VITTLES FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£953K
+23,104.6% vs 2023
Net assets
-£14M
-97.7% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£7M
-56.8% vs 2023
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 | £9,603,275 | £10,045,859 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,654,885 | -£5,667,041 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,295,445 | -£6,737,068 | |
| Net profit | -£4,295,445 | -£6,737,068 | |
| Cash | £4,105 | £952,548 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,381,992 | £4,452,010 | |
| Net assets | -£6,893,153 | -£13,630,221 | |
| Equity | -£6,893,153 | -£13,630,221 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -38.1% | -56.4% | |
| Net margin | -44.7% | -67.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -83.4% | -127.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 203.7% | 248.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | -5.71x | -5.30x |
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
“At 31 December 2024, the company has net current assets of £263,729 (2023: net current liabilities of £123, 805) and has net liabilities of £13,630,221 (2023: net liabilities of £6,893,153), which includes £18,066,177 (2023: £10,972,514) of amounts owed to group companies. The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which relies on the continued support of the ultimate parent undertaking, Givesco Bakery A/S. Written confirmation has been given by Givesco Bakery A/S that it will continue to provide financial and non-financial support as required by Vittles Limited to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of the signing of the audit report. The going concern basis is therefore considered appropriate as the directors believe that with this guarantee in place, the company will be able to remain in operational existence for at least a period of 12 months from the date of the signing of the audit report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESKILDSEN, Kenneth Skov | Director | 2012-11-08 | Sep 1973 | Danish |
| HANDSCOMBE, Richard | Director | 2012-11-08 | Mar 1954 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZALESNY, Julie Claire | Secretary | 1994-04-19 | 2014-12-15 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-04-19 | 1994-04-19 |
| CRIMP, Alastair Robert | Director | 2017-06-21 | 2022-04-10 |
| NICHOLSON, Andrew Richard | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2011-04-21 |
| SIMPSON, Peter Gordon | Director | 2010-08-01 | 2023-03-17 |
| ZALESNY, Julie Claire | Director | 1994-04-19 | 2014-12-15 |
| ZALESNY, Martin | Director | 1994-04-19 | 2012-11-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Givesco Bakeries As | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2018-11-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-11-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
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
-
Turnover
+4.6%
£9,603,275 £10,045,859
-
Cash
+23,104.6%
£4,105 £952,548
-
Net assets
-97.7%
-£6,893,153 -£13,630,221
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-55.1%
-£3,654,885 -£5,667,041
-
Profit before tax
-56.8%
-£4,295,445 -£6,737,068
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