KETTLE FOODS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+95.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£29M
+31.6% vs 2024
Employees
738
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£1M
+75.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- KETTLE FOODS LTD. 1990-11-22 → present
- THE KETTLE CRISP COMPANY LIMITED 1988-06-06 → 1990-11-22
- INTERCEDE 539 LIMITED 1988-03-31 → 1988-06-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £140,969,000 | £146,885,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,012,000 | £59,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,644,000 | -£1,407,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,642,000 | -£1,120,000 | |
| Cash | £4,206,000 | £8,229,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,945,000 | £32,914,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,939,000 | £28,877,000 | |
| Equity | £21,939,000 | £28,877,000 | |
| Average employees | 728 | 738 | |
| Wages | £25,827,000 | £28,738,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.8% | 0.0% | |
| Net margin | -4.7% | -0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -15.5% | 0.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | -2.43x | 0.04x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors refer to the net current liabilities and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements as a group company has agreed to provide financial support so that the Company are able to settle their debts as and when they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Group structure
- KETTLE FOODS LTD. · parent
- Kettle Grower Services Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EISSAUTIER, Thibaut Guy, Mr. | Director | 2023-01-03 | Jun 1963 | French,British |
| MOORE, Kevin Raymond George | Director | 2023-06-15 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MOSES-ROBERTS, Lindsey | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1974 | British |
| NICHOLLS, Lee Anthony | Director | 2023-04-01 | May 1971 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Katherine Susan | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2024-05-17 |
| BOAKES, Rosemary | Secretary | 1994-03-30 | 1996-06-30 |
| GREEN, Caroline Jane | Secretary | 1996-07-01 | 1998-10-09 |
| HOLLAND, Michael David | Secretary | 1998-10-09 | 2005-01-01 |
| MEYER, Timothy Henry | Secretary | — | 1994-03-30 |
| ABRAMS-RIVERA, Carlos Arturo | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2019-10-11 |
| AINSWORTH, Ian Christopher | Director | 2020-01-31 | 2023-05-05 |
| BRADLEY, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2004-12-31 | 2011-04-04 |
| BRIANT, Penelope Kate | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2020-01-31 |
| DAVIS, Paul Dean | Director | 2005-11-30 | 2006-09-08 |
| DRISCOLL, Andrew David | Director | 2020-01-31 | 2022-12-31 |
| DRISCOLL, Brian James | Director | 2017-04-11 | 2018-03-26 |
| DRISCOLL, Brian James | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2016-02-29 |
| HEALY, William Cameron | Director | — | 2005-01-01 |
| HICKS, Ashley James | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2023-04-01 |
| KHELLADI, Othmane | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2020-01-31 |
| LEE, Carl | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2017-04-11 |
| MENDES, Michael J | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2012-03-09 |
| MEYER, Timothy Henry | Director | — | 2005-11-30 |
| MURPHY, Michael Patrick | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2013-07-10 |
| NEIL, Steven Mead | Director | 2010-03-31 | 2012-03-09 |
| PEASE, Alexander Ward | Director | 2016-11-21 | 2018-03-26 |
| PUCKETT, Rick | Director | 2016-02-29 | 2016-11-21 |
| RODRIGUES, Jason Simon | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2020-01-31 |
| SILCOCK, Raymond Peter | Director | 2013-07-10 | 2016-02-29 |
| SMITH, Thomas | Director | 2018-03-26 | 2019-10-11 |
| WOLFORD, Richard George | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2012-05-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dfka Uk Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 228 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-19 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-24 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-24 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-21 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-05-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 4
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.2%
£140,969,000 £146,885,000
-
Cash
+95.6%
£4,206,000 £8,229,000
-
Net assets
+31.6%
£21,939,000 £28,877,000
-
Employees
+1.4%
728 738
-
Operating profit
+101.5%
-£4,012,000 £59,000
-
Profit before tax
+75.1%
-£5,644,000 -£1,407,000
-
Wages
+11.3%
£25,827,000 £28,738,000
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