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Libereat

Libereat is an information services firm based in Aberdeen, incorporated in Scotland in 2016 (SC546726).

What they do

“LiberEat checks every product you sell against every rule that applies to it, continuously, and alerts your food safety team before an error reaches a customer.”

In its own words, on libereat.com

In plain speak

They make technology that detects allergen errors in food to protect consumers and reduce safety risks for food businesses.

Ayeoh Overview

Libereat is an information services firm based in Aberdeen. (Companies House, ayeoh's record) It was incorporated in Scotland on 3 Oct 2016 as company SC546726. (Companies House) Its website says: “LiberEat checks every product you sell against every rule that applies to it, continuously, and alerts your food safety team before an error reaches a customer.” (libereat.com)

It's named in 1 public grant record, from UKRI Gateway to Research. (Grants, UKRI Gateway to Research)

Companies House lists 3 active officers, among them Barry Leaper (director, since Oct 2016), Victoria Macleod (director, since May 2023) and Lucinda Emma Kate Bruce-Gardyne (director, since Jul 2023). (Companies House, profile card) Its own website's latest post is “USDA and FDA: How the Major Food Allergens Must Be Labeled”, from 17 Sep 2025. (Latest from Libereat, the post) Its latest filed accounts, for the year to 31 Oct 2025, show 7 employees on average. (Companies House, Financials)

Grants

Awarded a £209k Innovate UK grant for "Novel use of Machine Learning to prevent consumer injuries and product recalls resulting from errors in food supply-chain data"

1 Oct 2022 · UKRI Gateway to Research

Latest from Libereat

USDA and FDA: How the Major Food Allergens Must Be Labeled

17 Sep 2025, from libereat.com, posted by the company

What Is the Role of Food Standards Australia New Zealand?

20 Aug 2025, from libereat.com, posted by the company

Vegan, Vegetarian and Flexitarian Diets

9 May 2025, from libereat.com, posted by the company

What is the Food Safety Modernization Act?

9 May 2025, from libereat.com, posted by the company

Tree Nut Allergen | The U.S. Big Nine Allergens

8 May 2025, from libereat.com, posted by the company

Financials

Net liabilities: £510k (31 Oct 2025), up from £209k a year earlier
Employees: 7 on average (31 Oct 2025), unchanged on a year earlier (7)

Net assets at year ends 2024 to 2025

Next accounts due 31 Jul 2027.

From the accounts made up to 31 Oct 2025, micro-entity accounts, as tagged in the filing. Small companies file a balance sheet and often no turnover or profit. The filings at Companies House

Accounts, year by year

Year end	Net assets	Staff
31 Oct 2025	-£510k	7
31 Oct 2024	-£209k	7

Only the figures each year's filed accounts tag; a blank is a figure the company did not file. The filings at Companies House

Timeline

31 Oct 2025accountsAccounts year end
17 Sep 2025from the companyUSDA and FDA: How the Major Food Allergens Must Be Labeled
20 Aug 2025from the companyWhat Is the Role of Food Standards Australia New Zealand?
9 May 2025from the companyVegan, Vegetarian and Flexitarian Diets
9 May 2025from the companyWhat is the Food Safety Modernization Act?
8 May 2025from the companyTree Nut Allergen | The U.S. Big Nine Allergens
31 Oct 2024accountsAccounts year end
28 Jul 2023directorLucinda Emma Kate Bruce-Gardyne appointed Director
12 May 2023directorVictoria Macleod appointed Director
3 Oct 2016directorBarry Leaper appointed Director
3 Oct 2016incorporatedLibereat incorporated as SC546726

Register facts, funding, grants and the latest news, each linked or sourced. The data file holds the register facts, funding and grants only.

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How it compares

Net liabilities £510k: 479th of 480 data & cloud firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 7 on average: joint 41st of 510 data & cloud firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 3 Oct 2016: 357th of 1,038 data & cloud firms, oldest first.
Net liabilities £510k: 28th of 28 aberdeen data & cloud firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Employees 7 on average: 1st of 28 aberdeen data & cloud firms with filed accounts on ayeoh's record, largest first.
Incorporated 3 Oct 2016: 12th of 53 aberdeen data & cloud firms, oldest first.

Ranked by ayeoh from the accounts of every Scottish data & cloud firm whose filings it holds, as of 2026-11-09. Only figures the accounts tag; a rank, not a judgement.