ARLA FOODS HATFIELD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-15 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£114K
+71.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£396K
+85% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ARLA FOODS HATFIELD LIMITED 2020-03-16 → present
- PCL 24/7 LIMITED 2009-02-11 → 2020-03-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,977,000 | £5,827,000 | |
| Operating profit | £614,000 | £832,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £214,000 | £396,000 | |
| Net profit | £214,000 | £288,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,650,000 | £11,318,000 | |
| Net assets | -£402,000 | -£114,000 | |
| Equity | -£402,000 | -£114,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 20.6% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 7.2% | 4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 7.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 103.0% | 100.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.80x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | 1.36x | 1.61x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the company has adequate resources and support available to continue in operational existence for the period to 30 June 2026. Therefore, the directors consider it appropriate to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In March 2025, the group announced a proposal to transfer the AFL chilled pallet operations from the Hatfield warehouse leased by the company to a new central distribution centre. The aim is to do this by the end of 2027.”
- “The lease for the Hatfield warehouse is currently due to finish in June 2028.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria | Director | 2024-01-01 | Apr 1971 | Dutch |
| RUTTER, Louis | Director | 2023-07-17 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENDER, Stephen David | Secretary | 2014-07-01 | 2020-03-05 |
| RICOTTA, Giuseppe | Secretary | 2009-02-11 | 2014-07-01 |
| AMIRAHMADI, Afshin | Director | 2020-03-05 | 2023-07-31 |
| BALL, Anne-Frances | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2024-01-01 |
| BARNETSON, Graham | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2018-10-01 |
| BENDER, Stephen David | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2020-03-05 |
| COX, Grant Leslie | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2020-03-05 |
| FOLEY, Shaun | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-10-29 |
| HO, Simon Kin-Man | Director | 2020-03-05 | 2023-07-17 |
| PIRIE, James | Director | 2020-03-05 | 2025-02-14 |
| RICOTTA, Cristina | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2015-04-07 |
| RICOTTA, Giuseppe | Director | 2009-02-11 | 2015-04-07 |
| SELLEY, Andrew Mark | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2017-11-17 |
| WINTER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2020-03-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arla Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-03-05 | Active |
| Bid Corporation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+95.7%
£2,977,000 £5,827,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+71.6%
-£402,000 -£114,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+35.5%
£614,000 £832,000
-
Profit before tax
+85%
£214,000 £396,000
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