BIRDS EYE LIMITED
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† BIRDS EYE LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 10890Where the company stands among the 5,434 active companies whose first SIC code is 10890 (Manufacture of other food products n.e.c.).
- KELLOGG COMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIN,LIMITED£971.8m
- ROWSE HONEY LIMITED£607.6m
- FRUTAROM (UK) LIMITED£496.8m
- KP SNACKS LIMITED£342.9m
- WEETABIX LIMITED£267.5m
- HAIN FROZEN FOODS UK LIMITED£248.6m
- WILLIAM JACKSON FOODS LIMITED£176.3m
- BIRDS EYE LIMITED£169.4m
- MARLOW FOODS LIMITED£133.8m
- KERRY INGREDIENTS (UK) LIMITED£114.6m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 5,434. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: BIRDS EYE LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
BIRDS EYE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00343496. It was incorporated on 18 Aug 1938. Its status is active. The registered office is in Woking (GU21). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of other food products n.e.c. (10890).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £788,121,000. Profit for the year was £76,068,000. Net assets were £169,409,000, down 65.3% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £185,000. Total assets were £330,478,000 and total liabilities £975,000. The company had an average of 909 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 5,434 active companies whose first SIC code is 10890: By turnover it ranks higher than 99% of the 212 that publish turnover (median £16,317,107). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,569). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £41,204). By cash it ranks higher than 72% of them (median £30,063). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 99% of them (median age 3.5 years).
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly fish and seafood, meat and fish preparations, cereal and bakery products. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly vegetables, meat and fish preparations, cereal and bakery products. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 72 days to pay suppliers, and 35% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 0.3% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered. 8 of 15 registered charges are outstanding.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 22 Jun 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 815,196,000 | 788,121,000 |
| Profit for the year | 95,965,000 | 76,068,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | — | 185,000 |
| Total assets | 782,094,000 | 330,478,000 |
| Total liabilities | 90,852,000 | 975,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 488,063,000 | 169,409,000 |
| Average number of employees | 928 | 909 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 72 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 35%
- Standard payment terms
- 60–90 days
- Member of a payment code
- No
- Within 30 days 7%
- 31 to 60 days 21%
- After 60 days 72%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2024
- 69
- 10%
- 64%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 73
- 13%
- 57%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 76
- 10%
- 45%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 68
- 15%
- 51%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 68
- 15%
- 68%
- 30 Jun 2022
- 69
- 13%
- 65%
- 31 Dec 2021
- 65
- 16%
- 63%
- Median hourly pay
- women 0.3% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 7.2% higher
- Median bonus pay
- women 20% higher
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 3.4% higher
- women 3.3% higher
- 2023/24
- women 6.7% higher
- women 2.6% higher
- 2022/23
- women 6.3% lower
- women 4.5% lower
- 2021/22
- women 9.7% lower
- women 5.9% lower
- 2020/21
- women 8.8% lower
- women 5% lower
- 2019/20
- women 7.6% lower
- women 5% lower
- 2018/19
- women 11.4% lower
- women 5.8% lower
- 2017/18
- women 15.5% lower
- women 11.4% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED)
Earlier years (2)
- 2021
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (NOMAD FOODS EUROPE LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: fish and seafood, meat and fish preparations, cereal and bakery products, machinery and miscellaneous food preparations.
Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: vegetables, meat and fish preparations, cereal and bakery products, vegetable and fruit preparations and miscellaneous food preparations.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
5 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £788.1m, net assets £169.4m, 909 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £815.2m, net assets £488.1m, 928 employees
- Nomad Foods Europe Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to BIRDS EYE LIMITEDPreviously UNILEVER ICE CREAM & FROZEN FOOD LIMITED
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.