PURA FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-20 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-06
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£78M
Equity attributable
Employees
160
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- PURA FOODS LIMITED 2000-05-02 → present
- PURA FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED 1992-07-31 → 2000-05-02
- CENTRAL EDIBLE OILS GROUP LIMITED 1988-01-21 → 1992-07-31
- CENTRAL EDIBLE OILS LIMITED 1987-09-28 → 1988-01-21
- FC870633 LIMITED 1987-08-28 → 1987-09-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,432,165 | £39,050,288 | |
| Operating profit | £1,757,239 | -£296,695 | |
| Profit before tax | £13,905,426 | £7,098,071 | |
| Net profit | £12,906,065 | £6,462,145 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £73,013,535 | £80,775,518 | |
| Net assets | £69,336,044 | £77,566,208 | |
| Equity | £69,336,044 | £77,566,208 | |
| Average employees | 155 | 160 | |
| Wages | £7,542,360 | £7,882,332 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 36.4% | 16.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.4% | -0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.1% | 23.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.20x | 3.05x | |
| Interest cover | 366.40x | -13.85x |
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
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PURA FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Edible Oils Limited 0.5%
Significant events
- “ADM Pura Limited, one of the immediate parents of the Company, is in the process of being wound up. As part of the process, the Company waived a £3.2m loan owed by ADM Pura Limited in April 2025.”
- “ADM Pura Limited distributed its investment in the Company to Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited in April 2025, making Archer Daniels Midland (UK) Limited the sole immediate parent of the Company.”
- “The A&H Pension Scheme, of which the Company became the Principal Employer in 2024, is in the process of being wound up, most likely to be completed in the third quarter of 2025.”
- “In January and March 2025, the pension surplus asset amounting to £2.2m was transferred from A&H Pension Scheme to ADM UK Pension Plan.”
- “In the first quarter of 2025, a Lecithin production line was written off resulting in a £1.7m loss.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Keith | Director | 2024-06-12 | May 1976 | American |
| ROGERS, Lance Thomas | Director | 2013-12-16 | Aug 1973 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FILMER, Stephen Thomas | Secretary | 1998-03-06 | 2015-12-10 |
| WATSON, Peter George | Secretary | — | 1998-03-06 |
| EVERSECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-12-10 | 2021-02-01 |
| ALSERDA, Douwe | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2021-02-01 |
| ANDERSON, William James | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2006-06-19 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin Stephen | Director | 1997-11-07 | 1998-09-30 |
| CAUNT, Ian Charles | Director | 1992-07-06 | 1997-11-07 |
| CHALLIS, Phillip Ernest | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| DAVIES, Peter John | Director | 1997-06-02 | 1999-04-07 |
| DEGEN, Marcus | Director | 2012-02-07 | 2019-11-11 |
| FALCONER, James Duncan | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| FARROW, Martin Paul | Director | 2019-11-11 | 2024-06-04 |
| GIRARD, Phillipa | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2024-06-12 |
| HAINES, William Harold | Director | 2000-09-06 | 2003-09-17 |
| HAYES, Kenneth Denis | Director | 2008-01-18 | 2011-12-16 |
| HLAWEK, Robin Andrew | Director | 2007-06-25 | 2010-12-10 |
| HOBSON, Robert | Director | 2004-07-02 | 2008-01-21 |
| HORRY, Christopher Peter | Director | 2010-12-09 | 2013-11-30 |
| HOWARD, Dennett | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2000-12-20 |
| HUMPHRY BAKER, Guy Neville | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2003-10-31 |
| HUTCHESON, Ian Stuart | Director | — | 2000-08-02 |
| JOHNSON, Gerard Andrew | Director | — | 1999-07-28 |
| JONGKIND, Rudolf | Director | 1993-01-25 | 1997-09-30 |
| KANEMARU, Henri Massao | Director | 2013-12-16 | 2015-03-31 |
| LIGHTNER, Erik | Director | 2003-11-12 | 2006-03-01 |
| MANLEY, Stephen Brian | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2003-08-31 |
| MC ROBBIE, William Ronald | Director | 2000-03-14 | 2003-09-17 |
| MCCARTHY, Daniel Charles | Director | 2008-01-18 | 2009-04-30 |
| MCLELLAND, Helen Louise | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2015-05-15 |
| MOORE, Stephen John | Director | 1999-04-22 | 2000-12-31 |
| OHARA, James Anthony | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| PIELLEY, Ronald Anthony, Dr | Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
| PINNER, Ian Robert | Director | 2008-01-18 | 2012-01-31 |
| RAYNE, Douglas Edward | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2003-09-17 |
| SAATHOFF, Todd | Director | 2003-08-13 | 2004-07-02 |
| SANNER, Marc Alan | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2007-06-25 |
| TAYLOR, James Moultrie | Director | 1997-03-07 | 1998-05-29 |
| TROWSDALE, Stephen Ronald | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2003-09-17 |
| WARD, William Robert | Director | 1999-04-26 | 2001-02-21 |
| WEIR, James | Director | 1998-09-24 | 2000-03-10 |
| WEIR, James | Director | 1992-07-06 | 1993-03-25 |
| ZEHR, Steven Paul | Director | 2006-03-07 | 2008-10-30 |
| ZENUK, Mark Nicholas | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2007-09-28 |
| ACATOS & HUTCHESON PLC | Corporate Director | — | 1992-07-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adm Pura Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-17 |
| Archer Daniels Midland (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-05 | 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31