WESTFALIA FRUIT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-21.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+27.3% vs 2023
Employees
553
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-58.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WESTFALIA FRUIT UK LIMITED 2023-06-29 → present
- GREENCELL LIMITED 2000-04-06 → 2023-06-29
- EMERALDCELL LIMITED 2000-03-16 → 2000-04-06
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 | £206,873,000 | £228,192,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,805,000 | £2,648,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,722,000 | £2,801,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,977,000 | £1,657,000 | |
| Cash | £9,421,000 | £7,376,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,685,000 | £27,857,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,132,000 | £23,082,000 | |
| Equity | £18,132,000 | £23,082,000 | |
| Average employees | 545 | 553 | |
| Wages | £19,209,000 | £22,121,000 |
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 | 3.3% | 1.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.6% | 9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.3% | 57.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.69x | |
| Interest cover | 47.26x | 10.26x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have reviewed the Company's budgets and cash flow forecasts for the year from the date of approval of these annual financial statements, along with the results achieved to the date of approval of this report, the latest financial position and the results of a number of severe but plausible downsides that may unfold. Given the latest information available, the directors are satisfied that the Company has access to and the ability to generate adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and thus is a going concern. Accordingly, the going-concern basis has been adopted in preparing the Company annual financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BONIFACE, Michelle | Secretary | 2022-04-22 | — | — |
| BONIFACE, Michelle | Director | 2024-09-18 | Dec 1976 | British |
| DESTOOP, Wim Albert Bertha, Mr. | Director | 2024-09-10 | May 1965 | Belgian |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLY, Bibi Rahima | Secretary | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-29 |
| CONNOR, Louisa Helen | Secretary | 2020-06-30 | 2021-10-28 |
| GROBLER, Chantelle | Secretary | 2016-05-31 | 2020-06-30 |
| IRVING, Peter Henry | Secretary | 2000-10-30 | 2016-05-31 |
| RUSSELL, John Stuart | Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2000-10-30 |
| BRAND, Albertus Barend | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2024-03-31 |
| COLLETT, Brian | Director | 2000-03-16 | 2000-03-29 |
| DE-RUITER, Sanet | Director | 2024-04-17 | 2025-10-31 |
| DU TOIT, Rian Johannes | Director | 2011-08-24 | 2024-09-18 |
| GEARY, Jeffrey, Dr | Director | 2001-02-27 | 2008-09-03 |
| IRVING, Peter Henry | Director | 2000-10-30 | 2008-09-03 |
| KHAS, Ali | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2003-09-01 |
| KINSELLA, Frank Michael | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2003-01-10 |
| LAMBRIEX, Henricus Jozef Gerardus Marie | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2011-12-31 |
| LIPPERT, Claus Burkhard | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2019-12-31 |
| MACDONALD, Andrew Peter | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2000-07-09 |
| OUTMEZGUINE, Albert | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2005-08-31 |
| PIENAAR, Christiaan | Director | 2008-09-03 | 2011-08-24 |
| RUSSELL, John Stuart | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2000-10-30 |
| SMITH, Kenneth John | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2008-09-03 |
| THEOLOGOU, Paulina | Director | 2022-04-22 | 2024-09-10 |
| YOUNG, Graham Alexander | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2022-04-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westfalia Fruit International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-27 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 207 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-06-29 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-12-13 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-13 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-09-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-06-29 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+10.3%
£206,873,000 £228,192,000
-
Cash
-21.7%
£9,421,000 £7,376,000
-
Net assets
+27.3%
£18,132,000 £23,082,000
-
Employees
+1.5%
545 553
-
Operating profit
-61.1%
£6,805,000 £2,648,000
-
Profit before tax
-58.3%
£6,722,000 £2,801,000
-
Wages
+15.2%
£19,209,000 £22,121,000
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