NORTHERN FOODS LIMITED, WF2 8EE : Companies House Number 00471864

Executive summary

Northern Foods Limited occupies a distinctive position in the UK food manufacturing landscape as a heritage holding entity (incorporated 1949) within the Boparan Holdings group, following its £344m acquisition and delisting in 2011. Its substantial share capital base and professional board structure—including dedicated Group CEO and CFO appointments—position it well above typical UK food manufacturing companies in terms of governance maturity and scale, though it faces the sector-wide challenges of input cost inflation, retail customer power, and margin pressure that characterise this low-margin, capital-intensive industry. The company's compliance record and full accounts filing status suggest sound financial stewardship, while its concentrated ownership under BH Acquisitions Limited provides strategic stability but also limits external governance accountability.

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Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1949-08-15
Registered office: Trinity Park House, Fox Way, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 8EE
Postcode: WF2 8EE
Capital: 343,964,235 GBP
Accounts category: Full
Charges: 0 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-07-26
Next due by: 2027-04-30
Financial year end: 31 July

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-08-02
Next due by: 2027-08-16

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Nature of business (SIC)

70100 Activities of head offices

Officers 4 current · 49 resigned

Paul Allan FRISTON Director

Appointed 2025-02-01

MR CRAIG ASHLEY TOMKINSON Director

GROUP CFO Appointed 2018-06-30

MRS Baljinder Kaur BOPARAN Director

Appointed 2011-04-07

MR Ranjit Singh BOPARAN Director

Appointed 2011-04-07

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Group structure 24 subsidiaries

Controlled by BH ACQUISITIONS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

Showing 12 of 24.

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6475318 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Contact details

Website: http://www.northernfoods.co.uk

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
NORTHERN FOODS PLC	2011-05-27
NORTHERN FOODS P L C	2011-05-27

Previous registered addresses 3

Address	Changed on
2180 CENTURY WAY, THORPE PARK, LEEDS, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS15 8ZB	2011-07-22
BEVERLEY HOUSE, ST. STEPHENS SQUARE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE HU1 3XG	2005-03-03
BEVERLEY HOUSE, ST. STEPHENS SQUARE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE HU1 3XG	2005-03-03

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 177 similar companies in WF, trading since 1949

40 companies are registered at this postcode →

Property in England & Wales 4 titles

Freehold: 2
Leasehold: 2
Most recent registration: 2009-07-29
Where: City Of Nottingham (2), Derbyshire (1), Merseyside (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DY443050	Derbyshire	Freehold	2009-07-29	—
MS149751	Merseyside	Freehold	2002-01-14	—
NT173127	City Of Nottingham	Leasehold	1984-11-14	—
NT154219	City Of Nottingham	Leasehold	1983-04-12	—

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