WATTS FARMS CATERING LIMITED
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Cash
£51K
+656.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£107K
+221.2% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
139
-3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£196K
-39.4% first positive since 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £13,390,065 | £23,306,963 | £27,151,546 | £27,848,251 | £27,280,546 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | -£682,440 | -£172,477 | -£280,305 | £397,606 | £249,568 | -37.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£24,608 | -£221,196 | -£349,543 | £323,512 | £196,200 | -39.4% | |
| Net profit | £55,431 | -£129,401 | -£349,543 | £323,512 | £196,200 | -39.4% | |
| Cash | £748,274 | £91,702 | £28,998 | £6,690 | £50,591 | +656.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,017,935 | £620,624 | £120,172 | £311,356 | £449,075 | +44.2% | |
| Net assets | £66,715 | -£62,686 | -£412,229 | -£88,717 | £107,483 | +221.2% | |
| Equity | £66,715 | -£62,686 | -£412,229 | -£88,717 | £107,483 | +221.2% | |
| Average employees | 108 | 140 | 143 | 144 | 139 | -3.5% | |
| Wages | £2,296,890 | £3,741,533 | £4,256,525 | £4,397,875 | £4,566,114 | +3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £45,191 | £201,732 | £325,606 | £339,085 | £306,490 | -9.6% |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -5.1% | -0.7% | -1.0% | 1.4% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -0.6% | -1.3% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -67.0% | -27.8% | -233.3% | 127.7% | 55.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.98x | 1.03x | 0.98x | |
| Interest cover | -30.78x | -3.54x | -4.05x | 5.37x | 4.68x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The food sector within which the company operates, continued to be stable into FY25. The company continues to adopt a strategy of diversifying into a broader range of customers, thereby helping to spread trading risk and reduce exposure in certain areas. However, the business continued to experience significant cost increases across the year, particularly in utility, labour and finance costs which continued to challenge trading margins. It is the directors' view that the business can withstand anticipated detrimental impacts such as those referred to above and still have the resources to trade successfully over the coming FY26.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COTTINGHAM, Joseph | Director | 2012-11-26 | Oct 1973 | British |
| GRAY, Avril Marion | Director | 2012-11-26 | Apr 1952 | British |
| GRAY, Edward Donald Berkerley, Dr | Director | 2012-11-26 | Dec 1984 | British |
| GRAY, Michael Berkeley | Director | 2011-10-31 | Sep 1947 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watts Farms Fresh Produce Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-06-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2021-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.