HOLLAND'S PIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£674K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£8M
Equity attributable
Employees
241
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
Period ending 2024-12-29
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HOLLAND'S PIES LIMITED 2023-04-03 → present
- SPICE HOLDCO LIMITED 2021-09-21 → 2023-04-03
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 | £28,739,000 | £25,166,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,736,000 | £1,233,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,716,000 | £1,178,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,804,000 | £887,000 | |
| Cash | £503,000 | £674,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,445,000 | £8,332,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,445,000 | £8,332,000 | |
| Equity | £7,445,000 | £8,332,000 | |
| Average employees | 241 | 241 | |
| Wages | £6,764,000 | £6,659,000 |
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 | 6.0% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 23.3% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.77x | 1.87x | |
| Interest cover | 86.80x | 13.55x |
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 financial statements.”
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 28 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 · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH, Nigel Jonathan | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| GLEADOW, Andrew Michael | Director | 2023-09-01 | Oct 1980 | British |
| ROSTRON, James Matthew | Director | 2025-01-09 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, Daniel Jeffrey | Director | 2023-04-01 | 2025-01-09 |
| KERS, Ronald Klaas Otto, Mr. | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2023-04-01 |
| TOMKINSON, Craig Ashley | Director | 2021-09-21 | 2023-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boparan Manufacturing Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-04-01 | Active |
| Northern Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-09-21 | Ceased 2023-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-03 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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 | |
| 2024-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-04-03 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-04-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-04-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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