LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED

Active
Company number 04080435Private limited companyIncorporated 2000

Key figures

£48,269,354
Net assets 2023/24

† LIFE HEALTH 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

2023/24

Sector comparison

SIC 10612

Where the company stands among the 264 active companies whose first SIC code is 10612 (Manufacture of breakfast cereals and cereals-based food).

Net assets£48,269,354
Higher than 99% · median £2,652
Total assets£22,509,502
Higher than 97% · median £33,149
Cash£228
Lower than 85% · median £17,187
Company age26.1 years
Older than 96% · median 3.2 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED£48.3m
  2. HALO FOODS LIMITED£22.9m
  3. LACKA FOODS LIMITED£10.4m
  4. THE BRECKS COMPANY LIMITED£10m
  5. DEESIDE CEREALS I LTD£9.2m
  6. CEREALTO UK LIMITED£8.3m
  7. MICRONIZED FOOD PRODUCTS LIMITED£3.4m
  8. LAZY DAY FOODS LIMITED£2.5m
  9. MARCH FOODS LIMITED£2.5m
  10. RUDE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED£2.4m

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 264. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04080435. It was incorporated on 25 Sep 2000. Its status is active. The registered office is in Peterborough (PE2). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of breakfast cereals and cereals-based food (10612).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2023/24 (period ending 30 Jun 2024); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £116,388,128. Loss for the year was £15,586,062. Net assets were £48,269,354. Cash at bank and in hand was £228. Total assets were £22,509,502 and total liabilities £26,250,641.

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 264 active companies whose first SIC code is 10612: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £2,652). By total assets it ranks higher than 97% of them (median £33,149). By cash it ranks lower than 85% of them (median £17,187). It is older than 96% of them (median age 3.2 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants worth £138k, mainly from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly miscellaneous food preparations, cereal and bakery products, beverages and spirits. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly cereal and bakery products, vegetable and fruit preparations. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 4.3% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered. 2 of 5 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Mar 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 16 Sep 2027.

Filed accounts2023/24
2023/24 †
Turnover116,388,128
Profit for the year-15,586,062
Cash at bank and in hand228
Total assets22,509,502
Total liabilities26,250,641
Net assets / total equity48,269,354

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.

Government grants

5 grants

LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 5 central government grants since 2022, together worth £138k.

Funders
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
3 grants · £110.4k
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 grants · £27.6k
Grants
  1. Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £22,542
  2. IETFDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £16,000 · Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)
  3. Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £56,619
  4. IETFDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £11,570 · Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)
  5. Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £31,241

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 4.3% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 13.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 2.9% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter48.9% womenLower middle55.6% womenUpper middle32.2% womenUpper pay quarter37.1% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 4.6% lower
women 13.9% lower
2023/24
women 6.5% lower
women 13.9% lower
2022/23
women 8.5% lower
women 13.6% lower
2021/22
women 5% lower
women 16.1% lower
2020/21
women 13.3% lower
women 16% lower
2019/20
women 11.4% lower
women 13.4% lower
2018/19
women 18.3% lower
women 18% lower
2017/18
women 10.8% lower
women 8.3% 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

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 food preparations, cereal and bakery products, beverages and spirits, vegetable and fruit preparations and optical, medical and measuring instruments.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: cereal and bakery products and vegetable and fruit 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

6 events
  1. Financial year endedAccounts filed at Companies House
  2. Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: turnover £116.4m, net assets £48.3m
  3. Name changed to LIFE HEALTH FOODS LIMITEDPreviously PIONEER FOODS (UK) LIMITED
  4. Lhf Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  5. Name changed to PIONEER FOODS (UK) LIMITEDPreviously BOKOMO FOODS (UK) LTD
  6. 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.