DR. OETKER (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
-20.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£98M
-0.7% vs 2023
Employees
694
-2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£37M
+36.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DR. OETKER (UK) LIMITED 2001-11-05 → present
- READCO 313 LIMITED 2001-09-25 → 2001-11-05
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 | £233,354,000 | £239,485,000 | |
| Operating profit | £26,852,000 | £36,537,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £26,771,000 | £36,524,000 | |
| Net profit | £19,959,000 | £27,337,000 | |
| Cash | £15,831,000 | £12,554,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £104,797,000 | £104,652,000 | |
| Net assets | £98,227,000 | £97,564,000 | |
| Equity | £98,227,000 | £97,564,000 | |
| Average employees | 715 | 694 | |
| Wages | £25,647,000 | £25,523,000 |
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 | 11.5% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | 8.6% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.6% | 34.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.89x |
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 Company is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows for the foreseeable future. Based on the Company's future plans, the Directors have satisfied themselves of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the signing of these financial statements based on current cash flow projections and capital expenditure. Therefore, continue to adopt a going concern basis in preparing the financial Statements.”
Group structure
- DR. OETKER (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Dilwara Properties Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company paid a dividend of £28m (2023 - £17m).”
- “At the beginning of 2024, the Leyland factory was fully integrated into the international PPU organisation as part of our strategic objectives for growth and operational excellence.”
- “From the 1st January 2024, we implemented a new Management structure with the removal of the Executive Head role.”
- “A reduction in head count which was needed to contribute to the project SHAPE cost savings.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-05-28 | — | — |
| BRASSINGTON, John James | Director | 2022-01-01 | Apr 1974 | British |
| EDELMANN, Alexander, Dr | Director | 2017-09-03 | Nov 1972 | German |
| PARSBO, Georg Heerdegen | Director | 2022-07-01 | Jun 1966 | Danish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNEN, Gabriele | Secretary | 2004-12-24 | 2008-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Secretary | 2001-09-25 | 2001-10-25 |
| ROWLAND, William Mark | Secretary | 2002-01-31 | 2002-09-10 |
| SMITH, Valerie Anne | Secretary | 2002-09-11 | 2004-12-24 |
| COBBETTS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-30 | 2012-05-28 |
| TRAF SHELF (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-10-25 | 2002-01-31 |
| ABELIN, Doris | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2008-08-01 |
| ABELN, Doris | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2017-01-01 |
| ALVERMANN, Till Andres | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2002-12-20 |
| ANDREE, Axel | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2006-01-16 |
| BOND, Julian | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2001-10-25 |
| BUER, Doris | Director | 2001-11-06 | 2004-04-08 |
| FRANKS, Peter Austin | Director | 2002-04-04 | 2018-03-03 |
| HANNEN, Gabriele | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2008-06-30 |
| ILSLEY, Richard Matthew | Director | 2008-01-01 | 2011-06-30 |
| JACKSON, Guy Collingwood | Director | 2001-09-25 | 2001-10-25 |
| JUNGER, Ernst Peter, Dr | Director | 2001-10-25 | 2010-12-18 |
| PARSBO, Georg Heerdegen | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-01-01 |
| PREUSS, Volkmar | Director | 2006-01-16 | 2011-03-31 |
| REINTJES, Martin Heinrich Theodor, Dr | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2022-06-30 |
| ROSENTHAL, Johannes, Dr | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| UNRUHE, Andreas | Director | 2011-03-31 | 2017-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-27 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-05-27 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.6%
£233,354,000 £239,485,000
-
Cash
-20.7%
£15,831,000 £12,554,000
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£98,227,000 £97,564,000
-
Employees
-2.9%
715 694
-
Operating profit
+36.1%
£26,852,000 £36,537,000
-
Profit before tax
+36.4%
£26,771,000 £36,524,000
-
Wages
-0.5%
£25,647,000 £25,523,000
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