HUMDINGER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-10 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£632K
-53.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+4.1% vs 2023
Employees
560
+33.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£341K
-61.5% vs 2023
Net assets
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 | £104,752,011 | £144,031,462 | |
| Operating profit | £2,633,141 | £1,079,457 | |
| Profit before tax | £884,594 | £340,766 | |
| Net profit | £928,882 | £255,819 | |
| Cash | £1,350,230 | £632,015 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,999,346 | £38,402,011 | |
| Net assets | £6,193,676 | £6,449,495 | |
| Equity | £6,193,676 | £6,449,495 | |
| Average employees | 419 | 560 | |
| Wages | £12,201,308 | £19,259,132 |
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 | 2.5% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.6% | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.4% | 91.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.35x | |
| Interest cover | 1.47x | 0.44x |
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)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the period to 31 May 2026, being the going concern period assessed by the directors, and meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Significant events
- “On 1 May 2024 we closed our Hull production sites and simultaneously transferred the trade and assets of the Sherburn production site from Kinnerton (Confectionery) Co. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Zetar Limited, to the Company at book value. The integration of Sherburn strengthens our ability to expand in the fruit and nut coating sector, enhancing our value-added capabilities. As a result of this transfer, both revenue and gross profit have increased year on year. 2024 performance was impacted by sharp unprecedented increases in the cocoa bean price.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Jane Marie | Director | 2025-09-15 | Jun 1972 | British |
| COLLIER, Lindsey | Director | 2018-09-03 | Mar 1974 | British |
| RAMSEY, Paul Dennis | Director | 2007-08-01 | May 1965 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALMSHAW, Nigel Richard | Secretary | 2001-07-02 | 2015-11-27 |
| LASLETT, Victoria Helen | Secretary | 2001-06-26 | 2001-08-02 |
| BALDWIN, Michael James | Director | 2015-03-09 | 2017-07-31 |
| BEECHAM, Clive Henry | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| BEECHAM, Clive Henry | Director | 2006-07-19 | 2013-12-18 |
| BLACKBURN, Ian Marcel | Director | 2006-07-19 | 2014-03-14 |
| FRANCEY, Alison Jane | Director | 2019-03-19 | 2026-01-12 |
| GILBERT, Paul Leonard | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2015-07-10 |
| HALMSHAW, Nigel Richard | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2015-11-27 |
| HENRY, William Bernard | Director | 2001-08-03 | 2011-09-30 |
| HOUSECROFT, Stewart Ashley | Director | 2015-11-02 | 2019-04-17 |
| HUMPHRIES, Andrew James | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2011-06-24 |
| L'ESTRANGE, James Christopher | Director | 2012-02-13 | 2018-07-25 |
| LASLETT, Victoria Helen | Director | 2001-06-26 | 2001-08-02 |
| LEE, Roy John | Director | 2009-10-30 | 2012-04-30 |
| ROMANKIEWICZ, Andreas | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAYLE, Lynne | Director | 2001-06-26 | 2001-08-02 |
| TRIPP, Paul Robert | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2024-12-13 |
| WHITFIELD, Philip Anthony | Director | 2001-07-02 | 2017-02-28 |
| WRIGHT, Amanda Jayne | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2023-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zetar Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
+37.5%
£104,752,011 £144,031,462
-
Cash
-53.2%
£1,350,230 £632,015
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£6,193,676 £6,449,495
-
Employees
+33.7%
419 560
-
Operating profit
-59%
£2,633,141 £1,079,457
-
Profit before tax
-61.5%
£884,594 £340,766
-
Wages
+57.8%
£12,201,308 £19,259,132
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