GREENCORE FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-27
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-30 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+70,825% vs 2023
Net assets
£253M
+2.6% vs 2023
Employees
806
-3.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£128M
+265.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GREENCORE FOODS LIMITED 2011-06-28 → present
- ESSENTA FOODS LIMITED 2010-11-16 → 2011-06-28
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £8,305,000 | £11,245,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £34,993,000 | £127,999,000 | |
| Net profit | £34,954,000 | £127,961,000 | |
| Cash | £4,000 | £2,837,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £283,766,000 | £281,865,000 | |
| Net assets | £246,436,000 | £252,874,000 | |
| Equity | £246,436,000 | £252,874,000 | |
| Average employees | 833 | 806 | |
| Wages | £48,052,000 | £46,420,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 2.9% | 4.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 1.07x | 2.31x |
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)
- Auditor
- Deloitte Ireland LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, after making enquiries, have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating as a going concern for the foreseeable future. The Company's results for the period are a profit after tax of £128.0m (2023: £35.0m) and the Company is in a net current asset position of £41.9m (2023: £43.8m). The Company is in a total net asset position of £252.9m (2023: £246.4m). The Company's funding facilities are managed centrally by the Group and the directors have taken steps to ensure adequate liquidity is available to the Company from future cashflows generated by the Company and Group. The directors are satisfied that financing could be obtained from other Greencore Group companies if required. As the Company participates in Group funding arrangements with the Group's external bankers and as part of these arrangements, the Company, along with other members of the Greencore Group, has provided guarantees in relation to the payment of borrowings of the Group from several banks, the performance of Greencore Group is also important in determining the appropriateness of the going concern of the Company.”
Group structure
- GREENCORE FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Uniq Limited 100%
- Greencore Grocery Limited 100%
- Greencore Prepared Meals Limited 100%
- Greencore Pension Trustee Limited 100%
- Greencore SLPCO Limited 100%
- Greencore Convenience Foods (SLP) 100%
- Greencore Convenience Foods LLP (LLP) 100%
- Greencore Food to Go Limited 100%
- St Ivel Limited 100%
- The Sandwich Factory Holdings Limited 100%
- Freshtime UK Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the current financial year, the Group refinanced its debt facilities with a new five-year £350m sustainability linked revolving credit facility ('RCF'), maturing in November 2028 with the option of two additional one-year extensions. Subsequent to the financial year end, the Group made the first extension request on the RCF, extending the maturity to November 2029. The new facility replaced the previous £340m RCF that was due to mature in January 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Michael | Secretary | 2011-07-08 | — | — |
| BECK, Kirsty | Director | 2023-04-26 | Mar 1988 | British |
| FINNEY, Lee | Director | 2023-04-26 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MILEY, Lee | Director | 2026-01-21 | May 1973 | British |
| PARTON, Andy | Director | 2022-09-28 | May 1976 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'LEARY, Conor | Secretary | 2011-01-31 | 2011-07-08 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2010-11-16 | 2011-01-31 |
| BLAKEY, Nigel Edward | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-01-10 |
| BRADSHAW, Catherine Anne | Director | 2016-04-25 | 2019-08-01 |
| DULLAGE, Guy Thomas Tristan | Director | 2021-01-28 | 2025-12-31 |
| EVANS, Clare Elisabeth | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2022-09-28 |
| EVANS, Michael | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2021-01-28 |
| HADEN, Peter Demmery | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2020-01-10 |
| LONGLEY, Richard Kenneth | Director | 2022-08-25 | 2023-04-13 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Sabrina | Director | 2021-01-28 | 2022-08-25 |
| MOORE, Kevin Raymond George | Director | 2020-04-24 | 2023-03-31 |
| O'LEARY, Conor | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2019-01-29 |
| ODLUM, Philip Edwin | Director | 2011-01-31 | 2011-07-08 |
| ROBINSON, Catherine Ann | Director | 2019-08-01 | 2021-01-28 |
| SWORD, Andrew | Director | 2010-11-16 | 2011-01-31 |
| TONGE, Eoin Philip | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2020-04-24 |
| WILLIAMS, Alan Richard | Director | 2011-07-08 | 2016-10-03 |
| TRUSEC LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2010-11-16 | 2011-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greencore Beechwood Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 92 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+70,825%
£4,000 £2,837,000
-
Net assets
+2.6%
£246,436,000 £252,874,000
-
Employees
-3.2%
833 806
-
Operating profit
+35.4%
£8,305,000 £11,245,000
-
Profit before tax
+265.8%
£34,993,000 £127,999,000
-
Wages
-3.4%
£48,052,000 £46,420,000
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