LOVERING FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£21K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
Equity attributable
Employees
37
Average over period
Profit before tax
£5M
Period ending 2025-03-29
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-07-22
- LOVERING FOODS LIMITED 2025-07-22 → present
- NUTFIELD HOLDINGS LIMITED 2009-08-21 → 2025-07-22
- COBCO 671 LIMITED 2005-02-17 → 2009-08-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,564,000 | £88,799,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,441,000 | £5,896,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,619,000 | £4,950,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,705,000 | £3,686,000 | |
| Cash | £49,000 | £21,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,932,000 | £14,493,000 | |
| Net assets | £14,932,000 | £14,493,000 | |
| Equity | £14,932,000 | £14,493,000 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 37 | |
| Wages | £2,859,000 | £3,456,000 |
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 | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.4% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.7% | 40.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.03x | 1.59x | |
| Interest cover | 5.40x | 6.23x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- S&W Partners Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has reviewed the future projections in preparing the financial statements, the financial position and future prospects of the Group, and given the financial strength within the Statement of Financial Position and the Group's future order book, the directors have concluded that it is appropriate to continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- LOVERING FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Lovering Group Limited 100%
- Kingfisher Foods Limited 100%
- Lovering Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group is implementing a new accounting and ERP software in the first quarter of the next financial year.”
- “The Group paid an interim dividend of £3 million in April; there have been no other significant events affecting the Group since year end.”
- “Following the year end the Group have decided to wind up Lovering Group Limited which is expected within the next 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD, Michael Robert Charles | Secretary | 2005-08-12 | — | British |
| SEXTON, John Patrick | Director | 2005-02-22 | May 1959 | British |
| SHEPHERD, Michael Robert Charles | Director | 2005-08-12 | Dec 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEXTON, Eileen Patricia | Secretary | 2005-02-22 | 2005-08-12 |
| COBBETTS (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-02-17 | 2005-02-22 |
| LOVERING, Brian Sinclair | Director | 2005-08-12 | 2010-03-23 |
| COBBETTS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-02-17 | 2005-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutfield Holdings Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-03-07 | Active |
| Mr John Patrick Sexton | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 98 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2025-07-22 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-07-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-07-22 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2025-04-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-29