BISCUIT INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-01 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-1.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+43.1% vs 2023
Employees
216
-8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
+2,541.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- BISCUIT INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED 2023-12-22 → present
- NORTHUMBRIAN FINE FOODS LIMITED 2003-12-09 → 2023-12-22
- GLUTEN FREE LIMITED 2002-01-14 → 2003-12-09
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 | £72,289,067 | £77,858,329 | |
| Operating profit | £924,495 | £2,296,136 | |
| Profit before tax | £54,399 | £1,436,710 | |
| Net profit | £54,373 | £1,436,710 | |
| Cash | £2,506,669 | £2,468,573 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,336,182 | £4,772,892 | |
| Net assets | £3,336,182 | £4,772,892 | |
| Equity | £3,336,182 | £4,772,892 | |
| Average employees | 235 | 216 | |
| Wages | £8,396,903 | £8,949,853 |
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 | 1.3% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.7% | 48.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.3% | 73.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.85x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 1.06x | 2.67x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have received from their parent company, Biscuit Holding S.A.S. a letter of support confirming the group's continued financial support of the Company in the context of increased trading activities with sister companies. This support guarantees the Company access to funding for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of signing.”
Significant events
- “In the year under review, the company achieved a sales volume increase of 8% compared to the previous year. This resulted in a total turnover of £77.9 million, up from £72.3 million in 2023. Growth was primarily driven by the continued expansion of cross-sell products and an increase in customer prices, implemented in response to significant rises in cocoa costs affecting all areas of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTHAM, Michael Lee | Director | 2024-12-04 | Mar 1978 | British |
| CHAMBE, Tichawona Keith | Director | 2024-12-04 | Jul 1984 | British |
| LANGDON, Timothy Jack, Mr | Director | 2022-02-14 | Jan 1983 | British |
| MCANDRY, Neil Bernard | Director | 2020-02-17 | Mar 1968 | British |
| TAVIANSKY, Leon | Director | 2023-01-03 | Jun 1970 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Jim | Secretary | 2008-01-03 | 2009-07-08 |
| MARSDEN, Alistair Ian | Secretary | 2002-01-14 | 2008-01-09 |
| READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-01-14 | 2002-01-14 |
| ABBOTT, Kenneth Robert Mcfarlane | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2008-01-09 |
| BIGNEBAT, Pierre | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2024-12-04 |
| BREFFORT, Herve Pierre | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-09-30 |
| BUGLER, Melvyn Stewart | Director | 2013-04-10 | 2015-03-31 |
| CANHAM, Gavin Mark | Director | 2008-01-30 | 2008-06-19 |
| CHADA, Jaspal Singh | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2009-07-08 |
| CONNOR, Kirk | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2012-03-26 |
| FENART, Christophe André Robert | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2024-12-04 |
| GREEN, Jim | Director | 2008-01-03 | 2009-07-08 |
| HAZELDEAN, James William | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-05-15 |
| HOUSECROFT, Stewart Ashley | Director | 2010-03-02 | 2015-10-30 |
| HULSMAN, Bart Franciscus Mattheus | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2018-08-01 |
| JONES, David | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2008-01-09 |
| KITCHENER, Paul Stephen | Director | 2008-01-09 | 2009-07-08 |
| LLEWELLYN, David Jon | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-05-15 |
| MACIELINSKI, Peter Martin | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2018-05-15 |
| MARSDEN, Alistair Ian | Director | 2002-01-14 | 2008-01-09 |
| MCLELLAND, Stewart, Dr | Director | 2015-02-12 | 2020-02-17 |
| MULLORD, Kathleen Francis | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2011-01-14 |
| PAYNE, Charles Robert | Director | 2007-09-07 | 2008-01-09 |
| SCHAAP, Marcel Martinus Johannes | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2019-12-31 |
| SCHIRATTI, Giampaolo Guglielmo Umberto | Director | 2018-05-15 | 2023-01-03 |
| SILLARS, David Martin | Director | 2009-06-03 | 2013-04-10 |
| WOOD, David | Director | 2013-01-24 | 2014-03-30 |
| WOOD, Julian | Director | 2015-10-19 | 2022-02-14 |
| COMPANY FORMATION BUREAU LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-01-14 | 2002-01-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pe Cookie Holding Iii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-02-12 | Active |
| Criseren Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-05-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-12-22 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-12-22 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
+7.7%
£72,289,067 £77,858,329
-
Cash
-1.5%
£2,506,669 £2,468,573
-
Net assets
+43.1%
£3,336,182 £4,772,892
-
Employees
-8.1%
235 216
-
Operating profit
+148.4%
£924,495 £2,296,136
-
Profit before tax
+2,541.1%
£54,399 £1,436,710
-
Wages
+6.6%
£8,396,903 £8,949,853
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