AGRIAL FRESH PRODUCE LTD
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Cash
£2.5m
-78.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£56m
-13.8% vs 2024
Employees
701
-11.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£9.2m
-1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £101,409,000 | £90,132,000 | -11.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£8,129,000 | -£9,130,000 | -12.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,131,000 | -£9,226,000 | -1% | |
| Net profit | -£5,645,000 | -£8,970,000 | -58.9% | |
| Cash | £11,334,000 | £2,459,000 | -78.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £64,684,000 | £55,789,000 | -13.8% | |
| Net assets | £64,491,000 | £55,596,000 | -13.8% | |
| Equity | £64,491,000 | £55,596,000 | -13.8% | |
| Average employees | 793 | 701 | -11.6% | |
| Wages | £25,730,000 | £23,559,000 | -8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £379,000 | £404,000 | +6.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £38,000 | £37,000 | -2.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £231,000 | £168,000 | -27.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -8.0% | -10.1% | |
| Net margin | -5.6% | -10.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.6% | -16.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.93x | 1.57x | |
| Interest cover | -7.44x | -89.51x |
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 6 times since incorporation
- AGRIAL FRESH PRODUCE LTD 2018-01-02 → present
- FLORETTE UK + IRELAND LIMITED 2013-06-17 → 2018-01-02
- SOLECO UK LIMITED 2001-12-28 → 2013-06-17
- FLORECO LIMITED 2001-12-27 → 2001-12-28
- SOLECO UK LIMITED 2001-12-21 → 2001-12-27
- FLORECO LIMITED 1999-03-24 → 2001-12-21
- INGLEBY (1168) LIMITED 1998-12-23 → 1999-03-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made due enquiries, considered reasonably foreseeable events and circumstances, and having regard to the cash reserves and facilities available to the company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future”
Group structure
- AGRIAL FRESH PRODUCE LTD · parent
- Agrial Fresh Farms Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAUJOUR, Jean-Marc | Director | 2021-12-17 | Mar 1962 | French |
| HEILLAUT, Julien Silvere | Director | 2025-07-01 | Oct 1969 | French |
| JACOBS, Yves Edouard | Director | 2025-07-01 | Feb 1963 | French |
| WRIGHT, Daniel John | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jun 1980 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYAT, Dan | Secretary | 2015-01-31 | 2025-07-01 |
| JOHNSON, David Anthony | Secretary | 2014-11-05 | 2015-01-31 |
| KAY, Andrew Philip Robert | Secretary | 2013-11-25 | 2014-11-05 |
| SEMMENS, Helen Mary | Secretary | 2006-06-13 | 2013-09-30 |
| WILLISCROFT, Roy | Secretary | 1999-03-15 | 2006-06-13 |
| INGLEBY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-12-23 | 1999-03-15 |
| BEAUMONT, Laurent | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2006-12-04 |
| CAULIER, Jean Michel | Director | 2007-09-13 | 2010-12-16 |
| COMMEILLAS, Daniel | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2006-12-04 |
| DAVIES, Simon Peter | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2024-04-05 |
| DEVINE, Nigel Mark | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2001-02-06 |
| GODIN, Philippe | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2002-11-22 |
| HAYAT, Dan Olivier | Director | 2015-01-31 | 2025-07-01 |
| HUNTER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2000-07-06 | 2001-12-27 |
| JOHNSON, David Anthony | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2015-01-31 |
| KAY, Andrew Philip Robert | Director | 2013-11-25 | 2014-11-05 |
| LACEY, Gerald Alan | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2004-09-07 |
| LE COUTOUR, Louis Marie | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2015-01-31 |
| LE MEUR TIPHAIGNE, Martine | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2019-05-17 |
| MEULLE, Jean Marie | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2009-12-31 |
| NEWTON, Mark | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2013-04-08 |
| POULCALLEC, Michel Roland | Director | 2003-08-28 | 2011-06-06 |
| PROUDLOVE, Timothy Steven | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2015-03-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Douglas Colin | Director | 2016-05-01 | 2025-03-07 |
| SANDERSON, Neil Philip | Director | 2011-06-06 | 2016-04-28 |
| SEMMENS, Helen Mary | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| SEWELL, Sanderson James | Director | 2006-06-13 | 2011-06-06 |
| TEDBURY, Guy Robert | Director | 2024-08-13 | 2026-02-02 |
| TOTEL, Bertrand Roger Joseph | Director | 2012-12-04 | 2021-12-17 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher John Nawscawen | Director | 1999-03-15 | 2001-12-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Luke Rufus Humphrey | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-12-27 |
| WILLIAMS, Toby Julian Nanscawens | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2001-12-27 |
| WILLISCROFT, Roy | Director | 1999-03-16 | 2006-06-13 |
| INGLEBY HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-12-23 | 1999-03-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Julien Silvere Heillaut | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| Mr Bernard Guillard | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-09-30 | Active |
| Mr Ludovic Spiers | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-31 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| Mr Arnaud Degoulet | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-12-31 | Ceased 2023-09-29 |
| Florette Holding | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.