VINE MEATS LTD
Operating from Sevenoaks, Kent, the company is a processor and producer of meat and poultry products associated with Vine Meats (Holdings) Ltd.
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Cash
£1.8m
+50.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-19% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
20
+5.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.4m
-11.7% lowest 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 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £125,724,000 | £184,132,000 | £225,496,000 | +22.5% | |
| Operating profit | £4,932,000 | £5,035,000 | £4,711,000 | -6.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,013,000 | £5,035,000 | £4,446,000 | -11.7% | |
| Net profit | £3,785,000 | £3,791,000 | £3,335,000 | -12% | |
| Cash | £648,000 | £1,212,000 | £1,828,000 | +50.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,466,000 | £14,042,000 | £11,685,000 | -16.8% | |
| Net assets | £14,466,000 | £14,042,000 | £11,377,000 | -19% | |
| Equity | £14,466,000 | £14,042,000 | £11,377,000 | -19% | |
| Average employees | 15 | 19 | 20 | +5.3% | |
| Wages | £1,300,000 | £1,367,000 | £1,104,000 | -19.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £937,000 | £1,304,000 | £1,286,000 | -1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £4,000 | £4,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £684,000 | £643,000 | -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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 2.1% | 1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.1% | 35.9% | 40.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.7% | 71.5% | 78.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.39x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 17.78x |
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
- VINE MEATS LTD 2020-04-02 → present
- UNIMEATS LTD 2019-05-30 → 2020-04-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Smithfield Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The company adopted the new lease disclosure requirements at the beginning of the year. The effect of this is bringing a new right of use and lease liability onto the Balance Sheet.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Alan Jeffrey | Director | 2019-05-30 | Jun 1961 | British |
| VAN KREIJ, Remy Marinus Antonius Johannes | Director | 2020-08-19 | Apr 1971 | Dutch |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Remy Marinus Antonius Johannes Van Kreij | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2020-08-19 | Active |
| Mr Alan Jeffrey Burke | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 31 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-09-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-08-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-08-20 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-08-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.