MERIDIAN FOODS LIMITED

1. MERIDIAN FOODS LIMITED 2005-10-26 → present
2. MEDIARANGE LIMITED 2005-04-29 → 2005-10-26

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Like many other businesses, the company continues to encounter tough trading conditions including supply chain disruption, increased taxation, energy and transport costs, labour shortages and geopolitical instability. In the unlikely event it is required, the company's parent company, SHS Group Limited, has confirmed it will support the company for at least the period to 31 December 2026, making funds available to the company to enable it to meet its current liabilities arising as they fall due.”

Significant events

• “The directors have considered the impact of supply chain disruption and political instability.”
• “There have been no events since the balance sheet date which require disclosure in the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.3%

  £22,966,353 → £23,263,802

• Cash

  +1%

  £1,434,752 → £1,448,726

• Net assets

  -17.3%

  £10,662,048 → £8,819,815

• Employees

  -28.7%

  101 → 72

• Operating profit

  +279.3%

  -£335,483 → £601,663

• Profit before tax

  +223.3%

  -£496,696 → £612,522

• Wages

  -23.5%

  £3,693,231 → £2,824,178

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