C & K WOOD (U.K.) LIMITED
Company number 04252828 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
C & K Wood (U.K.) Limited has built an impressive strategic position from near-insolvency to a £10.2M net asset business, anchored by a differentiated long-term vaccine egg supply agreement with Seqirus that provides revenue stability uncommon in the commodity poultry sector. However, the combination of FY2024's margin compression, aggressive dividend extraction exceeding net profit, and the existential Avian Influenza threat creates a strategic imperative to recalibrate the balance between shareholder distributions and reinvestment in operational resilience and growth. The company's substantial cash reserves and cash-generative model provide the means to pursue this recalibration—but the window for proactive strategic action is narrower than the comfortable balance sheet suggests.
Shareholders' funds
£10,179,711
Balance sheet as at 2024-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year under review was production and supply of eggs.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2001-07-16
- Employees
- 9 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Hall Farm, Newton On Derwent, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 4DB
- Postcode
- YO41 4DB
- Capital
- 400 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-16
- Next due by
- 2027-07-30
Nature of business (SIC)
- 1470 Raising of poultry
Officers 4 current · 6 resigned
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 12 YORK PLACE, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE LS1 2DS | 2001-08-02 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 42 similar companies in YO
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (9 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2001.
Competitors York
This company ranks 1 among raising of poultry in York.
The class of 2001
41%
of the 80,160 companies incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 57% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.