ORION FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£361K
-0.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5M
+23% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
228
-2.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+48.5% vs 2024
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £10,850,777 | — | £13,729,568 | — | £13,573,631 | — | £14,026,733 | £13,805,141 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £365,118 | — | £1,288,810 | — | £601,005 | — | £721,565 | £1,075,084 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £365,160 | — | £1,287,511 | — | £601,963 | — | £723,637 | £1,074,628 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £291,025 | — | £1,016,767 | — | £514,246 | — | £663,575 | £900,057 | |
| Cash | £593,579 | £593,579 | £1,371,378 | £1,371,378 | £1,903,282 | £1,903,282 | £925,544 | £925,544 | £362,604 | £361,024 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,424,396 | — | £1,778,346 | — | £2,936,984 | — | £3,529,015 | — | £4,242,469 | £5,021,277 | |
| Net assets | £1,424,396 | — | £1,715,421 | — | £2,732,188 | — | £3,246,434 | — | £3,910,009 | £4,810,066 | |
| Equity | £1,424,396 | — | £1,715,421 | — | £2,732,188 | — | £3,246,434 | — | £3,910,009 | £4,810,066 | |
| Average employees | 183 | — | 191 | — | 185 | — | 215 | — | 234 | 228 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,228,092 | — | £2,332,538 | — | £2,762,663 | — | £3,257,378 | £3,284,666 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-04-01 | 2021-03-31 | 2021-04-01 | 2022-03-31 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-03-31 | 2023-04-01 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 3.4% | — | 9.4% | — | 4.4% | — | 5.1% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.7% | — | 7.4% | — | 3.8% | — | 4.7% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 20.5% | — | 43.9% | — | 17.0% | — | 17.0% | 21.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.89x | 2.31x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 992.16x | — | 624.75x | — | 1006.37x | 2307.05x |
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
- Barnes Roffe Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASHIR, Amjad | Secretary | 2001-03-31 | — | British |
| BASHIR, Mohammed Anwar | Director | 2001-03-31 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHIR, Anwar | Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| BHARDWAJ, Ashok | Nominee Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 1997-03-01 |
| BASHIR, Afnan | Director | 1997-03-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| BASHIR, Mohammad | Director | 1997-03-01 | 2010-07-19 |
| BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-03-01 | 1997-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auriga Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-07-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2018-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1.6%
£14,026,733 £13,805,141
-
Cash
-0.4%
£362,604 £361,024
-
Net assets
+23%
£3,910,009 £4,810,066
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-2.6%
234 228
-
Operating profit
+49%
£721,565 £1,075,084
-
Profit before tax
+48.5%
£723,637 £1,074,628
-
Wages
+0.8%
£3,257,378 £3,284,666
highest in 5 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers