NEWBY FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-16 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-05-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-0.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+3.7% vs 2024
Employees
77
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-25.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- NEWBY FOODS LIMITED 2003-10-15 → present
- PROSPECT NUMBER THIRTY FOUR LIMITED 2003-05-02 → 2003-10-15
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,881,864 | £20,404,184 | |
| Operating profit | £3,434,651 | £2,542,683 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,794,100 | £2,837,954 | |
| Net profit | £2,833,726 | £2,122,720 | |
| Cash | £7,978,196 | £7,938,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,041,620 | £12,497,799 | |
| Net assets | £11,845,229 | £12,287,949 | |
| Equity | £11,845,229 | £12,287,949 | |
| Average employees | 79 | 77 | |
| Wages | £2,897,404 | £2,689,709 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.7% | 12.5% | |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.5% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.91x | 6.20x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company continues to explore and trial new lines and products that the directors feel could potentially increase the turnover and profitability of the company's ongoing portfolio.”
- “Consideration is being given to a significant building program on the current site in 2026 to provide a dedicated facility to add value to meat products.”
- “There is also an active desire to consider expanding cold storage even further and the company has not ruled out an acquisition in a value added business to add depth to the portfolio of products and customers.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE, Paul Damian | Secretary | 2010-07-30 | — | — |
| DICKER, Colin Richard | Director | 2003-05-16 | May 1953 | British |
| WALLACE, Phillip Owen | Director | 2003-05-12 | Oct 1949 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Graham John | Secretary | 2007-10-26 | 2010-07-30 |
| BISHOP, Graham John | Secretary | 2005-06-14 | 2006-01-08 |
| DICKER, Colin Richard | Secretary | 2003-05-16 | 2003-10-06 |
| HAND, Desmond Paul | Secretary | 2006-01-18 | 2007-10-26 |
| HOULDSWORTH, Raymond | Secretary | 2003-10-06 | 2004-07-31 |
| LANE, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 2004-07-31 | 2005-06-14 |
| ATHENAEUM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-05-02 | 2003-05-14 |
| BISHOP, Graham John | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2023-10-25 |
| MANNING, Douglas | Director | 2003-10-06 | 2023-04-01 |
| ATHENAEUM DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-05-02 | 2003-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Colin Richard Dicker | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Phillip Owen Wallace | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-08 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-05-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-24 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-6.8%
£21,881,864 £20,404,184
-
Cash
-0.5%
£7,978,196 £7,938,928
-
Net assets
+3.7%
£11,845,229 £12,287,949
-
Employees
-2.5%
79 77
-
Operating profit
-26%
£3,434,651 £2,542,683
-
Profit before tax
-25.2%
£3,794,100 £2,837,954
-
Wages
-7.2%
£2,897,404 £2,689,709
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