CLASSIC FINE FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-21 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-07
Watchouts
Cash
£43K
-8.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£14M
+0.1% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£11K
+100.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLASSIC FINE FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2009-03-06 → present
- DE FACTO 1678 LIMITED 2009-01-07 → 2009-03-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£12,145,408 | -£12,145,408 | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,141,382 | £10,585 | |
| Net profit | -£12,141,382 | £10,585 | |
| Cash | £46,781 | £42,776 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £14,158,412 | £14,168,997 | |
| Equity | £14,158,412 | £14,168,997 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 0.01x | 0.01x | |
| Interest cover | -2362.92x | -3031.05x |
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
- Gravita Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £10.63m as at 30 September 2024, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts which indicate that the company will have sufficient funds, through funding from its ultimate parent company, Metro AG to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CLASSIC FINE FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Classic Fine Foods Group Limited 100%
- Classic Fine Foods (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATEL, Olivier Jean Paul Claude | Director | 2025-02-28 | Feb 1975 | French |
| GRIES, Peter | Director | 2025-02-28 | May 1971 | German |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Neil | Secretary | 2009-03-06 | 2011-01-18 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-07 | 2009-03-06 |
| BALFOUR, Fergus George | Director | 2011-08-11 | 2017-04-03 |
| BARRET, Christophe | Director | 2019-02-12 | 2022-06-30 |
| BATEL, Olivier Jean Paul Claude | Director | 2009-04-20 | 2011-01-18 |
| BRACKEN, Ruth | Director | 2009-01-07 | 2009-03-06 |
| COPLAND, Colin George | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2011-01-18 |
| EDELMANN, Jesper Scheel | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2011-01-18 |
| GRIFFITHS, Simon David | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2015-08-26 |
| MICHEL, Jens Wolfgang | Director | 2022-06-30 | 2025-02-28 |
| TAN, Poh Thuan Yang Lindsay | Director | 2011-01-18 | 2014-04-30 |
| TAY HUI LIN, Karen | Director | 2018-04-27 | 2019-02-12 |
| VEILLEROY, Damien | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-06-12 |
| VESTEY, George Moubray William | Director | 2009-03-06 | 2011-01-18 |
| YOUNG, Paul Michael | Director | 2011-08-11 | 2020-05-29 |
| TRAVERS SMITH LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-01-07 | 2009-03-06 |
| TRAVERS SMITH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2009-01-07 | 2009-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Kretínsky | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-16 | Active |
| Metro Ag | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-08 | RP01PSC01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-01 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-02-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-8.6%
£46,781 £42,776
-
Net assets
+0.1%
£14,158,412 £14,168,997
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
0%
-£12,145,408 -£12,145,408
-
Profit before tax
+100.1%
-£12,141,382 £10,585
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