L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED

2ND FLOOR KINGFISHER HOUSE, 21-23 ELMFIELD ROAD, BROMLEY, KENT, BR1 1LT

Company Number: 01724228
Incorporation date: 18-May-1983
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
10511 Liquid milk and cream production
10520 Manufacture of ice cream




SUMMARY

This company is 40.9 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society Limited. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 3.6 million which has increased from GBP 1.9 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 118.4 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 114.3 million. Retained earnings is negative (GBP -1.3 million), which means the company has aggregate losses since it's inception or it has paid more dividends than it can afford; given the company's age, this is a sign of serious financial problems. The company has 4 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 5 other companies. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2022)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
28-Dec-2019 GBP 118,391,000 2,802,000 974,000 2,671,000
29-Dec-2018 GBP 114,292,000 -80,000 -625,000 -471,000
30-Dec-2017 GBP 120,677,000 1,973,000 716,000 1,478,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
28-Dec-2019 GBP 108,000 190,888,000 189,776,000 611,000 96,000 4,815,000 -1,299,000 3,644,000
29-Dec-2018 GBP 3,000 7,643,000 8,210,000 754,000 96,000 4,815,000 -2,996,000 1,947,000
30-Dec-2017 GBP 237,000 7,568,000 7,687,000 916,000 96,000 4,815,000 -1,900,000 3,043,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Thomas Anthony GRIFFIN 11 Oct 2018 28 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Michael RYAN 01 Oct 2013 11 Oct 2018 British 0 - 1
Resigned Gerald Patrick MCCARTHY 30 Jul 2004 01 Oct 2013 0 - 7
Resigned Christopher Frank WALKER 01 Feb 2001 30 Jul 2004 0 - 1
Resigned Shiv Kumar KAPILA 31 Jan 1998 31 Jan 2001 0 - 2
Resigned George William BONFIELD 01 Jul 1995 31 Jan 1998 0 - 4
Resigned Joseph Kellett BROWN 30 Jun 1995 0 - 7

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Niall MATTHEWS 12 Jan 2023 Director Irish 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Aloysius DUFFY 02 May 2019 24 Oct 2022 Farmer Irish 1 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Thomas Anthony GRIFFIN 13 Aug 2018 Company Director Irish 2 - 00 (0.0%)
Active Peter SHERIDAN 01 Oct 2013 Financial Controller Irish 5 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Gerald Patrick MCCARTHY 24 Jun 2006 01 Oct 2013 Company Director Irish 0 - 71 (14.3%)
Resigned Michael RYAN 24 Jun 2006 13 Aug 2018 Accountant Irish 0 - 40 (0.0%)
Active Dermot FARRELL 01 Nov 2005 Manager Irish 3 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Ed PRENDERGAST 25 Jul 2003 28 Apr 2006 Chief Executive Officer Irish 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Peter JUDGE 25 Jul 2003 24 Jun 2006 Director Irish 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Anthony John MARCH 30 May 2002 25 Jul 2003 Finance Director British 0 - 31 (33.3%)
Resigned James Robert NEVILLE 22 Nov 2001 25 Jul 2003 Non-Executive Director British 8 - 112 (10.5%)
Resigned Diane Elizabeth HUNTER 06 Oct 2000 07 Mar 2003 Operations Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Ian Andrew STONE 01 Apr 2000 25 Jul 2003 Sales & Marketing Director British 2 - 21 (25.0%)
Resigned Simon Mark ASHTON 19 Aug 1999 28 Mar 2003 Chief Executive Officer British 18 - 3419 (36.5%)
Resigned Shiv Kumar KAPILA 19 Jan 1998 30 Sep 2001 Finance Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned Colin COFFEY 16 Feb 1996 31 Dec 2000 Manufacturing Director British 7 - 229 (31.0%)
Resigned Joseph Kellett BROWN 05 Aug 1993 30 Jun 1996 Non-Executive Director British 0 - 70 (0.0%)
Resigned George William BONFIELD 05 Aug 1993 31 Jan 1998 Financial Director British 0 - 40 (0.0%)
Resigned Paul Robert FREESTON 26 Apr 1993 05 Nov 1999 Marketing Director British 4 - 116 (40.0%)
Resigned Peter Ronald MILLEN 26 Apr 1993 25 Jul 2003 Commercial Director British 1 - 30 (0.0%)
Resigned Christopher John NEVILLE 25 Jul 2003 Non Executive Director British 0 - 102 (20.0%)
Resigned Richard Woodford LAWES 02 Feb 1997 Director British 0 - 62 (33.3%)
Resigned Richard Ian HONEY 09 Feb 1993 Operations Director British 0 - 20 (0.0%)
Resigned William Robert LAWES 25 Jul 2003 Chairman British 1 - 82 (22.2%)
Resigned Alan George BINGHAM 19 Apr 1996 Technical Director British 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Joseph Kellett BROWN 30 Jun 1996 Non-Executive Director British 0 - 70 (0.0%)
Number of active directors: 4
Average tenure of active directors: 8.9 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.3 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 0.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED (01724228) - Active
TASTE TRENDS LIMITED (02823938) - Active
LAKELAND DAIRY SALES - UK BRANCH (FC029442) - Active
LAKELAND DAIRIES (N.I.) LIMITED (NI041907) - Active
LE PRITCHITT (NORTHERN IRELAND) LIMITED (NI054172) - Active
LAKELAND DAIRIES CO-OP LIMITED (NI676426) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2015-12-272014-12-272013-12-272012-12-272011-12-27
LAKELAND DAIRIES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITEDORDINARY825,000
85.6%
825,000
85.6%
825,000
85.6%
825,000
85.6%
825,000
85.6%
LAKELAND DAIRIES CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITEDPARTICIPATING PREFERRED ORDINARY SHARES138,816
14.4%
138,816
14.4%
138,816
14.4%
138,816
14.4%
138,816
14.4%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED

Controlled companies below

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


Title Date filed Status Publication number
A process for manufacturing milk-based products 2015-05-29 Terminated GB2546059
Milk-based product manufacturing process 2015-05-29 Terminated GB2546231

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 10511 Liquid milk and cream production)

Company Registered Address Company Number YE Date Revenue GBP Net Profit GBP Other SIC codes
ARLA FOODS LIMITED ARLA HOUSE, 4 SAVANNAH WAY, LEEDS VALLEY PARK, LEEDS YORKSHIRE, LS10 1AB 02143253 2017-12-31 2,536,173,000 7,729,000 46330-Wholesale of dairy products, eggs and edible oils and fats
MEADOW FOODS LIMITED ROUGH HILL, MARLSTON-CUM-LACHE, CHESTER, CHESHIRE, CH4 9JS 02720823 2018-03-31 427,181,000 18,025,000
LACTALIS MCLELLAND LIMITED THE CREAMERY, COMMERCE ROAD, STRANRAER, DG9 7DA SC014583 2017-12-31 199,854,000 13,982,000 46390-Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
ANDROS UK LIMITED LULLINGTON LANE, OLDFORD, FROME, ENGLAND, BA11 2NQ 06661569 2017-12-31 88,736,089 -2,383,055
CREDITON DAIRY LIMITED HEAD OFFICE, CHURCH LANE, CREDITON, DEVON, EX17 2AH 08490730 2017-12-30 68,465,000 4,994,000
MORTONS DAIRIES LIMITED MORTON HOUSE, KENYONS LANE, MAGHULL, MERSEYSIDE, L31 0BP 01377957 2018-02-28 16,697,097 0
ARLA FOODS UK PLC ARLA HOUSE 4 SAVANNAH WAY, LEEDS VALLEY PARK, LEEDS, YORKSHIRE, LS10 1AB 03487778 0000-00-00 0 0
MEADOW FOODS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED ROUGH HILL, MARLSTON-CUM-LACHE, CHESTER, CH4 9JS 03055242 0000-00-00 0 0

LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
L.E. PRITCHITT & COMPANY LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.4% 1.4% 2.7% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 2.4% 5.5% Medium
Sic code count 0.8% 3.8% 7.5% Medium
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