FRESHSTORES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-12 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-37% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+4.4% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
128
-1.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£194K
-51.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £12,815,301 | £13,375,445 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £378,473 | £177,713 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £499,988 | £400,442 | £194,307 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £435,208 | £280,269 | £127,926 | |
| Cash | £687,799 | £474,046 | £860,388 | £935,758 | £1,631,648 | £1,028,570 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,953,163 | £1,850,684 | £2,299,107 | £2,725,315 | £2,996,584 | £3,180,868 | |
| Net assets | £1,810,331 | £1,716,852 | £2,174,275 | £2,609,483 | £2,889,752 | £3,017,678 | |
| Equity | £1,810,331 | £1,716,852 | £2,174,275 | £2,609,483 | £2,889,752 | £3,017,678 | |
| Average employees | 130 | 117 | 114 | 119 | 130 | 128 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,425,044 | £1,741,793 | £1,922,427 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £164,566 | £157,122 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+4.4%
£12,815,301 £13,375,445
-
Cash
-37%
£1,631,648 £1,028,570
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£2,889,752 £3,017,678
highest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-1.5%
130 128
-
Operating profit
-53%
£378,473 £177,713
-
Profit before tax
-51.5%
£400,442 £194,307
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+10.4%
£1,741,793 £1,922,427
highest in 3 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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 3.0% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 2.2% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 12.6% | 5.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.26x | 2.25x |
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
- FRESHSTORES LIMITED 1996-05-22 → present
- INSUREBIG LIMITED 1993-12-03 → 1996-05-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Post year end the company opened two new stores in Tewkesbury and Ashford.”
- “Following the year end the company opened a new store which required a store fit out costing in the region of £100,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEARCE, Gary Colin | Director | 2025-04-01 | Jan 1969 | British |
| SYMONDS, Jeremy Paul | Director | 1996-05-03 | Nov 1960 | British |
| SYMONDS, Julia Marie | Director | 2011-03-21 | Feb 1961 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMESBURY, Richard John | Secretary | 2003-07-29 | 2008-07-09 |
| SYMONDS, Jeremy Paul | Secretary | 1993-12-16 | 2003-07-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-12-03 | 1993-12-16 |
| AMESBURY, Richard John | Director | 2002-04-25 | 2008-07-09 |
| GETHINS, Lynda | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2010-01-31 |
| LIPTROT, John Michael | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| SYMONDS, Alan Jeffrey | Director | 1993-12-16 | 2011-02-09 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-12-03 | 1993-12-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symonds Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2019-09-19 | Active |
| Symonds Estates Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-09-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 112 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-12-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-09-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-12 | 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.