Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/11/2026Filing deadline
- Next accounts made up to
- 28/02/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 28/02/2025
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
Notification of Burt Catering Butchers Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-07-01
Cessation of Emily Joy Dodson as a person with significant control on 2025-07-01
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-02-28
Change of details for Mr Neil Ross Dodson as a person with significant control on 2025-11-11
What Pre-Score will tell you

The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Total Exemption Full accounts
30/11/2026Filing deadline
Confirms the registry record is up to date
20/10/2026Filing deadline
The latest figures SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
2024: £-38.21K
Total Assets
2024: £395.77K
Cash in Bank
2024: £4.33K
Total Liabilities
2024: £433.98K
Employees
2024: 7
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total liabilities moved furthest, up 26.79% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | +2 |
| 2022 | 5 | -3 |
| 2021 | 8 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 8 in 2021 to 7 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
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Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 01/07/2025–Present | 6 | |
| Director | 01/07/2025–Present | 12 | |
| Director | 28/02/2022–19/01/2023 | 0 | |
| Director | 20/01/2023–Present | 1 | |
| Director | 09/12/2015–01/03/2022 | 1 | |
| Director | 20/01/2023–Present | 0 | |
| Secretary | 19/10/2014–19/01/2023 | 0 |
Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 17/11/2023–Present | 1 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 05/04/2016–19/01/2023 | 0 | |
| 05/07/2016–03/07/2020 | 1 | |
| 20/01/2023–Present | 0 | |
| 20/01/2023–17/11/2023 | 0 | |
| 01/04/2023–Present | 0 | |
| 01/04/2023–01/07/2025 | 0 | |
| 01/07/2025–Present | 0 |
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
Notification of Burt Catering Butchers Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-07-01
Cessation of Emily Joy Dodson as a person with significant control on 2025-07-01
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-02-28
Change of details for Mr Neil Ross Dodson as a person with significant control on 2025-11-11
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-06 with updates
Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-02 with updates
Appointment of Mr Terrance Burt as a director on 2025-07-01
Appointment of Mr David Christopher Burt as a director on 2025-07-01
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-17 with no updates
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-02-29
Satisfaction of charge 079408620001 in full
Satisfaction of charge 079408620002 in full
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A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 30-34 North Street, Hailsham BN27 1DW. Companies House classifies its business as Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 14 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £-71.02K and 7 employees.
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED under one registered business activity: Retail sale of meat and meat products in specialised stores (47.22 - SIC 2007).
SIMPLY AFRICAN FOOD LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 08/02/2012.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £-71.02K, total assets of £479.25K, cash in bank of £25.67K and total liabilities of £550.27K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 06/01/2026: Notification of Burt Catering Butchers Ltd as a person with significant control on 2025-07-01, 8 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 30/11/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 20/10/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (4 currently in post) and 9 people with significant control (5 current).