GU INDULGENT FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-28 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+15.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£66M
+7.8% vs 2023
Employees
227
+1.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+27.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GU INDULGENT FOODS LIMITED 2021-06-25 → present
- NOBLE DESSERTS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2009-12-14 → 2021-06-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £66,587,000 | £69,746,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,989,000 | £6,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,049,000 | £6,448,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,901,000 | £4,712,000 | |
| Cash | £2,592,000 | £2,991,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £67,953,000 | £74,401,000 | |
| Net assets | £61,414,000 | £66,186,000 | |
| Equity | £61,414,000 | £66,186,000 | |
| Average employees | 223 | 227 | |
| Wages | £9,152,000 | £9,697,000 |
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 | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.5% | 9.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.3% | 8.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.46x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis after due consideration of the principal risks and uncertainties disclosed in the Directors' Report and Strategic Report. In reaching their conclusion the Company's directors have considered the financial position of the Company and the Group to which it belongs and concluded it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for not less than twelve months from when the accounts are approved and therefore the going concern basis continues to be adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GU INDULGENT FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Rensow Limited 100%
- Rensow Patisserie Limited 100%
- Gu France SARL 100%
- Gü Limited 100%
- Gü Desserts Inc 100%
Significant events
- “Successful launches of several new products including Brownies, Black Forest and Banoffee.”
- “Continued investment in a new manufacturing line, expected to come on line in 2025.”
- “Expanding production facility in Bishops Stortford to double capacity and introduce new product innovation capability.”
- “Board ratified a change in the Articles of Association to ensure ESG strategy is a key consideration in business decisions.”
- “Advancing with impactful initiatives, including transitioning to 100% renewable electricity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRAMPTON, Paul | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1970 | British |
| VASS, Emma Jane | Director | 2025-01-23 | Mar 1976 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEY, John Charles | Secretary | 2017-09-13 | 2021-06-09 |
| EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-14 | 2014-09-22 |
| AVERDIECK, James | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2011-04-08 |
| BURNETT, Dale | Director | 2014-09-22 | 2020-09-15 |
| DEAN, Peter Donald | Director | 2017-03-31 | 2017-09-13 |
| DOSANJH, Dharminder Singh | Director | 2021-06-09 | 2025-07-01 |
| EVERETT, Duncan John | Director | 2020-09-15 | 2021-06-09 |
| GILDERSLEEVE, John | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2019-03-14 |
| LOWE, Stuart Jonathan | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2014-09-22 |
| PATEY, John Charles | Director | 2019-03-13 | 2021-06-09 |
| ROBERTS, Jamie | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| THORNTON, Peter William | Director | 2009-12-14 | 2015-04-30 |
| UTTING, Peter Andrew | Director | 2021-06-09 | 2025-01-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indulgence Newco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-09-28 | Active |
| Indulgence Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-15 | Ceased 2021-09-28 |
| Susan Jane Dean | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2019-03-14 | Ceased 2021-09-15 |
| Stephen Douglas John Marshall | Individual | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2019-03-14 | Ceased 2021-09-15 |
| Mr Peter Donald Dean | Individual | Shares 50–75%, ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-trust | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-15 |
| Mr Michael Richard John Kent | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-03-14 |
| Noble Foods Group Guernsey Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-09-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-09-27 vs 2023-09-29
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£66,587,000 £69,746,000
-
Cash
+15.4%
£2,592,000 £2,991,000
-
Net assets
+7.8%
£61,414,000 £66,186,000
-
Employees
+1.8%
223 227
-
Operating profit
+28.3%
£4,989,000 £6,400,000
-
Profit before tax
+27.7%
£5,049,000 £6,448,000
-
Wages
+6%
£9,152,000 £9,697,000
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