WHAT'S COOKING DEESIDE UK LTD
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Shareholders' funds
£18,983,784
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of What’s Cooking Deeside UK (“the company”) is the manufacture of frozen meal components and ready meals for the food service and retail sectors. The company continues to face challenges as a consequence of inflation and availability of materials. Through swift action by the management team the impact of these adverse events was kept to a minimum and the company continued with year-on-year turnover growth.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-11-27
- Employees
- 440 (2025 accounts · was 413 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Estuary House 10th Avenue, Zone 3 Deeside Industrial Park, Deeside, Flintshire, CH5 2UA
- Postcode
- CH5 2UA
- Capital
- 162,097 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 11 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-03
- Next due by
- 2027-05-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 10890 Manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified
- 46390 Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Officers 5 current · 13 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by Freshmeals N.V. (BE0884.649.304) — since 2017-09-11
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-05-21).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
42%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- kkfinefoods.co.uk
KK is a passionate, fast moving business built on family values and integrity with a forward thinking corporate focus. Established in 1987 in the kitchen of our founder and CEO Leyla Edwards and now employing in excess of 200 people, we pride ourselves on our commitment to foodservice, retail and ca
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| K K FINE FOODS LIMITED | 2023-04-21 |
| K K FINE FOODS PLC | 2017-10-11 |
| K K FINE FOODS LIMITED | 2007-08-16 |
| K K WHOLEFOODS LIMITED | 2003-02-20 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 23-28 MANOR INDUSTRIAL, ESTATE FLINT, CLWYD CH6 5UY | 2003-08-21 |
| FACTORY A, PANT-Y- BUARTH ROAD, GWERNAFFIELD, MOLD CLWYD | 1990-11-14 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 22 similar companies in CH
The largest employer among its local peers (440 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1986.
Competitors Chester
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5. SIROMA LTD
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other food products not elsewhere classified in Chester.
The class of 1986
51%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2005-04-29
- Where
- Flintshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM226031 | Flintshire | Freehold | 2005-04-29 | — |
| CYM85490 | Flintshire | Freehold | 2002-08-19 | — |
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