RANDALL PARKER FOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
+18.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£17m
+2.5% vs 2024
Employees
425
-6.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£350k
+124.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-27 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £171,432,000 | £165,583,000 | £181,498,000 | +9.6% | |
| Operating profit | £2,203,000 | £856,000 | £1,299,000 | +51.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£38,000 | -£1,403,000 | £350,000 | +124.9% | |
| Net profit | £216,000 | -£1,004,000 | £539,000 | +153.7% | |
| Cash | £2,626,000 | £3,505,000 | £4,143,000 | +18.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,064,000 | £20,104,000 | £23,497,000 | +16.9% | |
| Net assets | £18,493,000 | £16,539,000 | £16,951,000 | +2.5% | |
| Equity | £18,493,000 | £16,539,000 | £16,951,000 | +2.5% | |
| Average employees | 459 | 455 | 425 | -6.6% | |
| Wages | £14,092,000 | £13,646,000 | £13,317,000 | -2.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,495,000 | £1,225,000 | £1,188,000 | -3% |
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 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | -0.6% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 4.3% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.88x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | 0.97x | 0.40x | 1.37x |
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
- RANDALL PARKER FOOD GROUP LIMITED 1995-10-17 → present
- HOWPER 159 LIMITED 1995-06-30 → 1995-10-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Hawsons Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the current trading performance, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and the parent company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of no less than twelve months after the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- RANDALL PARKER FOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Beechplace Limited 100%
- Carib Holdings Limited 100%
- Weddel Meats Limited 100%
- Weddel Swift Limited 100%
- Weddel Swift Distribution Limited 100%
- Weddel Swift Trading GmbH 100%
- Weddel Swift South Africa (Proprietary) Limited 100%
- The Curated Castings Company Ltd 90%
- Activebrave Limited 100%
- Alphega Limited 100%
- Alpineagent Limited 100%
- Angling On Line Limited 100%
- Barcruise Enterprises Limited 100%
- Bennett's Welsh Lamb Cyfyngedig 100%
- Brandlamp Limited 100%
- Butchers Box Limited 100%
- Catchlaunch Limited 100%
- Choicplaza Limited 100%
- Choiceset Limited 100%
- Diet Connect Limited 100%
- Donald Cook's Limited 100%
- Electarea Trading Limited 100%
- Fircroft Enterprises Limited 100%
- Fishing On Line Limited 100%
- Giltspur Limited 100%
- Gourmet Connect Limited 100%
- R C Hammett Limited 100%
- Harmart Limited 100%
- Haulback Trading Limited 100%
- Hooked On Line Limited 100%
- John Layton & Co. Limited 100%
- Meadow Farm Produce Limited 100%
- Metier Tubbs Limited 100%
- P R Food Holdings Limited 100%
- Perhow 99 Limited 100%
- Quickmade Limited 100%
- Raisetrend Limited 100%
- Randall Parker Food Service Limited 100%
- RP Agencies Limited 100%
- Shelfroom Trading Limited 100%
- Tackle On Line Limited 100%
- Trotman's (Newbury) Limited 100%
- T S & W Limited 100%
- T W Downs Limited 100%
- Weddel Swift (Imports) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RANDALL, Tony | Secretary | 2023-11-30 | — | — |
| PARKER, Andrew William | Director | 2015-05-14 | Feb 1971 | British |
| RANDALL, Gary | Director | 2015-05-07 | Dec 1978 | English |
| RANDALL, Ronald Leslie | Director | 1995-09-21 | May 1947 | British |
| RANDALL, Stuart Graham | Director | 2015-05-07 | Jul 1987 | British |
| RANDALL, Tony | Director | 2015-05-07 | Dec 1975 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADY, David Richard | Secretary | 1995-09-21 | 2023-11-30 |
| HP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-30 | 1995-09-21 |
| BRADY, David Richard | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2022-11-30 |
| FIELD, Richard John, Mr. | Director | 2015-04-30 | 2017-11-30 |
| FIELD, Richard John, Mr. | Director | 2000-02-14 | 2012-03-31 |
| FIRTH, Peter | Director | 1996-10-14 | 2003-11-13 |
| PARKER, William Joseph | Director | 1995-09-21 | 2015-02-06 |
| PATEL, Pragnesh | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2019-05-31 |
| SHOULER, George Edward | Director | 1995-09-21 | 1999-04-28 |
| HP DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-30 | 1995-09-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ronald Leslie Randall | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| W & J Parker Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Shares 25–50% (as firm), Voting 25–50%, Voting 25–50% (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-18 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation 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.