GOLDEN FRY FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-16 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£13M
+15.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
-45.4% vs 2023
Employees
134
+2.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+18.8% 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 | — | — | — | — | — | £53,302,260 | £58,005,833 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £5,922,252 | £6,997,725 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £6,011,172 | £7,143,874 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £4,622,007 | £5,262,273 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £11,512,750 | £13,268,449 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £11,230,045 | £6,161,845 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £10,535,595 | £5,750,583 | |
| Equity | £9,073,948 | £10,738,033 | £7,111,781 | £7,950,857 | £9,077,923 | £10,535,595 | £5,750,583 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | 134 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £4,343,106 | £7,671,110 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £250,658 | £230,501 |
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
+8.8%
£53,302,260 £58,005,833
-
Cash
+15.3%
£11,512,750 £13,268,449
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Net assets
-45.4%
£10,535,595 £5,750,583
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Employees
+2.3%
131 134
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Operating profit
+18.2%
£5,922,252 £6,997,725
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Profit before tax
+18.8%
£6,011,172 £7,143,874
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Wages
+76.6%
£4,343,106 £7,671,110
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 11.1% | 12.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 8.7% | 9.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 52.7% | 113.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 62.8% | 81.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.38x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 804.33x | 139.80x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- GOLDEN FRY FOODS LIMITED 1982-07-05 → present
- HERRIDGE FOODS LIMITED 1961-05-17 → 1982-07-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- GOLDEN FRY FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Regalbell Limited 100%
Significant events
- “PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES... revolve around disruption of normal trading relationships on the availability of commodities, as well as externally imposed costs, red tape and the effect of increased taxes on the motivation to invest and grow.”
- “WIDER RISKS WITH EFFECTS UNCERTAIN OR UNKNOWN... Macroeconomic factors fundamentally effect the environment in which we have to operate. Increased borrowing restricts government spending coupled with rising cost inflation, escalating employment costs and corporate taxes the consequent effect on investment and growth is a zero sum game through depressing demand and growth in the real economy. This will inevitably lead to less consumer spending and therefore less investment, the major drivers of future growth.”
- “To increase energy efficiency the Company has taken the following measures: - Installed LED lighting to all areas - Installed motion detectors so lights turn off when a building is unoccupied - Are investigating options for installing solar panels”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HERRIDGE, John Paul | Secretary | 2004-02-27 | — | British |
| HALL, Elizabeth | Director | 2009-11-23 | Aug 1979 | British |
| HERRIDGE, John Paul | Director | 2009-11-23 | Feb 1974 | British |
| HERRIDGE, Paul Anthony | Director | — | Dec 1945 | British |
| TURRILL, Peter Anthony | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Frank | Secretary | — | 1999-05-01 |
| HERRIDGE, Paul Anthony | Secretary | 1999-05-01 | 2001-02-07 |
| HILL, Christopher John | Secretary | 2009-05-05 | 2019-12-31 |
| HILL, Christopher John | Secretary | 2001-02-07 | 2004-02-27 |
| HERRIDGE, Michael Leslie | Director | — | 2018-05-09 |
| LISTER, John | Director | — | 1999-06-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Paul Anthony Herridge | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-05-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.