Yorvale

What Yorvale does

Yorvale is a United Kingdom-based food company founded in 1989 by Lesley Buxton, headquartered in Acaster Malbis. The company manufactures and supplies a portfolio of frozen desserts spanning three categories: traditional dairy ice creams, plant-based ice creams, and sorbets. The plant-based line indicates a deliberate response to shifting dietary preferences and the growth of vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian consumer segments, while sorbet production addresses dairy-free and lower-fat demand. Operationally, the firm runs with a headcount of 11-50 employees, consistent with a regional-scale artisanal or wholesale-focused manufacturer rather than a national consumer brand.

No revenue, pricing, distribution, or customer concentration data is disclosed in the available source material. The corporate website (yorvale.co.uk) is reported as a loader/verification page, providing no further operational, technological, or commercial detail. There is no evidence of funding rounds, ownership structure, leadership team beyond the founder, subsidiaries, certifications, or distribution partnerships in the source data. The company is classified as a private, for-profit entity, but no further verification of ownership, investor base, or financial performance is possible from public information.

The business model is presumed to follow the standard regional UK ice cream manufacturer pattern — producing under its own brand and/or as a white-label/toll manufacturer for retail, foodservice, and hospitality buyers — but this cannot be confirmed from the input data. The combination of dairy, plant-based, and sorbet formats suggests a deliberate SKU diversification strategy, though the scale, channel mix, and customer concentration that would determine commercial success are not visible.

Name

Yorvale

Website

https://yorvale.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Yorvale is a UK-based ice cream manufacturer founded in 1989, producing dairy ice creams, plant-based ice creams, and sorbets from its facility in Acaster Malbis, serving regional retail and foodservice customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frozen Dessert Manufacturing

NAICS

Ice Cream and Frozen Dessert Manufacturing (31152)

SIC

Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (2024)

akta.pro primary industry

Ice Cream, Frozen Desserts & Novelties Manufacturing (AFAKAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Reduced-Fat/Low-Fat/No-Sugar-Added Frozen Dairy Desserts Manufacturing (AFAHAEAJ), Ice Cream & Refrigerated Desserts (CRADACAE)

Keywords

• Dairy ice cream
• Plant-based ice cream
• Sorbet manufacturing
• Frozen desserts
• Ice cream supplier

Headquarters

HQ city

Acaster Malbis

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Yorvale is a UK-based food manufacturer that produces and supplies a range of dairy ice creams, plant-based (non-dairy) ice creams, and sorbets. The company operates from Acaster Malbis and serves as a producer/supplier of frozen desserts within the British market.

Product overview

No product information available in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dairy ice creams

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Carte D'Or (Unilever): Premium mainstream ice cream range sold into UK retail and foodservice. Comparable as an established premium-positioned frozen dessert manufacturer targeting similar end-uses.
• Swedish Glace: Established plant-based ice cream brand owned by a major CPG group, distributed across UK grocery. Comparable specifically on the plant-based/frozen vegan side of Yorvale's range.
• Unilever (Wall's Ice Cream): Global CPG incumbent with Wall's as the UK leading mass-market ice cream brand and impulse distribution footprint. Comparable as the dominant incumbent whose scale and buyer power shapes the category.

Direct peers

• Jude's Ice Cream: UK craft/premium dairy ice cream manufacturer with national grocery and foodservice distribution. Closely comparable in product mix, premium positioning, and UK-only regional manufacturing footprint.
• Northern Bloc Ice Cream: UK craft ice cream producer with both dairy and vegan ranges distributed through grocery and foodservice. Directly comparable in product breadth and channel mix.
• Booja-Booja: UK plant-based frozen dessert producer with a focus on dairy-free 'ice cream-alternative' SKUs. Closely comparable specifically on Yorvale's plant-based manufacturing line.
• Marshfield Farm Ice Cream: Family-run West Country ice cream manufacturer with a broad dairy range and on-farm production heritage. Comparable in scale, ownership model, and UK regional wholesale focus.
• Brymor Ice Cream: Yorkshire-based artisan dairy ice cream producer serving wholesale, foodservice, and own-brand channels. Comparable by geography, founder heritage, and product range.
• Mackie's of Scotland: Family-owned UK ice cream maker with dairy and plant-based variants, selling into grocery and impulse channels. Comparable as a small-to-mid-sized heritage UK frozen dessert manufacturer.

Emerging players

• Oppo Brothers: UK-born better-for-you and protein-positioned ice cream brand with growing grocery and DTC presence. Comparable as a UK challenger pursuing premium/health-forward positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/yorvaleltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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