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INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE)

#00105680 · Active · Group / consolidated · Registered charity #309939 · Incorporated 1909-11-01 (116y 11m) · Last filing 2026-09-22 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 74909 · M Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2027-07-16 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£2.8m

-19.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£12m

+7.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

168

-4% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2025-12-31

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Total income £18,475,205£19,342,659£19,687,434 +1.8%
Operating profit -£648,135£105,616— —
Profit before tax -£648,135£105,616— —
Net profit ——£841,604 —
Cash £3,359,131£3,491,909£2,812,078 -19.5%
Total assets less current liabilities £10,771,009£11,642,694£12,483,902 +7.2%
Net assets £10,758,056£11,626,231£12,466,868 +7.2%
Equity £10,758,056£11,626,231£12,466,868 +7.2%
Average employees 178175168 -4%
Wages £10,829,018£10,787,069£10,880,026 +0.9%
Directors' remuneration £1,503,090£1,569,569£1,586,295 +1.1%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -3.5%0.5%—
Net margin ——4.3%
Return on capital employed -6.0%0.9%—
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 42.9%44.6%42.1%
Current ratio 0.88x0.90x0.83x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the budget, cash forecasts and the available liquid resource, the Trustees believe that there is nothing which would cast doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future”

Group structure

  1. INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE) · parent
    1. IGD Services Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Provides insight based services, events, customised solutions and training services
    2. IGD Limited 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant
    3. IGD Services (Canada) Inc. 100% · Canada · Provides insight and content services
    4. IGD Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 100% · Singapore · Provides insight and content services

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

13 active · 177 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
DUNKLEY, Ian Secretary 2025-06-04 — —
AMIRAHMADI, Afshin Director 2022-02-14 Nov 1969 British
BOULTER, Matthew Sparkes Director 2025-09-11 May 1985 British
DELABRIERE, Thomas Georges Director 2026-06-11 Feb 1972 British,French
EDWARDS, Karin Yvette Director 2026-03-12 Apr 1970 British
HILL, Charlotte Emily Jane Director 2026-06-11 Mar 1979 British
LARAUD, Alessandra Director 2024-02-13 Jun 1986 British
LEE, Matt Director 2023-11-15 Feb 1976 British
LEITCH, Andrew Iain Armstrong Director 2026-09-16 Nov 1972 British
MAJUMDER, Surojit Director 2026-09-16 Jul 1977 British
MCDONALD, Ruth Ann Elizabeth Director 2022-06-29 Jun 1975 British
RICE, Natasha Alexandra Director 2023-09-27 Oct 1976 British
THOMAS, Heather Mary Director 2025-03-05 Jul 1969 British
Show 177 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BASTIMAN, Julia Clare Secretary 2014-12-02 2022-05-30
CHARALAMBOUS, Doulla Secretary 2023-08-15 2025-06-04
COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. Secretary 1999-01-29 2000-02-16
FISH, Ian Peter Secretary 2022-05-30 2023-09-01
SIM, Joshua Suan Cheng Secretary 2023-09-27 2023-11-15
STRATFORD, Fiona Margaret Secretary 2000-02-16 2014-12-02
WOOD, Keith Frederick Secretary — 1994-06-14
WRIGHT, Leo William Paul Secretary 1994-06-15 1999-01-29
ABBOTT, Derek Francis Director — 1996-02-13
ADAMS, Natasha Elizabeth Director 2021-06-30 2023-06-28
AITKEN, Neil Stuart Director — 1995-04-04
ANSELL, Michael William George Director 2000-11-29 2004-11-30
BACON, Ian Donald Fordyce Director 2006-04-12 2012-11-08
BAILEY, Robert Kenneth Charles Director 1999-02-24 1999-09-10
BAILEY, Robert Kenneth Charles Director 1994-06-02 1998-05-28
BAILEY, Steven Clive Director 2004-02-18 2007-03-01
BAKER, Richard Director 2001-09-04 2003-05-13
BALLINGTON, John Michael Director 1992-06-02 1998-05-28
BARNETT, Stephen Ambrose Director 2000-11-29 2002-07-02
BARRATT, Susan Verity Director 2016-03-18 2018-10-30
BEATY, Peter Director 1995-10-03 1998-05-28
BEATY, Peter Director — 1994-02-16
BELL, Ann Michelle Director 2016-03-18 2021-02-11
BELL, David James Director 2010-05-12 2016-12-31
BLACKHURST, Darren Anthony Director 2006-06-27 2008-11-17
BOSWELL, Lindsay Director 2020-01-01 2023-03-08
BOWEN, Michael John Director 1996-02-20 2001-06-06
BRASEN, Ulf Ulrich Director 1995-06-06 2000-09-19
BREMNER, David Murray Director 1992-10-15 1996-06-06
BROADHURST, Nigel Martin Director 1996-10-08 1998-11-30
BUCKLAND, Ross, Sir Director 1995-10-01 1998-05-28
CADBURY, Roger Victor John Director — 1992-12-31
CASHIN, Lionel Morrow Director — 1997-12-31
CLAPPEN, Andrew James Director 2016-06-27 2022-12-31
COCK, Oliver William Francis Director 2011-06-29 2014-12-31
COLES, David Director 1995-06-06 1998-05-28
CONNOLLY, Edward Joseph Director 1996-10-08 2000-09-19
COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. Director 1995-06-06 2005-06-16
COUPE, Michael Andrew Director 2005-02-16 2008-03-04
COUPE, Michael Andrew Director 1998-05-28 2005-02-16
COVENEY, Gerald Boore Director — 1998-05-28
CRAFT, Garry Michael Director 1995-10-03 1998-05-28
CULLEN, David Gerald Director 1992-06-02 1996-06-15
CURTIS, John Director — 1994-06-02
DARBY, Gavin John Director 1995-06-06 1998-05-28
DART, Geoffrey Court Director — 1994-02-16
DAVEY, Phillip Director 1993-10-13 1996-10-02
DAVIES, Claire Lisanne Director 2024-06-17 2026-03-16
DAVISON, George Norton Director 1995-06-06 1997-05-29
DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor Director 2003-06-12 2005-05-23
DEALTRY, Clifford William Director — 1996-02-13
DICKINSON, Thomas Alfred Director 1994-06-02 1998-05-28
DOWLING, Paul Edmund Director — 1994-12-12
DRIES, Michael John Director 2000-02-16 2003-12-31
EARL, Philip Alan Director 2000-04-11 2001-06-06
ELLIOTT, Richard Director 1992-10-15 1994-06-02
ELMER, Anthony John Director — 2000-06-06
ESOM, Steven Derek Director 2001-04-12 2002-02-01
EVISON, Emma Louise Director 2010-03-23 2019-01-01
FALCONER, Peter Director — 1996-06-06
FEE, Robert William Director 1994-02-16 1999-12-07
FLEMING, Michael William Director 1993-06-03 1994-12-22
FOX, Emma Louise Director 2008-12-11 2011-04-11
FRANKLIN, Amanda Jane Director 2012-03-22 2012-11-08
FREATHY, Morag Director 2021-07-06 2023-09-27
FULLER, John Michael Director — 1995-02-28
GARDEN, Andrew Stephen Alan Director 2001-02-14 2011-02-01
GARDINER, Terence Director — 1994-02-16
GARVEY, Richard Anthony Director — 1998-05-28
GARVIN, Peter Director 1996-06-25 1998-05-28
GILLILAND, Stewart Charles Director 1995-06-06 2002-11-14
GRANT, Matthew Alistair, Sir Director 1992-06-02 1994-10-31
GREEN, Allan Arthur Director 1994-02-16 1997-05-29
GREEN, Andrew Director — 1995-03-17
HALL, John William Drummond Director 1992-02-06 1994-06-02
HARDMAN, Jeremy David Director 1998-05-28 2000-02-16
HARKER, James Richard Director — 1992-07-03
HARVEY, John Anthony Director — 2004-06-10
HAWKINS, Kevin Director 1998-08-04 2004-04-20
HILL, Colin Curtis Director 2012-12-11 2015-08-21
HOLLAND, Joseph Director — 1994-07-28
HUGHES, Penelope Lesley Director 1993-02-18 1995-02-28
HUMES, William Thomas Findlay Director — 1998-06-12
HUSE, Geraldine Claire Director 2011-01-02 2017-12-31
HUTCHISON, Colin Anthony Director 2005-02-22 2011-04-21
HUTCHISON, Colin Anthony Director 1999-04-28 2003-05-12
IRISH, John George Augustus Director — 1995-02-28
IRVINE, Stuart Joseph Featherstone Director 2003-04-23 2006-04-12
JACQUES, Ronald Simon Director — 1992-09-29
JENKINS, David Gordon Director — 1995-02-28
JOHNSON, Gerald Thomas Director 2002-09-18 2005-04-20
JOLL, David John Director 2005-04-20 2006-04-12
JONES, Charles Martyn Director 2013-03-11 2015-09-11
KELLY, Paul Director 2005-02-22 2007-07-05
KING, David Director — 1992-09-14
KITTMER, David Director 2006-06-21 2010-04-09
KNIGHT, David John Director — 1995-01-17
KNIGHT, Robert Frederick Director 1996-02-20 2004-06-10
LAWRENCE, Charles Anthony Director 1994-06-28 1998-05-28
LEIGHTON, Allan Leslie Director 1991-07-19 1998-05-28
LLOYD, Norman Hunter Director — 1992-06-02
LOGAN, Paul David Director 2014-08-14 2016-06-27
MACIVER, Angus Director 2010-03-05 2016-12-31
MACLAURIN, Ian Charter, Lord Director — 1992-06-02
MALHOTRA, Deepak Kumar Director 2008-08-08 2010-07-08
MALHOTRA, Deepak Kumar Director 2003-02-04 2005-04-20
MARSDEN, David Eric Director 1998-05-18 1999-02-15
MARSH, Andrew Martin Director 1994-02-16 1995-03-02
MATHER, Anthony Martin Director 2013-03-11 2016-08-18
MATTHEWS, Nigel Frederick Director — 2001-09-04
MCKENZIE, Mark Timothy Director 2010-03-23 2017-12-31
MCNICOL, Neil Archibald Director 1991-10-09 1998-05-28
MELLETT, Edwin Robert Director — 1992-06-02
MIDWOOD, Peter Alan Director 1994-06-02 1996-03-31
MILLEN, John Ernest Director — 2001-02-14
MILLS-HICKS, Nicolas Paul Michael Angelo Director 2015-03-30 2015-10-22
MITCHELL, Colin Charles Robertson Director — 1992-02-07
MITCHELL, Nicholas John Director — 1992-05-01
MOORE, Bradley Director 2017-11-02 2019-09-19
MOORE, Harold Director — 1995-01-09
MORLEY, Ian Douglas Director 2017-11-02 2023-12-31
MOSS, Colin James Wright Director 2019-02-28 2025-09-11
MULLOCK, Richard Denson Director 1992-02-06 1993-10-13
NEWISS, Stephen Director 2000-11-29 2008-06-10
NORTH, David Director 2010-03-29 2012-08-31
OFLYNN, David Director 2017-11-02 2021-02-11
PAIN, John Director 2007-09-13 2010-06-30
PALMER, Peter Stewart Nicholas Director 1996-02-20 1997-11-19
PARKES, Arthur Joseph Director — 1997-12-31
PEARCE, Anthony Michael Director — 2000-09-19
PICKERSGILL, John Barry Director — 1992-06-02
PILSBURY, Geoffrey Director — 1994-06-02
PRICE, Garry James Director 2006-09-28 2013-04-30
PRICE, Stephen Director 1994-06-02 1998-03-31
PURGAVIE, Bruce Roy Director — 1993-10-13
RATCLIFFE, David Keith Director — 1992-06-30
REID, David Edward Director — 1995-06-06
RILEY, Terry Director 1992-06-02 1995-12-12
RISLEY, George Francis Director — 2000-02-16
ROBINSON, Vince Director 2006-04-12 2010-03-23
ROGERSON, Robert George Director — 1992-06-02
RONALD, William David Gordon Director 1992-06-02 1998-05-28
ROSS, Jill Margaret Director 2016-09-23 2022-12-31
SACHDEV, Neil Director 2000-06-06 2006-12-01
SACHDEV, Nilesh Director 2008-03-04 2014-04-09
SCOTT, John Carr Director 1994-02-16 1995-06-06
SHARP, Richard Director 2021-06-30 2025-09-11
SHAWE, Jan Director 2001-09-04 2004-09-16
SHELLEY, Rebecca Ann Director 2012-09-07 2016-01-14
SILVERMAN, Barry Henry Director — 1991-10-31
SIMMONS, James Andrew Director 2010-02-22 2014-06-13
SIMONS, David Martin Director 1993-06-03 1995-10-03
SIMONS, John Michael Director 2000-02-16 2001-02-14
SMITH, Anthony Roscoe Director 2000-09-19 2008-06-10
SMITH, Anthony Roscoe Director 1996-06-11 1998-05-28
SMITH, Colin Deverell Director 1995-06-06 1998-05-28
SMITH, Grahame Douglas Director 1988-10-01 1998-05-28
SPENCE, Roy James Director 1992-10-15 1998-01-01
SPINDLER, Angela Lesley Director 2003-06-12 2006-06-27
SUMMERFIELD, Gordon Caleb Director 1994-12-08 1998-05-28
TENNEY, Philip John Director 2015-09-24 2019-09-19
THOMAS, Edward Hugh Roderick Director — 1994-02-16
THOMPSON, Neil Director 1992-10-15 1995-10-05
TOMS, Michael Charles Leonard Director 1992-06-02 1996-02-19
TOTTY, Martin Richard Director 2003-06-12 2005-02-22
TURNER, David Director 2006-09-28 2010-04-12
TWIGGER, Simon John Director 2015-09-24 2015-10-22
TWIGGER, Simon John Director 2014-05-29 2015-04-02
VYNER, Rudolph Thomas, Cbe Director — 1998-05-28
WALDEN, Mike Director 2010-11-09 2011-05-03
WEBSTER, David Gordon Comyn Director — 1998-05-28
WEBSTER, Mark John Director 2015-09-24 2021-06-30
WHITBREAD, Robin Peter Director 2002-09-18 2004-11-30
WHITEHEAD, Adrian Director 2001-11-15 2002-11-14
WHITFIELD, Christopher Paul Director 2018-02-02 2024-06-17
WILLETT, Robert Alan Director — 1992-10-23
WRAGG, Jonathan Leslie Director 2011-06-05 2012-02-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 453 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-09-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-09-16 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-15 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-06-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-06-23 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-30 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-03-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-25 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-09-25 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-09-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-06-09 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2025-06-09 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-18 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-10-01 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-19 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
8

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
5

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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