D.P.K. FOODS LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+65.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-31.5% vs 2023
Employees
1,112
-12% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£115K
+88% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,001,329 | £45,141,696 | |
| Operating profit | -£458,102 | £383,454 | |
| Profit before tax | -£958,087 | -£114,818 | |
| Net profit | -£1,424,730 | -£824,543 | |
| Cash | £2,967,892 | £4,918,165 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,504,597 | £10,189,838 | |
| Net assets | £2,615,581 | £1,791,038 | |
| Equity | £2,615,581 | £1,791,038 | |
| Average employees | 1,263 | 1,112 | |
| Wages | £13,693,160 | £14,003,898 |
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 | -1.0% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -3.1% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | 3.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.41x | |
| Interest cover | -0.87x | 0.70x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the company. After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors are satisfied that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence and will be able to meet its debts as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- D.P.K. FOODS LTD. · parent
- Pizzaness Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end the company has entered into an intercompany loan with a related entity, MSG Scotland Limited of £2,500,000 which is repayable on demand at any time after 31 December 2026. The loan is interest free..”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUNIS, Paul Aaron | Director | 1999-08-04 | Mar 1967 | British |
| GREWAL, Harpal Singh | Director | 2015-09-08 | Aug 1979 | British |
| BANSOLS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2015-09-08 | — | — |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNIS, Denise Jane | Secretary | 1999-08-04 | 2015-09-08 |
| BRIAN REID LTD. | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-08-04 | 1999-08-04 |
| BUNIS, Colin | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-05-11 |
| BUNIS, Denise Jane | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2015-09-08 |
| BUNIS, Samantha Victoria | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2009-02-13 |
| STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-08-04 | 1999-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertford Heath Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-11 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-06-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-06-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-08 | CH02 | officers | Change corporate director company with change date | |
| 2020-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-1.9%
£46,001,329 £45,141,696
-
Cash
+65.7%
£2,967,892 £4,918,165
-
Net assets
-31.5%
£2,615,581 £1,791,038
-
Employees
-12%
1,263 1,112
-
Operating profit
+183.7%
-£458,102 £383,454
-
Profit before tax
+88%
-£958,087 -£114,818
-
Wages
+2.3%
£13,693,160 £14,003,898
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