FERNDALE FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£486K
+783.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£9.9M
+27,263.9% vs 2024
Employees
1,016
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.8M
+457% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £141,818,000 | £160,119,000 | +12.9% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,737,000 | £9,815,000 | +458.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,749,000 | £9,815,000 | +457% | |
| Net profit | -£2,749,000 | £9,815,000 | +457% | |
| Cash | £55,000 | £486,000 | +783.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,000 | £9,851,000 | +27,263.9% | |
| Net assets | £36,000 | £9,851,000 | +27,263.9% | |
| Equity | £36,000 | £9,851,000 | +27,263.9% | |
| Average employees | 991 | 1,016 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £34,266,000 | £35,617,000 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -1.9% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 99.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.9% | 77.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.92x |
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
- FERNDALE FOODS LIMITED 1992-12-18 → present
- ADJUSTHAPPY LIMITED 1992-05-19 → 1992-12-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, and reviewing the group's debt covenant projections, the Directors consider that the Group has adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Based on the above analysis, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources, facilitated by a letter of support from the parent company OM UK Holdco Limited which provides the financial support that the Company needs, to meet its liquidity requirements to carry out its operations as a going concern. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The year was a continuation of positive changes for the company, with an increased focus on cash margin rather than volume. This resulted in revenue for the 52 week period to 29 March 2025 being 13% ahead of prior year comparatives, volume being broadly flat across the two periods. This reflects in both the company's ability to pass through price increases to recover increased labour and materials costs, and to improve operational efficiencies.”
- “Following these changes, the Group's bank facilities are committed to December 2026 for the revolving credit facility and until at least December 2027 for the long term facility loan. If trading is in line with the assumptions underpinning the financial forecasts prepared in support of the refinancing then the Group will have sufficient liquidity in these new funding facilities to March 2027 and beyond. New covenants have been agreed for all bank facilities which the Group are forecast to meet in the base case and downside case financial forecasts. The Company is a guarantor to these funding facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEBRON, Nigel Patrick | Director | 2023-09-25 | Dec 1970 | British |
| TOAL, Ian John | Director | 2023-06-30 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WALSH, Gordon James | Director | 2023-09-25 | Apr 1977 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIGWOOD, Penelope Ann | Secretary | 1993-01-08 | 2017-04-25 |
| WEIMER, Thomas Edward William | Secretary | 1992-11-13 | 1993-01-09 |
| AZTEC FINANCIAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-07-24 | 2025-04-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-05-19 | 1992-11-13 |
| BIGWOOD, John | Director | 1993-01-08 | 2017-04-25 |
| BIGWOOD, Penelope Ann | Director | 1993-01-08 | 2017-04-25 |
| DAVIES, John Graeme | Director | 1992-11-13 | 1993-01-09 |
| LEGRAIN, Francois Denis Marie | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2023-03-30 |
| LOWE, Stuart Jonathan | Director | 2022-10-13 | 2023-09-25 |
| MORENT, Helmut Franz | Director | 2017-04-25 | 2018-08-23 |
| STEER, Jeffrey George | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1993-01-09 |
| THORNTON, Peter William | Director | 2022-10-13 | 2023-06-30 |
| WOTTON, Alan John | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2023-09-25 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-05-19 | 1992-11-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Mayer Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.