BAKKAVOR FOODS LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the Bakkavör group, the company manufactures fresh prepared foods, including meals, salads, and desserts, for major UK supermarkets.
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Cash
£42m
+355% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£752m
+0.1% vs 2024
Employees
13,902
-3.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£46m
-25.4% lowest 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 2025-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,852,903,000 | £1,947,571,000 | £1,936,873,000 | -0.5% | |
| Operating profit | £91,675,000 | £76,476,000 | £61,496,000 | -19.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £79,827,000 | £61,045,000 | £45,554,000 | -25.4% | |
| Net profit | £55,132,000 | £38,339,000 | £23,691,000 | -38.2% | |
| Cash | £18,352,000 | £9,244,000 | £42,062,000 | +355% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £980,758,000 | £959,778,000 | £972,159,000 | +1.3% | |
| Net assets | £773,340,000 | £751,428,000 | £751,841,000 | +0.1% | |
| Equity | £773,340,000 | £751,428,000 | £751,841,000 | +0.1% | |
| Average employees | 14,689 | 14,473 | 13,902 | -3.9% | |
| Wages | £443,734,000 | £475,898,000 | £492,889,000 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £4,365,000 | £6,073,000 | +39.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £2,418,000 | £2,509,000 | £4,784,000 | +90.7% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2025-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.9% | 3.9% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.3% | 8.0% | 6.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.9% | 53.9% | 54.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 0.15x | 1.42x | |
| Interest cover | 4.43x | 3.09x | 2.55x |
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
- BAKKAVOR FOODS LIMITED 2006-11-17 → present
- GEEST FOODS LIMITED 1988-09-02 → 2006-11-17
- GEEST ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1972-07-07 → 1988-09-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore consider that the Company has sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- BAKKAVOR FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Moorish Limited 100%
- Bakkavor Iberica S.L.U. 100%
- Bakkavor Estates Limited 100%
- Butterdean Products Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Bakkavor Group plc, (Bakkavor), the ultimate parent of the company was acquired by Greencore Group plc (Greencore) on 16 January 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVANS, Michael | Secretary | 2026-01-21 | — | — |
| BECK, Kirsty | Director | 2026-01-21 | Mar 1988 | British |
| FINNEY, Lee | Director | 2026-01-21 | Mar 1970 | British |
| MILEY, Lee | Director | 2024-11-01 | May 1973 | British |
| PARTON, Andy | Director | 2026-01-21 | May 1976 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURRANT, Dawn Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-12-07 | 2005-11-25 |
| HOWES, Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-31 | 2010-07-05 |
| JOWETT, Jonathan David | Secretary | 2009-08-05 | 2010-03-31 |
| PUNNETT, Jolyon | Secretary | 2005-11-25 | 2009-08-05 |
| ROBERTSON, Neil Charles | Secretary | 1998-08-07 | 1999-12-07 |
| SCRIVEN, Jane Katherine | Secretary | 1991-07-08 | 1998-08-07 |
| STANSBURY, John | Secretary | 2010-07-05 | 2012-02-01 |
| TAGOE-BANNERMAN, Annabel | Secretary | 2019-06-21 | 2026-01-21 |
| WALLACE, Brian Godman | Secretary | — | 1991-07-08 |
| WITHAM, Simon | Secretary | 2012-02-01 | 2019-06-21 |
| ARNADOTTIR, Hildur | Director | 2007-03-28 | 2008-03-20 |
| DUTTON, John Edward | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2002-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Michael | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2026-01-21 |
| GUDMUNDSSON, Agust | Director | 2005-05-25 | 2022-11-01 |
| GUDMUNDSSON, Lydur | Director | 2005-05-25 | 2007-01-24 |
| HOWES, Richard David | Director | 2007-01-24 | 2010-10-15 |
| MACIELINSKI, Peter Martin | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| MENZIES-GOW, Robert Ian | Director | 1996-11-25 | 2002-09-27 |
| PATES, Gordon Christopher | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2011-03-07 |
| PULLEN, Jonathan Mark | Director | 1995-11-21 | 2005-09-30 |
| SAVAGE, Ann | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2011-03-07 |
| SCRIVEN, Jane Katherine | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2005-05-20 |
| SPIRLING, John William | Director | — | 1995-09-01 |
| SUGDEN, David Arnold | Director | — | 1996-01-10 |
| VAN GEEST, Leonard Waling | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| VOYLE, Gareth John | Director | 1998-09-21 | 2006-05-26 |
| WALDRON, Benjamin Jay | Director | 2021-06-29 | 2024-10-31 |
| WALLACE, Brian Godman | Director | — | 1995-04-03 |
| WALTON, Francis Brian | Director | 2009-10-08 | 2011-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakkavor Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 252 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.