• Specialty Chilled Foods Group Limited
Correspondence address: 5 Fleet Place, London, England, EC4M 7RD
Notified on: 6 April 2016
Governing law: United Kingdom (England And Wales)
Legal form: Limited By Shares
Place registered: Companies House
Registration number: 3198298
Nature of control:
Ownership of shares – 75% or more
Ownership of voting rights – 75% or more
Right to appoint and remove directors
Incorporated in: England And Wales

• Duane Ronal Roberts, Founder & Executive Director
DOB: November 1936
Nationality: American

• Richard Dale Shippee, President
DOB: November 1947
Nationality: American

• Jeremy David Faulkner, Managing Director
DOB: October 1957
Nationality: British

• Nigel Anthony Horsman, Company Director
DOB: February 1964
Nationality: British

• Derek Hodgson, Director of Finance
DOB: February 1967
Nationality: British

• David Graham, Commercial Director
DOB: July 1966
Nationality: British

• Anthony Harvey, Manufacturing Director
DOB: November 1966
Nationality: British

S.K. Chilled Foods Limited is a subsidiary company of Specialty Chilled Foods Group Limited (03198298)

• They are also both subsidiaries of the Specialty Foods Group Limited (04687978)

• Statement of Capital (Share Capital)

Class of Shares: ORDINARY
Currency: GBP
Number Allotted: 198733
Aggregate nominal value: 198733

• Statement of Capital (Total)
Currency: GBP
Total number of shares: 198733
Total aggregate nominal value: 198733

• Full Details of Shareholders

Shareholding 1: 17 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Elaine Bell

Shareholding 2: 17 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Gary Bell

Shareholding 3: 678 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return
Name: Leslie Bell

Shareholding 4: 198021 ORDINARY shares held as at the date of this return

Strategy:

• The company invested in improvements to their infrastructures and manufacturing processes
• New product Development continues to be a key area of focus and success for the business. Product launches are taking place in all of the key markets and specific categories.
• The development of the staff remains a high priority for the company planing to invest in inhouse and external training and education
• Careful management of operating cost remains a key focus for the business
• To ensure customer relationships remain strong
• To emphasise on non-financial performance indicators such as quality standards, service levels and sourcing of raw materials

Ambitions:

• To ensure getting the ingredients right, making food that people want to eat
• Having the right people in the right place to do that for their customers
• To make sure their employees are valued, appreciated and having fun while working

SK Chilled Foods sells to the retail, food service and B2B market sectors.

The company makes ethnic snacks, accompaniments for meals and own-label party food for the UK’s biggest supermarkets, as well as restaurant chains and foodservice companies.

• The company understands the importance of quality and the ability to deliver what their customers need
• They invest in state-of-the-art processes and equipment in their manufacturing plants

The average monthly number of employees, including directors, during 2019 was 908 (2018: 767), as recorded in the latest Annual Report

Production Staff – 716
Administrative Staff – 38
Management Staff – 3

Staff costs, including director’s remuneration, were as follows:

Wages and salaries: £ 16,656
Social security costs: £ 1,397
Defined contribution pension scheme costs: £ 395

During 2019 retirement benefits were accruing to 4 directors in respect of defined contribution pension schemes.

The highest-paid director received remuneration of £ 357,100 (2018: £ 165,000)

The value of the company’s contributions paid to a defined contribution pension scheme in respect of the highest-paid director amounted to £ 10,200 (2018: £ 9,900).

Employee Reviews in Glassdoor:

1. April 10, 2019
“Family Business”
Former Employee – Anonymous Employee
“Worked at SK Chilled Foods part-time

Pros
Close knit team, great hours, learning as you go

Cons
No holiday pay nor time off.”

2. August 3, 2017
Full Time Employee
“Shocking place to work”

Pros
some staff care, many don’t

Cons
lack of structure, not will to accept change, transport policy & procedures not adhered to, flout the law with regards to transport, manufacturing hygiene and standards lapsed.

Advice to Management
employ people who care and try to listen to them. There are better people out there.

Employee reviews on Indeed:

1. Food Production (Former Employee) – Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire – 18 January 2018
The Job was ok you get your 12 h shift day and night. Problem in there you must work at chilled area so you feel cold and sometimes you have to curry very heavy thing.

Cons
They Cut hours for break time

2. Production (Former Employee) – Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire – 25 October 2017
I worked the south bank site for several months along with a few friends we all quit due to management.

Pros
Days off

Cons
Managers

• Innovation & technology – they are constantly striving to stay ahead and deliver what their customers need
An example is the mobile ordering app designed for S.K. Chilled Foods and powered by SwiftCloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkI-Hh1zO2o

• They focus on customers’ insights – Research is a huge part of how they keep ahead of what’s happening now, to what’s coming up.

• They invest in the training and development of their staff and in bricks and mortar new premises.

Annual Report File

Future Developments

• Chilled food manufacturer SK Chilled Foods is to create 30 new roles at its South Bank and Riverside sites in Middlesbrough.
• The company also completed work on a £1.7m, 5,188ft2 extension to one of its production sites to increase capacity.
• The business recently won the Chilled, Fresh & Dairy Manufacturing Company of the Year and Partnership of the Year at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards. The two national awards recognised the technical innovation that resulted in the company making record sales in 2018.

Locations

S.K. Chilled Foods Limited
Central Office and Distribution Centre
Wellington House, Wynyard Avenue
Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees, TS22 5TB

S.K. Chilled Foods Limited
Nelson Street
South Bank
Middlesbrough
TS6 6BJ

S.K. Chilled Foods Limited
Brighouse Road
Riverside Park Industrial Estate
Middlesbrough
TS2 1RT

Social Media

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Twitter
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Instagram

Awards

• Chilled, Fresh & Dairy Manufacturing Company of the Year
• Partnership of the Year

Competitors List (alphabetical order)
Criterion: Industry subcategory, Company Size and Product

• Katsouris Brothers Ltd
  Brand Name: Cypressa
• Bakkavor Group Plc
  Parent company: Katsouris Fresh Foods Ltd
• 2Sisters Food Group
  (The group acquired Northern Foods company in 2011)
• Davison Canners
  (Unveiled as Chilled, Fresh & Dairy Manufacturing Company of the Year at the 2018 Food Manufacture Excellence Awards)
• Oscar Mayer
• Greencore Group
• Heinz UK
• Fresh Pak Chilled Foods Limited