NOBLE FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-74.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£403K
-91.1% vs 2023
Employees
642
+6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+74% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NOBLE FOODS LIMITED 2010-12-16 → present
- DEANS FOODS LIMITED 1998-11-16 → 2010-12-16
- FENSHELF 108 LTD 1998-09-22 → 1998-11-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £290,288,000 | £331,265,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£6,340,000 | £2,363,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,181,000 | -£2,647,000 | |
| Net profit | -£11,656,000 | -£4,120,000 | |
| Cash | £6,453,000 | £1,633,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £13,519,000 | £8,239,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,508,000 | £403,000 | |
| Equity | £4,508,000 | £403,000 | |
| Average employees | 602 | 642 | |
| Wages | £22,227,000 | £24,993,000 |
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 | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | -4.0% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -46.9% | 28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.4% | 99.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | -0.70x | 0.21x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is loss making and as such a parent deed of support has been obtained from Noble Group Finance Guernsey Limited. Directors consider cash requirements and forecasts. Group borrowing facilities of £85m committed until Jan 2028. All banking covenants met. Directors expect adequate resources to operate for foreseeable future and continue to adopt going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NOBLE FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Noble Egg Limited 100%
- Noble Foods International Limited 100%
- Goldenlay Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Avian influenza outbreaks, if widespread, could be a risk to the company's ability to supply eggs to its customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADBURY, William James Michael | Secretary | 2024-06-10 | — | — |
| CADBURY, William James Michael | Director | 2024-06-10 | Jun 1977 | British |
| EVERETT, Duncan John | Director | 2020-09-15 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGIN, Alan | Secretary | 2021-06-24 | 2024-06-10 |
| PATEY, John Charles | Secretary | 2017-09-13 | 2021-06-24 |
| WRIGHT, Colin Arthur | Secretary | 2001-04-06 | 2006-08-31 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-05-23 | 2014-09-22 |
| MK COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-09-22 | 2006-05-23 |
| BERGIN, Alan | Director | 2021-06-24 | 2024-06-10 |
| BURNETT, Dale | Director | 2016-07-06 | 2020-09-15 |
| CHALLANDS, Peter | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2005-12-13 |
| CRACKNELL, Andrew Michael James | Director | 2014-01-14 | 2015-10-02 |
| DEAN, James Edwin | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2004-07-31 |
| DEAN, Peter Donald | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2010-09-15 |
| DONEGAN, Michael Edward | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2007-12-31 |
| EVANS, Kenneth David | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2010-09-15 |
| GILDERSLEEVE, John | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-03-14 |
| JORET, Andrew David | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2014-01-06 |
| KENT, Michael Richard John | Director | 2006-11-07 | 2008-03-28 |
| LORD, Andrew Michael | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2008-08-02 |
| LOWE, Stuart Jonathan | Director | 2009-08-24 | 2014-09-22 |
| PATEY, John Charles | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2021-06-24 |
| ROBERTS, Jamie | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2017-03-31 |
| SHAMASH, Alan Franklyn | Director | 1999-10-04 | 2009-11-18 |
| STOTT, Mark David | Director | 2005-12-13 | 2010-01-14 |
| THORNTON, Peter William | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-01-14 |
| TROMANS, David John | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2007-06-21 |
| VIGUS, Barry John | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2010-09-15 |
| WILLCOX, Christopher Steven | Director | 1998-11-06 | 2005-12-13 |
| WILSON, William Jan | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2001-04-06 |
| WRIGHT, Colin Arthur | Director | 2000-03-27 | 2006-08-31 |
| MK COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-09-22 | 1998-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noble Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 393 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-09-27 vs 2023-09-29
-
Turnover
+14.1%
£290,288,000 £331,265,000
-
Cash
-74.7%
£6,453,000 £1,633,000
-
Net assets
-91.1%
£4,508,000 £403,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
602 642
-
Operating profit
+137.3%
-£6,340,000 £2,363,000
-
Profit before tax
+74%
-£10,181,000 -£2,647,000
-
Wages
+12.4%
£22,227,000 £24,993,000
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