ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS FELINFACH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-15 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£102M
Equity attributable
Employees
166
Average over period
Profit before tax
£32M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS FELINFACH LIMITED 2025-06-09 → present
- VOLAC WHEY NUTRITION LIMITED 2023-11-06 → 2025-06-09
- PEARBRANCH ENTERPRISES LIMITED 2023-10-02 → 2023-11-06
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £149,545,000 | |
| Operating profit | £31,880,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £31,508,000 | |
| Net profit | £24,054,000 | |
| Cash | £2,483,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £111,945,000 | |
| Net assets | £102,484,000 | |
| Equity | £102,484,000 | |
| Average employees | 166 | |
| Wages | £11,429,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.3% | |
| Net margin | 16.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.34x | |
| Interest cover | 39.41x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Price Bailey LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has obtained a letter of financial support from AFL, the main UK trading company within the group, confirming the company can rely on AFL to support the continuation of operations and to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the period to 30 June 2026.”
Group structure
- ARLA FOODS INGREDIENTS FELINFACH LIMITED · parent
- Arla Foods Ingredients Felinfach Renewable Energy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During January 2024, the whey nutrition business of Volac International Limited was transferred to the company.”
- “On 15 November 2024 the company's direct parent was acquired by Arla Foods Ingredients Group P/S ('AFI Group').”
- “On 9 June 2025 the company changed its name from Volac Whey Nutrition Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUBEL, Luis | Director | 2024-11-15 | Jul 1973 | Danish |
| PADBERG, Sebastiaan Augustinus Johannes Maria | Director | 2024-11-15 | Apr 1971 | Dutch |
| RUTTER, Louis | Director | 2024-11-15 | Mar 1978 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIPPON, Alexander William | Secretary | 2024-02-09 | 2024-11-15 |
| FRAMPTON, Paul | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2024-11-15 |
| JONES, Richard Steven | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
| KRISTIANSEN, Klaus | Director | 2024-11-15 | 2026-02-15 |
| MCBRIDE, William Struan | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
| NEVILLE, David Christopher | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
| NEVILLE, James Robert | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
| NEVILLE, Mark Richard | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
| RICHARDS, Christopher Gareth Joseph | Director | 2024-01-26 | 2024-11-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arla Foods Ingredients Felinfach Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-05 | Active |
| Woodford Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-01 | Ceased 2024-03-05 |
| Woodford Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-01 | Ceased 2024-03-01 |
| Volac International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-02 | Ceased 2024-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-30 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-06-09 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-01-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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
Latest filed period vs the prior one