NORTH LAKES FOODS LIMITED
Company number 04451152 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
North Lakes Foods Limited represents a successfully rehabilitated niche dairy processor that has transformed its balance sheet from negative net assets in 2018-2020 to a positive position of £295,518 by 2024. Operating within the margin-pressured UK liquid milk production sector, the company benefits from group backing through parent Greencroft Milk Supplies Ltd and maintains healthy liquidity with a current ratio of 1.75x. However, significant concerns remain around thin capitalisation, growing reliance on invoice discounting facilities (up 65% year-on-year), and heavy dependence on intercompany balances (£1.06m), which together create vulnerability to both sector-wide pressures and group-specific financial dynamics.
Shareholders' funds
£327,195
Balance sheet as at 2025-10-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-05-30
- Employees
- 39 (2025 accounts · was 40 in 2024)
- Registered office
- C/O Greencroft Milk Supplies Ltd, Telford Road, Middlesbrough, England, TS3 8BL
- Postcode
- TS3 8BL
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 4 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-29
- Next due by
- 2027-05-13
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10511 Liquid milk and cream production
Officers 7 current · 11 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GREENCROFT MILK SUPPLIES LIMITED — since 2016-09-09
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZB049247 (Tier 2), registered since 2021.
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| GREENGILL LIMITED | 2003-01-30 |
| GWECO 180 LIMITED | 2002-11-13 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| NORTH LAKES FOODS LIMITED GILWILLY ROAD, GILWILLY INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 9BL | 2017-01-27 |
| GREENGILL, PENRITH, CUMBRIA, CA11 8SE | 2014-02-05 |
| 14 PICCADILLY, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE BD1 3LX | 2003-01-27 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 52 similar companies in TS — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (39 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2002.
The class of 2002
39%
of the 122,927 companies incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 58% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2017-03-16
- Price paid, where recorded
- £80,000
- Where
- Westmorland And Furness (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CU170738 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2017-03-16 | £80,000 |
| CU127869 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2003-02-28 | — |
| CU55706 | Westmorland And Furness | Freehold | 2003-02-28 | — |
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