DELIFRANCE (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4M
-30% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.5M
-3.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
457
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£377K
+109.6% 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 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £169,128,000 | £188,034,000 | £209,445,000 | +11.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£4,408,000 | -£924,000 | £1,310,000 | +241.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,473,000 | -£3,920,000 | £377,000 | +109.6% | |
| Net profit | -£8,474,000 | -£3,865,000 | -£278,000 | +92.8% | |
| Cash | £2,753,000 | £3,435,000 | £2,404,000 | -30% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £40,591,000 | £40,756,000 | £37,626,000 | -7.7% | |
| Net assets | £12,648,000 | £8,783,000 | £8,505,000 | -3.2% | |
| Equity | £12,648,000 | £8,783,000 | £8,505,000 | -3.2% | |
| Average employees | 427 | 445 | 457 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £16,749,000 | £18,865,000 | £20,527,000 | +8.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £288,000 | £402,000 | £470,000 | +16.9% |
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 | 2023-06-30 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.6% | -0.5% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -5.0% | -2.1% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -10.9% | -2.3% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.7% | 88.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.15x | 1.01x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -1.08x | -0.31x | 0.48x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- DELIFRANCE (UK) LIMITED 1988-02-16 → present
- SKILLBUSY LIMITED 1987-11-02 → 1988-02-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 31st December 2025 Délifrance UK Limited was fully acquired by Vandemoortele, N.V.”
- “The UK competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (the CMA), have instructed Délifrance UK Limited to sell various sales contracts within the frozen sweet laminated dough category. This sale is currently underway and is expected to finalise by September 2026.”
- “On 17th December 2025, the Company undertook a capital reduction by means of a solvency statement. The Company's issued share capital was reduced by £15,307,500 through reducing the nominal value of the 10,205,000 ordinary shares from £2.00 per share to £0.50 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGAN, Niall Bernard | Director | 2023-02-01 | Feb 1973 | Irish |
| O'BOYLE, Robert Edward | Director | 2021-09-01 | Dec 1975 | Irish |
| VERNON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1968 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SELLS, Peter Charles | Secretary | — | 2001-06-29 |
| CASTLEGATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2022-01-01 |
| BOUTANG, Denis Rene Raymond | Director | 2017-11-13 | 2020-02-17 |
| COLE, Andrew Brian | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2022-01-14 |
| CONTE, Muriel Huguette Rita | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| CREPY, Francois Jean Pierre | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| DAUNIZEAU, Laurent | Director | 1994-03-16 | 2012-12-11 |
| DERIPPE, Jean | Director | 1995-01-23 | 1998-11-02 |
| DOBBIE, David Ian | Director | 2009-01-21 | 2018-11-01 |
| DOBBIE, David Ian | Director | 2001-03-09 | 2008-09-30 |
| FAGUET, Dominique Paul Georges | Director | 2013-04-08 | 2016-04-15 |
| GALLICHET, Jacques Gilles Marie Yvon | Director | 1997-01-02 | 2001-03-09 |
| GIRARD, Arnold | Director | 2016-04-15 | 2019-04-01 |
| LEVEQUE, Jean Edward Manuel Leonard Ghislain | Director | 1998-11-02 | 2017-11-13 |
| LOMBARD, Jean Pierre | Director | — | 1994-03-16 |
| MATHYS, Eric | Director | — | 1997-01-02 |
| SCHMIDT, Johan | Director | — | 1995-01-23 |
| TURNER, Richard Mark Julian | Director | 2008-10-24 | 2025-02-14 |
| WIBAUX, Sylvian | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-07-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-18 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-12-17 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-17 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-12-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2023-07-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.