DAIRY CONSUMER FOODS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£13M
+40% vs 2023
Employees
284
-13.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£8M
+78.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DAIRY CONSUMER FOODS (UK) LIMITED 2021-10-05 → present
- TARAFIELD LIMITED 2020-09-08 → 2021-10-05
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 | £263,535,775 | £325,282,732 | |
| Operating profit | £4,750,724 | £8,190,523 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,729,656 | £8,433,296 | |
| Net profit | £4,336,543 | £7,748,573 | |
| Cash | — | £5,286,147 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,460,843 | £15,549,592 | |
| Net assets | £9,417,497 | £13,180,570 | |
| Equity | £9,417,497 | £13,180,570 | |
| Average employees | 330 | 284 | |
| Wages | £12,178,051 | £16,821,308 |
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 | 1.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.4% | 52.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.3% | 85.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.63x | 0.93x | |
| Interest cover | 225.49x | 43.18x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have satisfied themselves that the Company is a going concern, having adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “The business made a decision to terminate the agency agreement the Company had with Kerry Foods UK Ltd, the entity now invoices customers directly, this took affect on the 29th of September 2024.”
- “On 12 November 2024, Kerry Group plc announced that it had entered into an agreement with Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited in relation to the sale of KG's shareholding in KDHI. Phase 1 of the sale of KDI completed on 31 December 2024.”
- “There have been no significant events, outside the ordinary course of business, affecting the Company since 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'CONNELL, James | Secretary | 2025-08-31 | — | — |
| CHUTE, Richard | Director | 2024-12-31 | Oct 1972 | Irish |
| MURPHY, Patrick | Director | 2024-12-31 | Dec 1962 | Irish |
| O'BRIEN, Padraig | Director | 2024-12-31 | May 1967 | Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEASY, Ronan | Secretary | 2020-09-08 | 2025-08-31 |
| DEASY, Ronan | Director | 2020-09-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| HORAN, Trevor James | Director | 2020-09-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| SALMON, Claire | Director | 2021-07-28 | 2024-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-12-31 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
| Kerry Group Plc | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2024-04-01 | Ceased 2024-12-31 |
| Kerry Holdings (U.K.) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-09-08 | Ceased 2024-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-03 | 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
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+23.4%
£263,535,775 £325,282,732
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+40%
£9,417,497 £13,180,570
-
Employees
-13.9%
330 284
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Operating profit
+72.4%
£4,750,724 £8,190,523
-
Profit before tax
+78.3%
£4,729,656 £8,433,296
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Wages
+38.1%
£12,178,051 £16,821,308
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