SYSCO GB LIMITED
Formerly known as Brake Bros, the company operates as a major wholesale distributor of food, beverages, and catering supplies to the UK foodservice industry, managing brands including Brakes and M&J Seafood as part of the wider Sysco group.
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Cash
£42M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£881M
Equity attributable
Employees
14,781
Average over period
Profit before tax
£28M
Period ending 2025-06-29
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,447,700,000 | £4,587,400,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £61,200,000 | £46,100,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £43,000,000 | £28,100,000 | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | |
| Cash | £97,000,000 | £42,300,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £596,700,000 | £881,000,000 | — | |
| Equity | £596,700,000 | £881,000,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 14,535 | 14,781 | — | |
| Wages | £460,300,000 | £499,100,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £627,000 | £796,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 1.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.94x | 0.75x | |
| Interest cover | 1.81x | 1.23x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-02-28
- SYSCO GB LIMITED 2025-02-28 → present
- BRAKE BROS LIMITED 2002-09-23 → 2025-02-28
- BRAKE BROS. PLC 1986-10-01 → 2002-09-23
- TRIALPROBE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1986-07-08 → 1986-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position and performance and of enquiries made to Sysco Corporation, the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least until 15 December 2026 and have accordingly adopted the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of these financials.”
Group structure
- SYSCO GB LIMITED · parent
- Fresh Direct (UK) Limited 100%
- Kent Frozen Foods Limited 100%
- Medina Quay Meats Limited 100%
- Sysco Foods NI Limited 100%
- Campbeli's Prime Meat Limited 100%
- Fresh Direct Limited 100%
- Brake Bros Foodservice Limited 100%
- Sysco France Holding SAS 100%
- Victua SAS 100%
- Sysco Service Centre Poland Sp. Z.o.o 100%
- Campbell's Prime Meat Holding Company Limited 100%
- Campbells Solar Farm Limited 100%
- M&J Seafood Holdings Limited 100%
- Campbells & Co Smokehouse Limited 100%
- SCI Bianchi Montegut 100%
- SCI Le Dauphin 100%
- SCI De Boiseau 100%
- SCI De Garcelles 100%
- SCI JD Lanjouan 100%
- Sysco France SAS 100%
- Les Ateliers du Gout 100%
- Sysco Belgium SA (formerly Davigel Belgilux SA) 100%
Significant events
- “On the 2nd May 2025, the Sysco GB Group discontinued operations in Sweden.”
- “Menigo Foodservice AB and all of its subsidiaries were disposed of on the on the 2nd May 2025.”
- “On the 30th June 2025, Fresh Direct (UK) Limited, Kent Frozen Foods Limited, Medina Quay Meats Limited and Fresh Direct Limited were hived up into Sysco GB Limited.”
- “The Group acquired Fairfax Meadow Foodservice Limited on the 28th September 2025, a company based in Derby, Enfield and Eastleigh.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 46 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, David Nicholas | Director | 2026-01-30 | Apr 1973 | British |
| NIEDUSZYNSKI, Paul Anthony James | Director | 2025-02-05 | Nov 1975 | British |
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Director | 2015-04-01 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 46 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUBER, John Christopher | Secretary | — | 1993-08-26 |
| PURVIS, Martin Terence Alan | Secretary | 1993-08-26 | 2003-03-31 |
| WHITEHEAD, Adrian John, Mr, | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | 2015-03-31 |
| BALL, Michael David | Director | 2016-04-04 | 2021-01-27 |
| BARDEN, Stefan | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2012-09-30 |
| BLACK, Sharon | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| BRAKE, Christopher | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2002-08-09 |
| BRAKE, Francis Robert | Director | — | 2002-08-09 |
| BRAKE, William Thomas | Director | — | 2002-08-09 |
| BROOKSBANK, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| CHAMPION, Malcolm John | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| DESCHAMPS, Bruno | Director | 2005-04-15 | 2007-09-03 |
| DRISCOLL, William | Director | 2003-09-23 | 2005-04-18 |
| EMMENS, Peter Thomas | Director | 1994-01-01 | 2002-08-09 |
| FEARN, Matthew Robin Cyprian | Director | 2007-01-22 | 2011-09-02 |
| GENT, Stuart James Ashley | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2010-03-01 |
| GOLDSMITH, Ian Robert, Dr | Director | 2008-11-05 | 2016-09-29 |
| GRAVELLONA, Felipe Domingo, Merry Del Val Barbavara Di | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2010-03-01 |
| HARTE, Damian | Director | 2004-01-26 | 2005-09-02 |
| HUGHES, Leonard | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-08-09 |
| JACKSON, Peter Francis | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2025-01-31 |
| JANSEN, Philip Eric Rene | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| KARNA, Ajoy Hari | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2021-07-04 |
| KITCHENER, Paul Stephen | Director | 2002-12-06 | 2003-10-06 |
| LENNARD, Duncan Charles | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| MANLEY, Kenneth George | Director | 1993-06-08 | 2002-08-09 |
| MARTIN, Benjamin John | Director | 1993-01-04 | 2002-08-09 |
| MCINTYRE, Paul George | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2016-12-01 |
| MCKAY, Francis John | Director | 2006-01-03 | 2009-12-31 |
| MCMEIKAN, Kennedy | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-05-01 |
| NOVAK, David Andrew | Director | 2002-08-08 | 2002-12-06 |
| PEEREBOOM, Paulo Cipriano | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| PLANTEVIN, Michel Gerard Phillipe | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2010-03-01 |
| PLAYER, Michael Ian | Director | 1997-07-01 | 2004-01-26 |
| POLER, Dwight Macvicar | Director | 2009-02-17 | 2010-03-01 |
| POWER, Ian Derek | Director | 2005-09-02 | 2007-01-22 |
| QUARTA, Roberto | Director | 2002-08-08 | 2002-12-06 |
| RICE, Joseph Lee | Director | 2005-04-30 | 2007-01-23 |
| ROGERS, James William | Director | 2002-08-08 | 2005-04-18 |
| SCHNALL, Richard Jason | Director | 2002-08-08 | 2005-04-30 |
| SMITH, Stuart Paul | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2016-12-01 |
| TEOT, Alain | Director | 1998-12-01 | 2002-08-09 |
| VENABLES, Paul | Director | 2003-09-23 | 2004-01-23 |
| WHITEHEAD, Adrian John, Mr, | Director | 2010-03-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| WIELAND, Philip Robert | Director | 2012-01-03 | 2016-04-04 |
| ØRTING JØRGENSEN, Tim | Director | 2021-07-04 | 2022-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucina Acquisition (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-06-08 | Active |
| Brake Bros Holding I Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-12-20 | Ceased 2021-06-08 |
| Brake Bros Acquisition Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-12-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 645 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-02-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.