GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS UK & IRELAND LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-23 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
+44.6% vs 2023
Employees
45
-4.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+3,680% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS UK & IRELAND LTD 2012-07-19 → present
- CFS UK AND IRELAND LTD 2002-01-10 → 2012-07-19
- CONVENIENCE FOOD SYSTEMS LIMITED 1999-05-07 → 2002-01-10
- CFS FINANCE LIMITED 1997-02-05 → 1999-05-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,859,000 | £23,699,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£29,000 | £1,772,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £55,000 | £2,079,000 | |
| Net profit | £60,000 | £1,557,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £3,489,000 | £5,046,000 | |
| Equity | £3,489,000 | £5,046,000 | |
| Average employees | 47 | 45 | |
| Wages | £3,281,000 | £3,406,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.2% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 6.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.64x | |
| Interest cover | -2.90x | 84.38x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS UK & IRELAND LTD · parent
- Dixie-Union (UK) Limited 100%
- Wolfking Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9th July 2024 Dixie-Union (UK) Limited was dissolved.”
- “On 3rd September 2024 Wolfking Limited was dissolved”
- “The Company's policy of streamlining its overall activities continued during the year, and will continue with the integration into the GEA UK organisation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEREWOOD, Sarah Joyce | Director | 2023-03-28 | Dec 1982 | British |
| NOLAN, Darren James | Director | 2026-03-16 | Aug 1973 | Irish |
| OZ, Ozgur | Director | 2025-07-07 | Aug 1986 | Turkish |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Paul Robert | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 1999-10-08 |
| DAVIES, Byron James | Secretary | 1999-10-08 | 2000-07-25 |
| DONBAVAND, Timothy John | Secretary | 2022-08-10 | 2025-07-07 |
| FIFER, Steven Murray | Secretary | 2017-07-12 | 2022-08-10 |
| KATECHIA, Hitesh | Secretary | 2000-07-25 | 2009-12-04 |
| LEEVES, Ernest David | Secretary | 1997-04-17 | 1997-08-01 |
| PRESTON, Nicolas Richard | Secretary | 2015-11-03 | 2017-07-12 |
| RICHARDS, Edwin David Charles | Secretary | 1997-02-05 | 1997-04-17 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-15 | 1997-02-05 |
| ALLARDICE, Stephen | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-07-27 |
| APRCOVIC, Ilija | Director | 2017-04-21 | 2019-06-04 |
| BERGMAN, Carl Olof | Director | 1997-04-17 | 1997-08-01 |
| BROOKS, Paul Robert | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1999-10-08 |
| DAVIES, Byron James | Director | 1999-10-08 | 2000-07-25 |
| DONBAVAND, Timothy John | Director | 2017-08-02 | 2025-07-07 |
| DUMBLE, Barry Graydon | Director | 2019-06-04 | 2020-04-17 |
| FOX, Ruth Margaret | Director | 1997-02-05 | 1997-02-05 |
| GERRARD, Alan Paul | Director | 2015-11-03 | 2017-04-21 |
| GOLDING, Barry | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2005-10-31 |
| GREAVES, Simon St John | Director | 2009-11-17 | 2012-06-14 |
| HARE, Paul Richard | Director | 1997-02-05 | 1997-02-05 |
| HODGSON, Michael | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2023-10-31 |
| KATECHIA, Hitesh | Director | 2001-04-02 | 2009-12-04 |
| LEEVES, Ernest David | Director | 1997-04-17 | 1997-08-01 |
| O'NEILL, Tracey Ann | Director | 2017-08-02 | 2021-06-14 |
| PATERSON, Derek | Director | 2020-04-17 | 2023-03-28 |
| PATERSON, Derek | Director | 2014-03-17 | 2015-11-03 |
| PICKERSGILL, Peter | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2013-10-25 |
| RICHARDS, Edwin David Charles | Director | 1997-02-05 | 1997-04-17 |
| ROWE, Drusilla Charlotte Jane | Nominee Director | 1996-11-15 | 1997-02-05 |
| SIDDALL, Ian Alan | Director | 1997-02-05 | 1997-04-17 |
| STECK, Richard Siegfried Josef | Director | 2013-10-25 | 2014-03-17 |
| TENCH, Christopher Vincent | Director | 2012-06-14 | 2015-08-01 |
| WELLS, Ian | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2012-06-14 |
| ZUERCHER, Eleanor Jane | Nominee Director | 1996-11-15 | 1997-02-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gea Group Aktiengesellschaft | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-04-27 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-08-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+32.7%
£17,859,000 £23,699,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+44.6%
£3,489,000 £5,046,000
-
Employees
-4.3%
47 45
-
Operating profit
+6,210.3%
-£29,000 £1,772,000
-
Profit before tax
+3,680%
£55,000 £2,079,000
-
Wages
+3.8%
£3,281,000 £3,406,000
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