FRESH & WILD LIMITED
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Cash
£30M
-14.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£31M
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
621
+2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£19M
+2.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £93,129,000 | £86,394,000 | £88,304,000 | +2.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£22,925,000 | -£20,014,000 | -£19,368,000 | +3.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,107,000 | -£20,030,000 | -£19,443,000 | +2.9% | |
| Net profit | -£23,107,000 | -£20,030,000 | -£19,443,000 | +2.9% | |
| Cash | £27,731,000 | £35,130,000 | £29,966,000 | -14.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,808,000 | £37,045,000 | £41,951,000 | +13.2% | |
| Net assets | £24,677,000 | £29,877,000 | £30,665,000 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £24,677,000 | £29,877,000 | £30,665,000 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 798 | 608 | 621 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | £22,938,000 | £22,554,000 | £20,299,000 | -10% | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -24.6% | -23.2% | -21.9% | |
| Net margin | -24.8% | -23.2% | -22.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -74.4% | -54.0% | -46.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.4% | 41.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 3.02x | 2.71x | |
| Interest cover | -71.20x | -45.08x | -51.79x |
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
- FRESH & WILD LIMITED 2000-04-10 → present
- JUNIPER NATURAL FOODS LIMITED 1999-11-25 → 2000-04-10
- FRESH AND WILD LIMITED 1999-11-19 → 1999-11-25
- JUNIPER NATURAL FOODS LIMITED 1998-06-04 → 1999-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- 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. 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 the period to 31 March 2027.”
Significant events
- “The Company entered into an agreement in January 2026 to acquire leasehold interests and related assets for five stores to convert them to the Whole Foods format. The Company will recognize the financial impact of the transaction in the year ending 31 December 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULP, Allen Guy | Director | 2025-05-13 | Sep 1980 | American |
| FRASER, Robert Charles | Director | 2025-07-14 | Jun 1970 | American |
| HILLIARD, Paul | Director | 2025-04-07 | Apr 1964 | American |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAKRAVORTY, Sumit | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1999-05-14 |
| HARROP, Robert Eberhard | Secretary | 1999-05-14 | 2002-10-29 |
| MCARTHUR, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 2002-10-29 | 2004-09-02 |
| EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2016-01-04 |
| SH COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-01-04 | 2019-02-14 |
| BONIN, Richard J | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2025-05-30 |
| BONIN, Richard J | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2021-12-20 |
| BONIN, Richard | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-09-28 |
| CORCORAN, Damien | Director | 2020-02-13 | 2022-11-04 |
| CURRUL, Debra Ann | Director | 2004-06-21 | 2007-05-01 |
| DOCTOROW, David Michael | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2013-12-09 |
| FLANAGAN, Glenda Jane | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2019-06-19 |
| FOSS, Peter Lewis | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2002-03-25 |
| FOSTER, Elisabeth Griffin | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2017-11-20 |
| FOSTER, Elisabeth Griffin | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2005-08-02 |
| GHEE, Anna | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-01-30 |
| GOLDBERG, Stephen Roy | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| HARROP, Robert Eberhard | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2002-03-25 |
| HASSAN, Khwaja Shahid Muzaffar | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-01-30 |
| LANG, Roberta Lynn | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2017-01-16 |
| LANNON, David A | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2007-10-22 |
| MEEHAN, Bryan Kevin | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2004-01-30 |
| MINARDI, Christina | Director | 2022-01-24 | 2023-03-29 |
| PERCIVAL, Albert | Director | 2017-01-17 | 2019-08-29 |
| SANTELLO, Pauline Mary | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-09-28 |
| SEEDHOUSE, Cathryn Allison | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2002-03-25 |
| SEEDHOUSE, Craig William | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2002-03-25 |
| SHAD, Asim | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2019-07-24 |
| SUD, James Pulaski | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2021-12-03 |
| TURNAS, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2016-12-05 |
| VALKENAAR, Lee Richard | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2009-08-04 |
| WEBER, Michael | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2019-06-19 |
| WESTERHUIS, Margreet Gerarda | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-04-18 |
| WESTERHUIS, Margreet Gerarda | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-01-30 |
| YOST, Patricia Diana | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2025-05-15 |
| EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-31 | Active |
| Fresh & Wild Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-28 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
| Whole Foods Market, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-26 | Ceased 2017-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 203 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.