SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-03 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-20
Watchouts
Cash
£67M
-29.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£133M
-16.8% vs 2023
Employees
9,348
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£28M
+1.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED 1996-04-26 → present
- POWERMINE LIMITED 1995-10-20 → 1996-04-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,318,921,000 | £1,391,740,000 | |
| Operating profit | £41,775,000 | £47,441,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £27,503,000 | £27,955,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,691,000 | £17,453,000 | |
| Cash | £95,841,000 | £67,496,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £445,700,000 | £429,068,000 | |
| Net assets | £160,228,000 | £133,233,000 | |
| Equity | £160,228,000 | £133,233,000 | |
| Average employees | 8,975 | 9,348 | |
| Wages | £303,593,000 | £330,368,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.4% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 79.6% | 82.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | 2.78x | 2.33x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the Company's financial statements. In conclusion, having considered a range of plausible scenarios, the Directors have concluded that the Company remains well positioned to continue to improve its profitability and the significant investment programme across the Company.”
Group structure
- SAMWORTH BROTHERS LIMITED · parent
- Ginsters Limited 100%
- Thorpe Butler Limited 100%
- Westward Laboratories Limited 100%
- Walker & Son (Leicester) Limited 100%
- Moss Side Products Limited 100%
- Walkers (Leicester) Limited 100%
- Dickinson & Morris Limited 100%
- Tamar Foods Limited 100%
- Mrs King's Pork Pies Limited 100%
- West Cornwall Pasty Company Franchise Ltd 100%
- Henry Walker (Retail) Limited 100%
- Melton Foods Limited 100%
- Samworth Brothers Distribution Limited 100%
- Kettleby Foods Limited 100%
- Samworth Brothers Health Care Scheme Limited 100%
- The Flavourists Limited 100%
- Blueberry Foods Limited 100%
- Revolution Kitchen Limited 100%
- West Cornwall Pasty Co. Limited 100%
- West Cornwall Food Co. Limited 100%
- Manton Wood Limited 100%
- Broomco 53245 Limited 100%
- The Real Wrap Co. Limited 100%
- Bossam Holdings Limited 57.5%
- Freshways Limited 57.5%
Significant events
- “In April 2024, the Company increased our shareholding in the Real Wrap Co. Limited from 34% to 100%, taking full control of the business.”
- “On 30 June 2024, the Company completed a reconstruction that resulted in the transfer of the trade and assets of Broomco 53245 Limited (formerly Higgidy Limited) to Samworth Brothers Limited, accounted for as a merger.”
- “The Group's revolving credit facility was increased from £150m to £190m to provide additional financial headroom.”
- “The application of merger accounting resulted in the recognition of a negative reserve of £25.2m being recognised directly in equity, followed by an impairment in relation to the Higgidy business which resulted in the total reserve of £25.2m being a realised loss.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
13 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Secretary | 2024-01-02 | — | — |
| AUSTIN, Matthew Edward | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
| BOUCH, Rachael | Director | 2026-01-05 | Apr 1968 | British |
| CUNNINGHAM, Stephen John | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1966 | British |
| HAYNES, Darren | Director | 2023-06-01 | Feb 1968 | British |
| KAUSHAL, Sunita | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| LEA, Andrew Frederick | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1980 | British |
| MITCHELL, Samuel James | Director | 2024-09-01 | May 1971 | British |
| MOORE, Clare Helen | Director | 2026-01-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| SAMWORTH, Mark Charles Chetwode | Director | 1996-02-12 | Oct 1970 | British |
| SULLIVAN, Lee Ernest | Director | 2026-01-05 | Aug 1967 | British |
| WALSH BAILEY, Kerrie Louise | Director | 2026-01-05 | Sep 1980 | British |
| WOOKEY, Simon James Penny | Director | 2019-01-07 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, Malcolm Roy | Secretary | 1996-01-11 | 1996-07-26 |
| BARKER, Timothy James | Secretary | 1996-07-26 | 2024-01-02 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-20 | 1996-01-03 |
| ARMITAGE, Richard James | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2018-04-06 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2023-12-31 |
| BARKER, Anita Marie | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| BARTON, Alan | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2014-08-05 |
| CROSSLEY, Stephen Roy | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| DAVEY, Paul John | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| DRAISEY, Stephen Michael | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| DUDDRIDGE, Mark Francis | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2015-09-25 |
| EDWARDS, Christopher Graham | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2002-11-21 |
| FLETCHER, Ian Antony | Director | 2014-09-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| HEALY, Flor Aiden | Director | 2018-01-08 | 2022-05-27 |
| KEARNEY, Denis Patrick | Director | 1996-02-12 | 1997-10-15 |
| KNIGHT, Michael Alexander | Director | 2015-11-16 | 2017-04-06 |
| LAKE, Mary-Ann | Director | 2015-01-01 | 2023-07-03 |
| LEWIS, Gareth Rhys | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2015-03-01 |
| MAHONEY, Richard Hugo Wyndham | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2024-06-24 |
| MARRIS, Richard Alexis Robertson | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| NOBLE, Charles | Director | 2024-01-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| POWNALL, Lindsey Jane | Director | 2001-03-01 | 2016-01-06 |
| SAMWORTH, David Chetwode | Director | 1996-01-11 | 2001-07-31 |
| STEIN, Brian | Director | 1996-02-12 | 2012-04-05 |
| WERTH, Joanne Mary | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-12-31 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-20 | 1996-01-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samworth Brothers (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-05-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
+5.5%
£1,318,921,000 £1,391,740,000
-
Cash
-29.6%
£95,841,000 £67,496,000
-
Net assets
-16.8%
£160,228,000 £133,233,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
8,975 9,348
-
Operating profit
+13.6%
£41,775,000 £47,441,000
-
Profit before tax
+1.6%
£27,503,000 £27,955,000
-
Wages
+8.8%
£303,593,000 £330,368,000
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