PRODUCE WORLD GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+21.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+31.4% vs 2023
Employees
376
-9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+189.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- PRODUCE WORLD GROUP LTD 2013-08-13 → present
- PRODUCE WORLD (BUTTERWICK) LIMITED 2013-02-19 → 2013-08-13
- PRODUCE WORLD MARSHALLS LIMITED 2011-06-30 → 2013-02-19
- MARSHALL BROS. (BUTTERWICK) LIMITED 1996-01-01 → 2011-06-30
- MARSHALL BROS. (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1995-10-23 → 1996-01-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,199,000 | £109,069,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,942,000 | £4,034,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,131,000 | £3,274,000 | |
| Net profit | £372,000 | £2,894,000 | |
| Cash | £3,716,000 | £4,523,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,517,000 | £13,098,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,223,000 | £12,117,000 | |
| Equity | £9,223,000 | £12,117,000 | |
| Average employees | 413 | 376 | |
| Wages | £12,482,000 | £12,939,000 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 2.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.5% | 30.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.11x | |
| Interest cover | 2.39x | 5.31x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have satisfied themselves that they expect the existing or equivalent facilities to continue to be available to the company for not less than 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- PRODUCE WORLD GROUP LTD · parent
- Aurora Produce Limited 100%
- Burgess Farming Limited 100%
- Neat Organic Limited 100%
- Produce World (Chatteris) Limited 100%
- Produce World (EBT Trustees) Limited 100%
- Produce World (Isleham) Limited 100%
- Produce World (Sutton Bridge) Limited 100%
- Produce World (Yaxley) Limited 100%
- Produce World Limited 100%
- Riverside Sutton Bridge Limited 100%
- Swinderby Produce Limited 100%
- The Organic Carrot Company Limited 100%
- Tio Limited 100%
- Butterwick Produce Limited 100%
- Taylorgrown Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, Ben Anthony | Secretary | 2023-02-20 | — | — |
| BARKER, James Edward | Director | 2017-01-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| ROLFE, Joseph Owen | Director | 2020-09-01 | May 1987 | British |
| SCOTT, Michael David | Director | 2021-09-30 | Aug 1966 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATKIN, Ian | Secretary | 2007-11-19 | 2008-01-10 |
| CARTER, Rebecca Lee | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2022-10-03 |
| DEBNAM, John Bardwell | Secretary | 1995-10-23 | 2007-11-19 |
| NEWTON, Ian Eric | Secretary | 2008-01-10 | 2011-09-01 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-10-23 | 1995-10-23 |
| ALLEN, Linda Noreen | Director | 2007-11-21 | 2008-06-27 |
| ANDERSON, Ian Alexander | Director | 2018-12-01 | 2021-01-19 |
| BATKIN, Ian | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2011-07-04 |
| BURGESS, Andrew Stanley | Director | 2019-05-07 | 2025-10-10 |
| BURGESS, David William Ashley | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2025-10-10 |
| BURGESS, Jason Charles | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2025-10-10 |
| BURGESS, Jason Charles | Director | 2009-06-16 | 2015-02-10 |
| CALDER, Geoff | Director | 2018-05-08 | 2023-05-31 |
| CLARE, Nigel Peter | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2009-05-11 |
| CRAIG, Ian Alexander | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2025-09-25 |
| DEBNAM, John Bardwell | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2007-11-19 |
| EFFINGHAM, Phillip Howard | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2011-09-01 |
| FARMAN, Timothy Marshall | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2002-03-28 |
| FRASER, Neil Donald | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2016-01-29 |
| FROST, David Thomas | Director | 2015-02-10 | 2016-10-28 |
| JONES, Philip | Director | 2012-03-30 | 2016-09-30 |
| MARSHALL, David Edward | Director | 1995-10-23 | 2011-06-30 |
| MOODY, Robert P | Director | 2012-04-06 | 2013-10-01 |
| NEWTON, Ian Eric | Director | 2008-01-10 | 2011-09-01 |
| SLOAN, Simon Christopher | Director | 2021-09-30 | 2022-06-30 |
| STARBUCK, Matthew Anthony | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| WING, Roger Henry | Director | 1995-10-23 | 1998-01-16 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-10-23 | 1995-10-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Produce World Investments Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-08-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
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Turnover
-1%
£110,199,000 £109,069,000
-
Cash
+21.7%
£3,716,000 £4,523,000
-
Net assets
+31.4%
£9,223,000 £12,117,000
-
Employees
-9%
413 376
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Operating profit
+107.7%
£1,942,000 £4,034,000
-
Profit before tax
+189.5%
£1,131,000 £3,274,000
-
Wages
+3.7%
£12,482,000 £12,939,000
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