BERNARD MATTHEWS FOODS (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-01 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+94.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+35.1% vs 2023
Employees
343
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
-22.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- BERNARD MATTHEWS FOODS (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED 2021-10-13 → present
- SUNDERLAND ADDED VALUE FOODS LIMITED 2021-10-06 → 2021-10-13
- BERNARD MATTHEWS (SUNDERLAND) LIMITED 2021-09-16 → 2021-10-06
- THYME FOOD UK LIMITED 2016-07-13 → 2021-09-16
- TEMP CO 1 LIMITED 2015-07-16 → 2016-07-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £97,776,000 | £104,474,000 | |
| Operating profit | £9,453,000 | £7,206,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £9,453,000 | £7,304,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,375,000 | £5,627,000 | |
| Cash | £2,487,000 | £4,830,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,038,000 | £22,279,000 | |
| Net assets | £16,038,000 | £21,665,000 | |
| Equity | £16,038,000 | £21,665,000 | |
| Average employees | 343 | 343 | |
| Wages | £8,872,000 | £10,627,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 58.9% | 32.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.59x | 1.56x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and finance facilities to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 month period from the date these financial statements were approved. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the fin”
Significant events
- “On 30 August 2024, the company became party to an inter-company cross guarantee in relation to borrowings in Amber Real Estate Investments (Agriculture) Limited, a fellow group company. The total borrowings at 29 December 2024 were £280,000,000.”
- “The company has given a fixed and floating charge over its assets as security.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, Richie Leslie | Director | 2021-10-11 | Mar 1979 | British |
| GLEADOW, Andrew Michael | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| RUSSELL, Jonathan David | Director | 2025-01-09 | Sep 1968 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOPARAN, Ranjit Singh | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2025-01-09 |
| BOPARAN, Ranjit Singh | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2016-06-23 |
| CURLE, Tolla Joanne | Director | 2016-06-23 | 2021-10-12 |
| EMMERSON, Rose-Marie | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2025-01-09 |
| HAMMOND, Daniel Jeffrey | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2022-03-30 |
| PRICE, Paul | Director | 2022-11-09 | 2023-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Heidi | Director | 2018-08-06 | 2020-03-18 |
| TOMKINSON, Craig Ashley | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2021-01-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boparan Manufacturing Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-06-05 | Active |
| Amber Rei Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-17 | Ceased 2023-06-05 |
| Miss Tolla Joanne Curle | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-07-11 | Ceased 2021-09-17 |
| Mr Craig Ashley Tomkinson | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-17 |
| Invest Co 1 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-09 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-06-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+6.9%
£97,776,000 £104,474,000
-
Cash
+94.2%
£2,487,000 £4,830,000
-
Net assets
+35.1%
£16,038,000 £21,665,000
-
Employees
0%
343 343
-
Operating profit
-23.8%
£9,453,000 £7,206,000
-
Profit before tax
-22.7%
£9,453,000 £7,304,000
-
Wages
+19.8%
£8,872,000 £10,627,000
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