COOKED MEAT CO. LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-05-31 (this month)

Last filed for 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-20 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-06

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£347K

-65.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

+30.5% vs 2023

Employees

+13.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

-14.8% vs 2023

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

COOKED MEAT CO. LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31

Metric	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Turnover	£15,432,808	£20,991,694
Operating profit	£1,378,978	£1,160,481
Profit before tax	£1,371,829	£1,168,897
Net profit	£1,278,330	£966,987
Cash	£995,467	£347,309
Total assets less current liabilities	£2,606,699	£3,454,731
Net assets	£2,459,601	£3,210,588
Equity	£2,459,601	£3,210,588
Average employees	53	60
Wages	£2,204,950	£2,446,624

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	2023-08-31	2024-08-31
Operating margin	8.9%	5.5%
Net margin	8.3%	4.6%
Return on capital employed	52.9%	33.6%
Current ratio	2.25x	1.77x
Interest cover	192.89x	245.45x

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: Hawsons Chartered Accountants
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

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

People

6 active · 4 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DUNKLEY, Lucy	Secretary	2016-09-20	—	—
ANDREWS, Neil	Director	2021-05-13	Aug 1975	British
BEESTON, Mark, Dr	Director	2010-07-06	Sep 1969	British
DUNKLEY, Simon Paul	Director	2015-09-01	Jun 1957	British
DURKIN, Robert	Director	2010-07-06	Mar 1969	British
FOSTER, Emma	Director	2021-05-13	Mar 1985	British

Show 4 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
DUNKLEY, Simon Paul	Director	2010-07-06	2011-07-31
FOSTER, Stephen John	Director	2015-09-01	2016-09-06
FOSTER, Stephen John	Director	2010-07-06	2011-07-31
HUGHES, Stephen Glynn	Director	2016-09-20	2018-03-24

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mrs Lucy Ann Dunkley	Individual	Significant influence	2016-09-20	Ceased 2023-09-13
Mr Stephen Glynn Hughes	Individual	Significant influence	2016-09-20	Ceased 2018-03-24
Dr Mark Beeston	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Robert Durkin	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Simon Paul Dunkley	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 77 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

2023-09-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
2023-09-28 MA Memorandum articles

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-07-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2025-06-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-06	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2024-07-12	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-07-12	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2024-04-13	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full
2023-12-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2023-09-28	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2023-09-28	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2023-09-28	SH08	capital	Capital name of class of shares
2023-09-27	SH10	capital	Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2023-07-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-22	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2022-09-21	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2022-08-31	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2022-08-22	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2022-07-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-06-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2021-08-09	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-05-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31

Turnover

+36%

£15,432,808 £20,991,694
Cash

-65.1%

£995,467 £347,309
Net assets

+30.5%

£2,459,601 £3,210,588
Employees

+13.2%

53 60
Operating profit

-15.8%

£1,378,978 £1,160,481
Profit before tax

-14.8%

£1,371,829 £1,168,897
Wages

+11%

£2,204,950 £2,446,624

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

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