PURA FOODS LIMITED

Active
Company number 02158570Private limited companyIncorporated 1987

Key figures

£75,429,048-2.8%
Net assets 2025
-2.8%
Average annual change 2024–2025
020 m40 m60 m80 m20242025

† PURA FOODS 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

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 10410

Where the company stands among the 247 active companies whose first SIC code is 10410 (Manufacture of oils and fats).

Net assets£75,429,048
Higher than 95% · median £35,652
Total assets£111,015,938
Higher than 97% · median £190,243
Company age39.2 years
Older than 91% · median 6.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. CARGILL PLC£679.2m
  2. DAIRY CREST LIMITED£468m
  3. EDIBLE OILS LTD£103.4m
  4. SD GUTHRIE INTERNATIONAL LIVERPOOL REFINERY LIMITED£92.8m
  5. PURA FOODS LIMITED£75.4m
  6. OLAM FOOD INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED£38.5m
  7. BN HOLDINGS EUROPE LIMITED£33.9m
  8. YELO ENTERPRISES LTD£32.8m
  9. GCB COCOA UK LIMITED£32.6m
  10. JOHN THOMPSON & SONS, LIMITED£29.4m

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 247. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: PURA FOODS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

PURA FOODS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02158570. It was incorporated on 28 Aug 1987. Its status is active. The registered office is in Erith (DA8). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of oils and fats (10410), manufacture of margarine and similar edible fats (10420).

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 £39,383,599. Profit for the year was £2,717,795. Net assets were £75,429,048, down 2.8% on the previous year. Total assets were £111,015,938 and total liabilities £31,425,284. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 247 active companies whose first SIC code is 10410: By net assets it ranks higher than 95% of them (median £35,652). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £190,243). It is older than 91% of them (median age 6.5 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous chemicals, plastics, coated textiles. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly fats and oils, plastics, perfumery and cosmetics. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 3 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 20 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover39,050,28839,383,599
Profit for the year6,462,1452,717,795
Total assets101,607,198111,015,938
Total liabilities21,146,84531,425,284
Net assets / total equity77,566,20875,429,048

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

Modern slavery statements3
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (Archer-Daniels-Midland Company)
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ADM TRADING (UK) LIMITED)
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (ADM TRADING (UK) 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

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: miscellaneous chemicals, plastics, coated textiles, machinery and perfumery and cosmetics.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: fats and oils, plastics, perfumery and cosmetics and machinery.

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

6 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £39.4m, net assets £75.4m
  2. Adm Pura Limited ceased to be a person with significant control
  3. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £39.1m, net assets £77.6m
  4. Archer Daniels Midland (Uk) Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Adm Pura Limited registered as a person with significant control
  6. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.