ARLA FOODS UK PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-16 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£603M
-2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£18M
-101.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ARLA FOODS UK PLC 2003-10-22 → present
- EXPRESS DAIRIES PLC 1998-02-25 → 2003-10-22
- FUTURESTRONG PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1998-01-02 → 1998-02-25
Profit before tax
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,762,000 | £29,666,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,125,000 | -£18,414,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,594,000 | -£16,195,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £616,079,000 | £603,455,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | |
| Equity | £456,079,000 | £442,562,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -431.0% | -54.6% |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern to 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- ARLA FOODS UK PLC · parent
- Arla Foods Limited 100%
- Arla Foods GP Limited 100%
- Arla Foods Holdings Company Limited 100%
- Arla Foods UK Property Company Limited 100%
- Arla Foods Finance Limited 100%
- Westbury Dairies Limited 100%
- Arla Foods Ingredients UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company received £29.6m (2023: nil) of dividend income from its subsidiaries, Arla Foods UK Property Company Limited and Arla Foods Finance Limited. These entities are currently inactive, with no further economic activity or cash flows expected from them. Therefore, the company recognised an impairment loss of £19.5m (2023: nil) from reducing the carrying value of these investments to nil.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 51 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAQUES, Richard Charles | Secretary | 2019-06-17 | — | — |
| ALI-BRETT, Ruby | Director | 2024-04-30 | Mar 1978 | British |
| BOOT, Philip Mark | Director | 2025-01-10 | Apr 1969 | Dutch |
| KASPERSEN, Mogens | Director | 2022-05-24 | Oct 1965 | Danish |
| PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria | Director | 2024-01-01 | Apr 1971 | Dutch |
| RUTTER, Louis | Director | 2023-07-17 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 51 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAY, Benjamin James | Secretary | 2016-11-10 | 2017-05-02 |
| ISTRUP, Peter | Secretary | 2017-05-02 | 2018-04-16 |
| PRICE, John Philip | Secretary | 1998-07-09 | 2007-07-01 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Secretary | 1998-02-18 | 1998-02-24 |
| SOAR, Tanjot | Secretary | 2007-07-01 | 2016-11-10 |
| WHITFIELD, Paul | Secretary | 1998-02-24 | 1998-07-09 |
| WILLIAMS, Lucy Kate | Secretary | 2018-04-16 | 2019-04-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-01-02 | 1998-02-18 |
| AJERIO, Kingsley | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2019-06-28 |
| AMIRAHMADI, Afshin | Director | 2011-01-04 | 2023-07-31 |
| BALL, Anne-Frances | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2024-01-01 |
| BIGUM, Jens | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2010-03-02 |
| CAWDRON, Peter Edward Blackburn | Director | 1999-05-21 | 2006-01-24 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, Mikael | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2004-07-22 |
| DALSGAARD HOFF, Lars | Director | 2008-03-17 | 2014-05-01 |
| DAVIDSON, Richard Colin Neil | Director | 1998-02-24 | 2005-06-01 |
| EDEY, Russell Philip | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2002-03-11 |
| EVELEIGH, David Charles | Director | 1998-02-18 | 1998-02-24 |
| GILBERT, Martin James | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2008-04-07 |
| GIOERTZ-CARLSEN, Peter | Director | 2014-08-04 | 2025-01-10 |
| HAEGG, Anders Torbjoern | Director | 2015-01-13 | 2017-01-06 |
| HASKINS, Christopher Robin, Lord | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2002-07-23 |
| HO, Simon Kin-Man | Director | 2019-03-27 | 2023-07-17 |
| HOGG, Pauline Louise | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2024-04-30 |
| JENSEN, Morten Holm | Director | 2021-05-18 | 2022-05-24 |
| KOLDING, Dan | Director | 2014-05-01 | 2017-02-21 |
| LAURITZEN, Peter | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2014-08-04 |
| LUNDBY, Andreas | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2012-01-01 |
| MODIG, Sven Ake Oskar | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2005-10-04 |
| MORGAN, Maxine | Director | 2008-03-17 | 2011-11-11 |
| NAISH, Charles David, Sir | Director | 1998-03-03 | 2007-04-04 |
| NIELSEN, Kim | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2005-04-30 |
| PACKER, Richard John, Sir | Director | 2002-08-01 | 2007-04-04 |
| PEDERSEN, Jan Egtved | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2015-10-01 |
| PEET, Nigel David | Director | 2002-11-25 | 2007-12-17 |
| PIETRANGELI, Tomas Kirstein Brammer | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2018-07-01 |
| PRICE, Allan Stuart | Director | 1999-06-07 | 2002-03-11 |
| ROBERTS, Julie Amanda | Director | 1998-02-18 | 1998-02-24 |
| SKOVSAGER, Kent Krarup | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2021-05-18 |
| SMITH, Timothy John | Director | 1999-11-08 | 2008-02-26 |
| SONDERGAARD, Hanne | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2010-10-31 |
| SONDERGAARD, Hanne | Director | 2005-06-01 | 2005-11-22 |
| STEVENS, Simon Dominic | Director | 2003-10-22 | 2017-02-21 |
| SUMMERFIELD, Gordon Caleb | Director | 2002-03-11 | 2007-04-04 |
| TERMANSEN, Jens | Director | 2007-04-20 | 2010-03-02 |
| TUBORGH, Peder | Director | 2005-10-04 | 2017-02-21 |
| VATNE, Ivar Andreas | Director | 2017-02-21 | 2019-03-27 |
| WARREN, John Anthony | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2007-04-04 |
| WHITFIELD, Paul | Director | 1998-02-24 | 2002-09-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-02 | 1998-02-18 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-01-02 | 1998-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arla Foods Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 326 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-01-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2024-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1,583.7%
£1,762,000 £29,666,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
-101.8%
-£9,125,000 -£18,414,000
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