LDH (LA DORIA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+274.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£100M
+7.1% vs 2023
Employees
96
-3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£17M
-15.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LDH (LA DORIA) LIMITED 1999-12-17 → present
- GERBER-LA DORIA (GLD) LIMITED 1997-03-27 → 1999-12-17
- PRECIS (1495) LIMITED 1996-12-12 → 1997-03-27
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 | £602,810,000 | £617,722,000 | |
| Operating profit | £21,260,000 | £17,852,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,724,000 | £16,751,000 | |
| Net profit | £15,433,000 | £12,308,000 | |
| Cash | £3,535,000 | £13,243,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £95,726,000 | £103,127,000 | |
| Net assets | £93,530,000 | £100,173,000 | |
| Equity | £93,530,000 | £100,173,000 | |
| Average employees | 99 | 96 | |
| Wages | £6,764,000 | £7,536,000 |
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 | 3.5% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.2% | 17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.5% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 12.96x | 14.07x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received confirmation from its parent company of its financial support for the Company for at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. Therefore, the directors feel confident that the Company is well positioned to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- LDH (LA DORIA) LIMITED · parent
- Oriental & Pacific Frozen Food Co. Limited 100%
- Manpineco Limited 100%
- Cook Italian Limited 100%
- Canpas Limited 100%
- LDH (La Doria) Ireland Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The directors have proposed and paid an ordinary dividend in respect of the current financial year of £8,711,000 (£8.711 per £1 ordinary share). This has not been included within creditors as it was not approved before the year end - see note 10.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERTI, Enzo Diodato, Mr. | Secretary | 2016-06-28 | — | — |
| DI MARTINO, Giuseppe | Director | 2008-04-04 | Jun 1970 | Italian |
| FERRAIOLI, Antonio | Director | 1997-03-19 | Apr 1954 | Italian |
| FERRAIOLI, Diodato | Director | 2022-01-31 | Aug 1987 | Italian |
| FESTA, Alberto | Director | 2010-01-18 | Nov 1960 | Italian |
| FINE, Barry Ivor | Director | 2007-08-13 | Apr 1958 | British,South African |
| HERMISTON, Steven James | Director | 2024-06-21 | Jan 1972 | British |
| LAMBERTI, Enzo Diodato | Director | 2022-01-31 | Feb 1981 | Italian,British |
| NICHOLAS, Paul Robert | Director | 2024-06-21 | Aug 1962 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINE, David Elias | Secretary | 1998-03-02 | 2015-04-29 |
| HANOVER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-03-18 | 1998-03-02 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-02-04 | 1997-03-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-12-12 | 1997-02-04 |
| BILES, Andrew John | Director | 1998-09-07 | 1999-12-15 |
| CATAPANO, Salvatore | Director | 2022-01-31 | 2024-06-20 |
| CHAPMAN, Brian Frederick Albert | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2007-07-03 |
| COHEN, Zvi Haim | Director | 1997-03-18 | 1998-10-05 |
| DILLON, John Edward Michael | Director | 1996-12-12 | 1997-03-18 |
| FERRAIOLI, Andrea | Director | 1997-03-19 | 2022-01-20 |
| FERRAIOLI, Rosa | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2019-02-28 |
| FINE, David Elias | Director | 1997-03-18 | 2025-06-30 |
| GOODWIN, John Charles | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2002-01-04 |
| MEADOWS, Ian Neville | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2008-12-15 |
| PERSICO, Sergio | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2022-01-20 |
| REENAN, Paul Gerrard | Director | 2014-02-07 | 2024-03-19 |
| RICCIULLI, Paolo | Director | 1999-12-16 | 2005-01-13 |
| SANKOWICZ, David | Director | 2010-09-27 | 2024-03-19 |
| THORPE, Stephen Charles | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2010-03-15 |
| THORPE, Stephen Charles | Director | 2008-12-15 | 2010-03-15 |
| VALSECCHI, Adolfo | Director | 2002-01-21 | 2013-11-01 |
| WILSON, Clare Alice | Director | 1996-12-12 | 1997-03-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Doria S.P.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+2.5%
£602,810,000 £617,722,000
-
Cash
+274.6%
£3,535,000 £13,243,000
-
Net assets
+7.1%
£93,530,000 £100,173,000
-
Employees
-3%
99 96
-
Operating profit
-16%
£21,260,000 £17,852,000
-
Profit before tax
-15.1%
£19,724,000 £16,751,000
-
Wages
+11.4%
£6,764,000 £7,536,000
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