TILDA LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
+226.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£127m
-16.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
272
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£19m
+51% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £168,819,000 | £183,982,000 | £182,866,000 | -0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £14,826,000 | £10,688,000 | £17,417,000 | +63% | |
| Profit before tax | £16,538,000 | £12,854,000 | £19,413,000 | +51% | |
| Net profit | £12,934,000 | £10,104,000 | £14,921,000 | +47.7% | |
| Cash | £2,346,000 | £953,000 | £3,114,000 | +226.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £143,712,000 | £154,671,000 | £130,164,000 | -15.8% | |
| Net assets | £141,834,000 | £151,938,000 | £126,859,000 | -16.5% | |
| Equity | £141,834,000 | £151,938,000 | £126,859,000 | -16.5% | |
| Average employees | 267 | 279 | 272 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £14,623,000 | £15,459,000 | £16,059,000 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £372,000 | £308,000 | £391,000 | +26.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £45,000 | £67,000 | £47,000 | -29.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £372,021 | £307,500 | £390,501 | +27% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 5.8% | 9.5% | |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 5.5% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.3% | 6.9% | 13.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 11.6% | 10.8% | 17.6% | |
| Current ratio | 7.83x | 8.92x | 5.09x | |
| Interest cover | 98.84x | — | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TILDA LIMITED 1997-12-23 → present
- TILDA RICE LIMITED 1982-09-24 → 1997-12-23
- JACEY (OVERSEAS) LIMITED 1970-09-25 → 1982-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Taking into account the position of the ultimate parent company, the Directors are of the view that there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt upon the entity's ability to continue as a going concern, for 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Group structure
- TILDA LIMITED · parent
- Tilda International FZCO 100%
- Tilda Rice Limited 100%
- Ebro U.K. Limited 33.33%
Significant events
- “During 2025 dividends totalling £40 million (2024 - £nil) were paid on the Ordinary shares.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALBENDEA, Pablo | Director | 2019-12-31 | Jun 1966 | Spanish |
| LABORDE, Jean Philippe | Director | 2019-08-27 | Jun 1972 | French |
| LOPEZ RELIMPIO, Rafael Angel | Director | 2019-09-19 | Sep 1971 | Spanish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEEN, Nicholas | Secretary | 2017-10-02 | 2019-08-27 |
| SAMANI, Rohit | Secretary | — | 2013-05-30 |
| BAILIE, Robert | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2019-09-19 |
| CONTE, Pasquale | Director | 2015-11-01 | 2017-06-30 |
| FALTISCHEK, Denise Menikheim | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2019-06-30 |
| LANGROCK, James Michael | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-08-27 |
| PARMAR, Umesh Purshottam | Director | 2004-11-12 | 2019-12-31 |
| SAMANI, Rohit | Director | — | 2017-07-28 |
| SCHILLER, Mark Lawrence | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2019-08-27 |
| SIMON, Irwin David | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2018-12-05 |
| SMITH, Stephen Jay | Director | 2014-01-13 | 2015-11-01 |
| THAKRAR, Rashmi | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
| THAKRAR, Shamil | Director | 2004-11-12 | 2014-01-13 |
| THAKRAR, Shilen | Director | 1995-02-07 | 2014-01-13 |
| THAKRAR, Vipul | Director | — | 2014-01-13 |
| WOODWARD, Lesley | Director | 2004-11-12 | 2014-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebro Foods S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-08-27 | Active |
| Hain Frozen Foods Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-08-27 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-01-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2020-01-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-31 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2020-01-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2020-01-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.