FROZEN BROTHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£882K
-10.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-16.4% vs 2023
Employees
128
+3.2% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£696K
-189.7% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £20,879,777 | £32,302,218 | — | £32,946,672 | £29,412,193 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£1,749,461 | £1,462,894 | — | £1,032,282 | -£348,766 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£2,163,069 | £1,034,304 | £1,390,729 | £775,224 | -£695,531 | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£1,947,069 | £712,741 | £1,304,977 | £483,445 | -£384,121 | |
| Cash | — | — | £4,185,151 | £4,617,232 | £773,172 | £986,336 | £882,184 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £11,097,867 | £10,253,049 | £11,331,493 | £11,099,794 | £9,476,539 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,657,603 | £7,370,344 | £8,675,321 | £9,158,766 | £7,654,645 | |
| Equity | £8,632,456 | £8,604,672 | £6,657,603 | £7,370,344 | £8,675,321 | £9,158,766 | £7,654,645 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 100 | 96 | 125 | 124 | 128 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,067,824 | £4,760,660 | £5,062,153 | £5,561,021 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £146,711 | £134,956 | £153,694 | £156,057 | £163,670 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-10.7%
£32,946,672 £29,412,193
-
Cash
-10.6%
£986,336 £882,184
-
Net assets
-16.4%
£9,158,766 £7,654,645
-
Employees
+3.2%
124 128
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-133.8%
£1,032,282 -£348,766
-
Profit before tax
-189.7%
£775,224 -£695,531
-
Wages
+9.9%
£5,062,153 £5,561,021
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -8.4% | 4.5% | — | 3.1% | -1.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -9.3% | 2.2% | — | 1.5% | -1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -15.8% | 14.3% | — | 9.3% | -3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 65.1% | 68.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 0.96x | 0.77x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -23.05x | 3.37x | — | 2.89x | -0.78x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FROZEN BROTHERS LIMITED 2020-11-17 → present
- SLUSH PUPPIE LIMITED 1998-01-01 → 2020-11-17
- ABLE FOODS LIMITED 1945-06-16 → 1998-01-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Buckle Barton Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FROZEN BROTHERS LIMITED · parent
- Frutina Limited 100%
- Quench Dispensers Limited 100%
- Quench Limited 100%
- SARL Frozen Brothers 100%
- Frozen Brothers GmbH 100%
- Frozen Brothers España S.L. 100%
- Frozen Brothers AB 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the company made use of the following Government supported loan scheme: Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme ("CBILS").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TREACHER, Susanne | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | — | — |
| PETERS, Mark Jeffrey | Director | — | Oct 1958 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALLIER, Peter | Secretary | — | 1999-09-09 |
| KIRBY, Lindsay Colette | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2009-10-31 |
| KIRBY, Lindsay | Secretary | 2007-07-12 | 2009-10-01 |
| RUFFELL, Gary Raymond | Secretary | 1999-09-09 | 2007-05-14 |
| BEANEY, Alan Raymond | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2020-01-22 |
| CORSTIAANS, Petrus Henricus Cornelus | Director | 2020-12-23 | 2021-03-09 |
| CORSTIAANS, Pieter Henricus Cornelus | Director | 2020-04-17 | 2020-08-10 |
| DOWDING, Peter | Director | 2009-11-16 | 2010-10-12 |
| JOHAL, Narinderpaul Singh | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2018-06-15 |
| KIRBY, Lindsay | Director | 2008-09-01 | 2009-10-31 |
| LYNSKEY, Ann Marie | Director | 2009-06-01 | 2014-02-01 |
| PETERS, Laura Rebecca | Director | 2017-09-08 | 2026-03-23 |
| PETERS, Michael David | Director | — | 1993-06-19 |
| PETERS, Ralph | Director | — | 2009-03-02 |
| PETERS, Tamara Jane | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2003-02-28 |
| ROSE, Sidney | Director | 2008-06-01 | 2015-02-13 |
| RUFFELL, Gary Raymond | Director | 1999-04-30 | 2007-05-14 |
| TOULSON, Alan Kilsha | Director | 1997-10-01 | 1999-10-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Peter's And Sons Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2020-11-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2020-11-17 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2021-03-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-11-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-11-17 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2020-08-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.