Who owns UK companies in Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes?

303 of the 1,366 companies registered under SIC 10850 (Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 1,655 individual shareholders and 257 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 16% file full, group or medium-sized accounts, a sign of larger businesses, compared with 8.2% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 4.3% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies — less than half the national rate.
• 52% have a shareholder holding 75% or more (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 60% of all UK companies.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 90 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 7.2 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Manufacture of other food products n.e.c. SIC 10890 · 1,643 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of bread; manufacture of fresh pastry goods and cakes SIC 10710 · 1,294 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Production of coffee and coffee substitutes SIC 10832 · 414 companies · 23% majority-owned by a company
• Production of meat and poultry meat products SIC 10130 · 337 companies · 30% majority-owned by a company
• Other processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables SIC 10390 · 262 companies · 28% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of prepared pet foods SIC 10920 · 246 companies · 30% majority-owned by a company
• Processing and preserving of meat SIC 10110 · 232 companies · 31% majority-owned by a company
• Manufacture of rusks and biscuits; manufacture of preserved pastry goods and cakes SIC 10720 · 223 companies · 24% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 245 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 10850, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 4 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 10 December 2020 and 8 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.