GENIUS FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-07 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-23
Watchouts
Cash
£891K
+40.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-32% vs 2023
Employees
191
-9.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£3M
+25.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 1 in the financial statements. The note highlights that compliance with debt covenants is reliant on forecast EBITDA being achieved. If EBITDA is not generated in line with forecast the group may breach a future covenant. The note also highlights that the invoice finance facility will require to be renegotiated or a new facility secured in the period. These events or conditions, indicate that material uncertainties exists that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- GENIUS FOODS LIMITED 2009-08-27 → present
- GARDYNE FOODS LIMITED 2008-06-23 → 2009-08-27
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 | £29,607,000 | £23,905,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,169,000 | -£1,993,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,716,000 | -£2,764,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,814,000 | -£2,890,000 | |
| Cash | £635,000 | £891,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,135,000 | £10,006,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,967,000 | £6,100,000 | |
| Equity | £8,967,000 | £6,100,000 | |
| Average employees | 212 | 191 | |
| Wages | £7,413,000 | £6,715,000 |
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 | -10.7% | -8.3% | |
| Net margin | -12.9% | -12.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -34.7% | -19.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.1% | 72.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | -5.79x | -2.58x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 1 in the financial statements. The note highlights that compliance with debt covenants is reliant on forecast EBITDA being achieved. If EBITDA is not generated in line with forecast the group may breach a future covenant. The note also highlights that the invoice finance facility will require to be renegotiated or a new facility secured in the period. These events or conditions, indicate that material uncertainties exists that may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.”
Group structure
- GENIUS FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Livwell Limited 100%
- United Bakeries (Holdings) Limited 100%
- United Bakeries Limited 100%
- United Bakeries (Bathgate) Limited 100%
- United Central Bakeries Limited 100%
- Chapel Foods Limited 100%
- Genius Germany GmbH 100%
- Genius France SARL 100%
Significant events
- “Following the year end; further cash injections of £1.2m were made by Katjesgreenfood GmbH & Co. KG over the period to June 2025 further to the £4.1m recorded in note 23 as a current liability and the £3.8m convertible loan recorded in note 23 as a non-current liability.”
- “The covenant breaches referred to in note 25 were remedied in February 2025 with new covenants being agreed; and also confirming that the lender's right to recover the advanced funds had been waived. The remaining balance on the cash flow facility; which stood at £400k at 31 December 2024, was repaid over January and February 2025 in line with this revised agreement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADDLESHAW GODDARD (SCOTLAND) SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-07-28 | — | — |
| BACHMÜLLER, Tobias Sebastian | Director | 2022-06-06 | Apr 1957 | German |
| FASSIN, Bastian Xaver Maria | Director | 2022-06-06 | Nov 1972 | German |
| HANN, Stephen Paul Charles | Director | 2025-01-01 | May 1981 | British |
| RODERT, Andreas Marius Maria | Director | 2022-06-06 | Aug 1984 | German |
| WRENCH, Simon Edward | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE-GARDYNE, Hew Alan | Secretary | 2008-06-23 | 2008-11-20 |
| SANGSTER, Katherine Blackstock | Secretary | 2008-11-20 | 2011-07-28 |
| BLACK, Benjamin David Louis | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2022-06-06 |
| BRADLEY, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| BRUCE-GARDYNE, Hew Alan | Director | 2008-07-01 | 2008-11-20 |
| BRUCE-GARDYNE, Lucinda Emma Kate | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2021-08-31 |
| COTTAM, Angela Mary, Dr | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2009-06-09 |
| COTTAM, Gervase Guy Martin | Director | 2009-04-29 | 2012-06-20 |
| CUSCHIERI, Roz | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2016-10-14 |
| DE MEVIUS, Frederic Charles Josse Mutien Ghislain | Director | 2014-03-24 | 2017-04-01 |
| DUNSMORE, John Michael | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2022-06-06 |
| FINCH, Ernest John | Director | 2011-07-01 | 2014-03-24 |
| GAMMELL, Janice Theresa, Lady | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2012-02-28 |
| GAMMELL, William Benjamin Bowring, Sir | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2020-01-01 |
| HOURS, Bernard Louis | Director | 2017-04-01 | 2018-05-22 |
| MELLOUL, Eric | Director | 2014-03-24 | 2022-06-06 |
| MORSE, Stella Helen | Director | 2012-06-20 | 2016-07-27 |
| MURRAY, Edward Davidson | Director | 2008-11-20 | 2022-06-06 |
| QUINN, Peter | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-04-06 |
| SMART, Adam David | Director | 2023-04-11 | 2024-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katjes Greenfood Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-06-06 | Active |
| Verlinvest Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-07-27 | Ceased 2016-07-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-04-26 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-03-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-03 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-03-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 1
- 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
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Turnover
-19.3%
£29,607,000 £23,905,000
-
Cash
+40.3%
£635,000 £891,000
-
Net assets
-32%
£8,967,000 £6,100,000
-
Employees
-9.9%
212 191
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Operating profit
+37.1%
-£3,169,000 -£1,993,000
-
Profit before tax
+25.6%
-£3,716,000 -£2,764,000
-
Wages
-9.4%
£7,413,000 £6,715,000
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