LESAFFRE UK AND IRELAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-11 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£40K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-19.9% vs 2023
Employees
23
+9.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-35.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- LESAFFRE UK AND IRELAND LIMITED 2017-01-17 → present
- DCL YEAST LIMITED 1992-07-17 → 2017-01-17
- L.H.B. (UK) LTD. 1992-06-05 → 1992-07-17
- ELKINHILL LIMITED 1992-04-27 → 1992-06-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,242,734 | £27,557,983 | |
| Operating profit | £5,843,939 | £3,635,897 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,063,205 | £3,889,239 | |
| Net profit | £4,630,055 | £2,906,803 | |
| Cash | £40,003 | £40,004 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,882,350 | £7,068,216 | |
| Net assets | £8,662,874 | £6,939,622 | |
| Equity | £8,662,874 | £6,939,622 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 23 | |
| Wages | £1,725,236 | £1,511,931 |
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 | 21.5% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 65.8% | 51.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.2% | 39.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.32x | 2.41x | |
| Interest cover | 320.58x | 119.63x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this assessment, the directors are satisfied that the company has sufficient resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- LESAFFRE UK AND IRELAND LIMITED · parent
- Fermex Limited 100%
- DCL Yeast Limited 100%
- Freebake Limited 100%
Significant events
- “More generally, the continued geopolitical climate along with uncertainly due to the continued conflicts in Ukraine, we continually review the impact on commodity pricing and the impact to the local market.”
- “Cybersecurity has become a critical priority for our business as we recognise the importance of safeguarding our systems, data and digital assets from ever evolving cyber threats. At Lesaffre UK & Ireland Limited, we continue to implement our cybersecurity roadmap to protect against unauthorised access, data breaches, and other malicious cyber activities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACLENNAN, Clare | Director | 2024-05-02 | Jan 1976 | British |
| SAINGIER, Vincent Pascal | Director | 2016-10-01 | Dec 1969 | French |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAULLIEZ, Sylvain | Secretary | 2012-10-31 | 2017-12-31 |
| ROBBRECHT, Andre | Secretary | 2005-09-01 | 2012-10-31 |
| PHS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-06-12 | 2005-09-01 |
| ABRAHAM, Michael Richard | Director | 2013-04-29 | 2018-11-30 |
| CASIER, Marc Joseph-Georges | Director | 2005-08-01 | 2016-10-01 |
| COUASNON, Pierre-Yves | Director | 2023-09-05 | 2024-04-29 |
| LESAFFRE, Lucien | Director | 1992-06-12 | 2005-08-02 |
| LORETTE, Emmanuel | Director | 2012-04-26 | 2013-04-29 |
| PERCHEREAU, Marie-Cecile | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2023-08-28 |
| RANKIN, Stuart Ian | Director | 1992-07-17 | 2005-04-27 |
| ROSSI, Paolo | Director | 2007-03-01 | 2012-04-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algist Bruggeman Nv | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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
-
Turnover
+1.2%
£27,242,734 £27,557,983
-
Cash
0%
£40,003 £40,004
-
Net assets
-19.9%
£8,662,874 £6,939,622
-
Employees
+9.5%
21 23
-
Operating profit
-37.8%
£5,843,939 £3,635,897
-
Profit before tax
-35.9%
£6,063,205 £3,889,239
-
Wages
-12.4%
£1,725,236 £1,511,931
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