DAIRYLINK UK LTD

Company number 06946519 ·

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Executive summary

Dairylink UK Ltd is a long-established but financially constrained niche operator within the UK food services sector, facing significant headwinds from cost inflation, declining net assets (down 40% from 2022 peaks), and critically low liquidity. While the business demonstrates conservative financial management through low gearing, the current ratio of 1.08:1 and extreme debtor concentration (97.4% of current assets) expose operational fragility that is below sector benchmarks. The sustained erosion of retained earnings suggests the business is struggling to maintain profitability amid sector-wide margin compression, and without meaningful working capital improvement, its competitive position remains vulnerable in an increasingly consolidated market.

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Shareholders' funds

£88,290

Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2009-06-29
Employees
6 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
1st & 2nd Floors 64 High Street, Stone, England, ST15 8AU
Postcode
ST15 8AU
Capital
100 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-08-31
Next due by
2027-05-31
Financial year end
31 August

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-10-14
Next due by
2026-10-28
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 56290 Other food services

Officers 2 current · 1 resigned

DIRECTOR Appointed 2009-07-01
Appointed 2009-07-01

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Public contracts won 1

£49,228,548 total awarded value where published.

  • FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED 2020-01-13 £49,228,548

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA552231 (Tier 1), registered since 2019.

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Contact details

Website
dairylink-uk.com
Phone
01785286823

Previous registered addresses 3

AddressChanged on
2 ASTON HALL FARMHOUSE BOWERS LANE, ASTON, STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST15 0BN, ENGLAND2016-10-17
C/O BRADFORD & CO, TOLLGATE COURT BUSINESS CENTRE TOLLGATE DRIVE, TOLLGATE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, STAFFORD, ST16 3HS, ENGLAND2016-03-01
2 ASTON HALL COTTAGES, BOWERS LANE ASTON, STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST15 0BN2015-11-03

Among its peers

Top 25%

by shareholders' funds, of 40 similar companies in ST

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2009.

No.6 of the largest other food services companies in Stoke-On-Trent →

Competitors Stoke-On-Trent

This company ranks 6 among other food services in Stoke-On-Trent.

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The class of 2009

22%

of the 608 companies in this sector incorporated in 2009 are still active today; 74% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Survival rates for every incorporation year →