TAIKO FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-30 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
Equity attributable
Employees
969
Average over period
Profit before tax
£8M
Period ending 2025-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £127,071,000 | £132,382,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,379,000 | £8,676,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,291,000 | £7,565,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,948,000 | £6,679,000 | |
| Cash | £1,100,000 | £1,859,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,446,000 | £10,731,000 | |
| Net assets | -£182,000 | £6,497,000 | |
| Equity | -£182,000 | £6,497,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,186 | 969 | |
| Wages | £37,119,000 | £37,764,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 97.3% | 80.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.4% | 91.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.73x | |
| Interest cover | 2.19x | 7.81x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- TAIKO FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Wonderfield Group Limited
Significant events
- “A key strategic development during the year has been the investment in a new factory facility, currently under construction and expected to become operational in the financial year ending 31 March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOTO, Takeshi | Director | 2024-07-01 | Apr 1966 | Japanese |
| HUMAN, Willem Hendrik | Director | 2022-07-29 | May 1982 | British |
| NIWA, Kiyohiko | Director | 2024-07-01 | Oct 1956 | Japanese |
| WATARIYA, Kazuiki | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jul 1958 | Japanese |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Secretary | 2018-04-16 | 2021-01-31 |
| SPEAFI SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-05-21 | 2018-04-16 |
| CHIU, Kar-Wai | Director | 2017-12-29 | 2019-04-30 |
| HODGSON, Richard | Director | 2018-04-16 | 2025-12-15 |
| KNIGHTON, Edward Myles | Director | 2018-04-16 | 2021-01-31 |
| KURAHARA, Kuniaki | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2017-12-16 |
| LEWIS, Derek Mayo | Director | 2017-12-29 | 2024-08-02 |
| NICOLI, Eric Luciano | Director | 2018-04-16 | 2021-02-22 |
| PRASAD, Martin | Director | 2017-12-29 | 2018-11-12 |
| WALTERS, Xenia | Director | 2021-03-08 | 2022-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonderfield Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-04-16 | Active |
| Mr Kuniaki Kurahara | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31