LAIRDS FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2M
+494.3% vs 2023
Employees
117
-7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+50.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- LAIRDS FOODS LIMITED 2018-12-31 → present
- FOODPRO (MANUFACTURING) LIMITED 1997-08-22 → 2018-12-31
- GLENFAIR LIMITED 1997-08-15 → 1997-08-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £29,271,000 | £34,267,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,965,000 | £2,860,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,753,000 | £2,644,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,355,000 | £1,977,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £547,000 | £2,377,000 | |
| Net assets | £400,000 | £2,377,000 | |
| Equity | £400,000 | £2,377,000 | |
| Average employees | 126 | 117 | |
| Wages | £3,018,000 | £3,189,000 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.6% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 359.2% | 120.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.0% | 76.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.83x | 1.09x | |
| Interest cover | 9.27x | 13.24x |
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
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Company made a provision during 2021 in relation to a technical breach of National Minimum Wage regulations and which has been fully resolved with HM Revenue & Customs during 2024.”
- “The current Group banking facility has been renewed but is currently hibernated from July 2024 as it is not foreseen to be required in the short to medium term.”
- “During the year, a new holding company, Browns Food Group Holdings Limited, was created.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRINDLEY, Matthew Leigh | Director | 2007-07-02 | Feb 1970 | British |
| GODFREY, Wayne | Director | 2007-05-01 | Oct 1971 | British |
| SUTHERLAND, Darren | Director | 2013-09-04 | Nov 1972 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas | Director | 2024-01-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1997-08-15 | 2018-06-11 |
| REID, Brian | Nominee Secretary | 1997-08-15 | 1997-08-15 |
| BOWIE, Allan Russell | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2023-11-30 |
| CLARK, Nicholas Rodger | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2022-06-03 |
| GODFREY, Martyn | Director | 1997-08-15 | 2010-08-02 |
| GODFREY, Susan Mary | Director | 1997-08-15 | 2018-06-11 |
| HILL, Alan George | Director | 2013-09-04 | 2020-11-06 |
| HUTCHESON, William Scott | Director | 1997-08-15 | 2004-12-31 |
| MABBOTT, Stephen | Nominee Director | 1997-08-15 | 1997-08-15 |
| RUTHERFORD, David | Director | 2004-12-31 | 2008-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Food Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+17.1%
£29,271,000 £34,267,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+494.3%
£400,000 £2,377,000
-
Employees
-7.1%
126 117
-
Operating profit
+45.5%
£1,965,000 £2,860,000
-
Profit before tax
+50.8%
£1,753,000 £2,644,000
-
Wages
+5.7%
£3,018,000 £3,189,000
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