DOVECOTE PARK LIMITED
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Cash
£481K
-83.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£28M
+8.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,022
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.6M
-18.6% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of DOVECOTE PARK LIMITED's latest filing
Dovecote Park sells £347m of meat, but margins are squeezed. 🥩
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-26
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £253,050,000 | £281,584,000 | £347,035,000 | +23.2% | |
| Operating profit | £6,599,000 | £4,387,000 | £3,558,000 | -18.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,652,000 | £4,434,000 | £3,611,000 | -18.6% | |
| Net profit | £4,971,000 | £3,123,000 | £2,590,000 | -17.1% | |
| Cash | £1,173,000 | £2,989,000 | £481,000 | -83.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,094,000 | £33,060,000 | £37,952,000 | +14.8% | |
| Net assets | £24,273,000 | £26,136,000 | £28,456,000 | +8.9% | |
| Equity | £24,273,000 | £26,136,000 | £28,456,000 | +8.9% | |
| Average employees | 889 | 970 | 1,022 | +5.4% | |
| Wages | £29,420,000 | £31,916,000 | £34,809,000 | +9.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,401,000 | £1,085,715 | £951,711 | -12.3% |
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 | 2023-09-29 | 2024-09-27 | 2025-09-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.7% | 13.3% | 9.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.3% | 53.4% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.35x | 1.44x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 63.54x |
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
- DOVECOTE PARK LIMITED 1997-10-27 → present
- CANVIN GUNNER LIMITED 1996-03-13 → 1997-10-27
- BOWERGOOD LIMITED 1996-03-04 → 1996-03-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The year was dominated by the unprecedented rise in UK cattle prices, which rose by 34% during the year to reach record levels.”
- “Sales growth was thus inflated by price inflation, but we still experienced some underlying volume growth which combined to produce an increase in sales to £ 347.0m.”
- “In terms of costs, RPI inflation proved more difficult to tame and rose slightly to 3.6% over the course of the financial year, remaining stubbornly above the Government's 2% target.”
- “The Government's decision to increase both the National Minimum Wage and the Employer's National Insurance rate were contributory factors in increased cost of operations in the second half of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUNNER, David Bosworth | Secretary | 1996-03-06 | — | British |
| CANVIN, Edwin John Richard | Director | 1996-03-06 | Oct 1950 | British |
| GUNNER, David Bosworth | Director | 1996-03-06 | May 1952 | British |
| MCALLISTER, Andrew James | Director | 2015-05-05 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-03-04 | 1997-03-06 |
| BUITELAAR, Amanda Patricia | Director | 2015-05-05 | 2026-04-30 |
| HARRIS, Philip | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2005-04-15 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-03-04 | 1997-03-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Amanda Patricia Buitelaar | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2022-06-14 | Active |
| Mr David Bosworth Gunner | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Edwin John Richard Canvin | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-14 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-02-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-05-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.