AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-09 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+297.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+26.1% vs 2023
Employees
38
+22.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+51.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2015-03-31 → present
- BIDEAWHILE 713 LIMITED 2015-01-26 → 2015-03-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,467,088 | £90,995,301 | |
| Operating profit | £1,761,948 | £2,642,680 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,717,894 | £2,596,792 | |
| Net profit | £1,245,929 | £1,846,602 | |
| Cash | £1,262,504 | £5,021,239 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,168,032 | £17,017,867 | |
| Net assets | £7,070,202 | £8,914,804 | |
| Equity | £7,070,202 | £8,914,804 | |
| Average employees | 31 | 38 | |
| Wages | £2,141,379 | £2,906,177 |
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 | 2.2% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.6% | 15.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | 37.40x | 49.78x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have concluded that the Company and Group will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- AUTUMN FOODS HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Autumn Foods Limited 100%
- Hemswell Coldstore Limited 100%
- Reids of Norwich Limited 100%
- Central Foods Group Limited 100%
- Central Foods Limited 100%
- Golden Valley Foods Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, the Company was delighted to acquire the Central Foods Group, a leading supplier of frozen foods to the foodservice sector. This acquisition strengthens our existing group of companies, complementing our current operations and enhancing our offering to wholesalers, end-use caterers, and food processors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice | Director | 2015-01-26 | Mar 1970 | British |
| BUCHANAN, William Edwin | Director | 2015-01-26 | Jul 1968 | British |
| BURTON, Marie Nicola | Director | 2025-04-23 | Jul 1987 | British |
| HARLEY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2018-08-23 | Mar 1963 | British |
| LONG, Gareth Charles | Director | 2022-04-21 | Feb 1980 | British |
| REID, John Michael | Director | 2015-12-23 | Oct 1964 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULLEN, Paul William | Director | 2015-03-16 | 2016-09-30 |
| SMITH, Raymond | Director | 2016-05-06 | 2018-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.M.B. Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-06 | Active |
| W.E.B. Nominees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-10-06 | Active |
| Mr William Edwin Buchanan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2019-10-06 |
| Mr Geoffrey Maurice Buchanan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2019-10-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+11.7%
£81,467,088 £90,995,301
-
Cash
+297.7%
£1,262,504 £5,021,239
-
Net assets
+26.1%
£7,070,202 £8,914,804
-
Employees
+22.6%
31 38
-
Operating profit
+50%
£1,761,948 £2,642,680
-
Profit before tax
+51.2%
£1,717,894 £2,596,792
-
Wages
+35.7%
£2,141,379 £2,906,177
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