DOLE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-16 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£33M
+10.1% vs 2023
Employees
612
+1.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-17.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DOLE LIMITED 2022-12-21 → present
- TOTAL PRODUCE LIMITED 2006-10-02 → 2022-12-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £113,323,000 | £109,677,000 | |
| Operating profit | £489,000 | -£333,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,873,000 | £2,380,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,589,000 | £2,174,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £31,030,000 | £34,852,000 | |
| Net assets | £29,617,000 | £32,600,000 | |
| Equity | £29,617,000 | £32,600,000 | |
| Average employees | 603 | 612 | |
| Wages | £20,139,000 | £20,868,000 |
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 | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.6% | -1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.26x | |
| Interest cover | 4.61x | -6.94x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for [at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- DOLE LIMITED · parent
- Bristol Fruit Sales (Market) Limited 100%
- Burbank Produce Limited 78%
- Oval (2143) Limited 100%
- T & J Barnes Limited 100%
- Mark Murphy & Partner Limited 100%
- Total Produce Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- African Blue (UK) Limited 10%
- T & JB Produce Limited 100%
- Total Mbiza Berries Limited 50%
- Provenance Partners Limited 50%
- Planet Produce Limited 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Leon James | Secretary | 2021-05-30 | — | — |
| DEVINE, Jacinta Frances | Director | 2012-08-28 | Sep 1972 | Irish |
| DIXON, Leon James | Director | 2021-05-10 | Jul 1981 | British |
| MACKLIN, David John | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1976 | British |
| MCKERNAN, Francis Gerard | Director | 2015-03-20 | Dec 1962 | Irish |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Secretary | 2013-06-13 | 2013-11-18 |
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Secretary | 2007-05-03 | 2012-08-31 |
| AXFORD, Christopher Brian | Secretary | 2006-10-02 | 2006-11-13 |
| LOCKHART-WHITE, Donald Grant | Secretary | 2012-08-28 | 2013-06-13 |
| OWEN, Mark Christopher | Secretary | 2013-11-18 | 2021-05-30 |
| SCALES, Ian Richard | Secretary | 2006-11-13 | 2007-05-03 |
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2023-03-31 |
| BROOMHALL, Graham Austin | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2015-01-05 |
| DAVIS, Francis James | Director | 2006-11-13 | 2012-03-31 |
| LOCKHART-WHITE, Donald Grant | Director | 2012-08-28 | 2013-06-13 |
| MORRALL, John Stephen | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2006-11-13 |
| MULVENNA, Seamus | Director | 2006-11-13 | 2015-03-20 |
| OWEN, Mark Christopher | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2025-12-31 |
| PUNTER, Denis Leslie | Director | 2007-01-11 | 2024-08-01 |
| WEBSTER, Stephen Mark | Director | 2013-12-05 | 2022-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Produce Holdings (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-12-21 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2022-12-21 CONNOT Change of name notice
- 2022-10-28 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-12-21 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2022-10-28 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-3.2%
£113,323,000 £109,677,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+10.1%
£29,617,000 £32,600,000
-
Employees
+1.5%
603 612
-
Operating profit
-168.1%
£489,000 -£333,000
-
Profit before tax
-17.2%
£2,873,000 £2,380,000
-
Wages
+3.6%
£20,139,000 £20,868,000
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