,246,149 £5,166,473
-
Wages
+16%
£12,260,381 £14,225,644
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