KENT FOODS LIMITED

1. KENT FOODS LIMITED 1993-01-08 → present
2. BASEBEGIN LIMITED 1992-12-09 → 1993-01-08

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Wog (Audit) Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared detailed forecasts which show that the company is able to operate within its existing financial arrangements for at least the next 12 months. The company is expected to remain profitable and cash positive into the foreseeable future. Close attention is paid to cashflow forecasts and the directors take action to help the business to ensure that it can meet its obligations as they arise. The company has a strong balance sheet which would enable it to access external financing should this be required. Accordingly, the company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Group structure

1. KENT FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Kent Foods BV 100% · Netherlands
   2. Paramount Chocolate Company Limited 100% · UK
   3. Kent Foodservice Limited 100% · UK
   4. Jones Kent Limited 100% · Malta
   5. Paramount Flavours and Essences 100% · UK

Significant events

• “Turnover for the year decreased by 1% to £336m. The main drivers behind this were decreases in food commodity prices in the final quarter of the year.”
• “A key performance indicator for the company is EBITDA. For the year under review this is £12,883,472 (2023; £12,952,543). The decrease in EBITDA was mainly as a result of a decrease in revenue due to commodity prices dropping at the year end along with an increase in distribution costs.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.1%

  £340,035,693 → £336,313,650

• Cash

  +147.5%

  £2,502,368 → £6,194,223

• Net assets

  +17.2%

  £25,735,818 → £30,152,742

• Employees

  +9.9%

  242 → 266

• Operating profit

  +2.1%

  £10,334,951 → £10,551,495

• Profit before tax

  +3.6%

  £10,286,852 → £10,656,469

• Wages

  +12.5%

  £8,769,935 → £9,868,467

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