RYECROFT FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£498k
-38.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£4m
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£480k
+85.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The financial statements for the 2024 and 2025 financial year have been prepared on a basis other than going concern, following the directors' decision to cease manufacturing operations during 2026.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,389,000 | £14,289,000 | £10,694,000 | -25.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,348,000 | £689,000 | -£434,000 | -163% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,353,000 | -£3,212,000 | -£480,000 | +85.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,335,000 | -£3,244,000 | -£480,000 | +85.2% | |
| Cash | £439,000 | £805,000 | £498,000 | -38.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,764,000 | £6,520,000 | £5,722,000 | -12.2% | |
| Net assets | £7,764,000 | £4,520,000 | £4,040,000 | -10.6% | |
| Equity | £7,764,000 | £4,520,000 | £4,040,000 | -10.6% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 56 | — | — | |
| Wages | £1,853,000 | £2,057,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.4% | 4.8% | -4.1% | |
| Net margin | 9.3% | -22.7% | -4.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 17.4% | 10.6% | -7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 47.2% | 44.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.37x | 3.97x | 4.45x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The financial statements for the 2024 and 2025 financial year have been prepared on a basis other than going concern, following the directors' decision to cease manufacturing operations during 2026.”
Significant events
- “The Company will cease manufacturing during 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURNHAM, Jennifer Katherine | Secretary | 2025-04-16 | — | — |
| CONDON, Bruce Andrew | Director | 2022-07-11 | Jul 1971 | British |
| O'DWYER, Colm Christopher Liam | Director | 2024-10-01 | Jun 1968 | Irish |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Lyne | Secretary | 2008-01-09 | 2014-12-31 |
| CLARKE, Ian Paul | Secretary | 1997-08-01 | 2003-08-01 |
| CONDON, Bruce Andrew | Secretary | 2025-01-10 | 2025-04-16 |
| JONES, Peter John | Secretary | — | 1997-08-01 |
| MARTIN, Richard William Thomas | Secretary | 2018-01-11 | 2024-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Richard William Thomas | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2008-01-09 |
| THOMAS, Christopher David George | Secretary | 2015-03-11 | 2018-01-11 |
| WILSON, Helen | Secretary | 2024-02-01 | 2024-11-22 |
| ABBOTT, Sally Jane | Director | 2017-10-18 | 2024-09-30 |
| BENNETT, Donald Henry | Director | — | 1997-08-01 |
| BLAKLEY, Ray | Director | — | 1998-01-31 |
| BRADY, David | Director | 2001-06-01 | 2006-08-31 |
| BRIGGS, Terence | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-06-01 |
| CARVER, John Harding | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2003-07-31 |
| CUI, Guiyong | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2017-07-03 |
| DEREK, Moore | Director | — | 1991-11-15 |
| FLETCHER, Peter John | Director | 1996-01-16 | 1997-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Dennis | Director | 1996-01-16 | 1996-10-17 |
| GEORGE, Ian Paul | Director | 1997-01-01 | 1997-08-01 |
| GEORGE, Richard William, Sir | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2008-02-08 |
| HOLMES, Anthony Lawrence Scott | Director | 2024-10-01 | 2024-10-15 |
| JONES, Peter John | Director | — | 1997-08-01 |
| MARTIN, Richard William Thomas | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2022-07-11 |
| MCINTYRE, Duncan Alec | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2015-10-31 |
| TURRELL, Giles Michael | Director | 2011-10-18 | 2017-10-18 |
| WANG, Lili | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2017-07-03 |
| WOOD, Kenneth Leslie | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2011-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weetabix Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 209 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-02 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
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Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.