FEI FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.2m
-11.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£35m
+26.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
548
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18m
+54.4% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of FEI FOODS LIMITED's latest filing
FEI Foods, the South Wales manufacturer behind supermarket microwave rice pouches, pushed turnover to nearly £150m this year. 🍚📈
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £128,557,000 | £132,362,000 | £148,661,000 | +12.3% | |
| Operating profit | £16,289,000 | £14,482,000 | £20,442,000 | +41.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £13,794,000 | £11,875,000 | £18,338,000 | +54.4% | |
| Net profit | £10,230,000 | £8,643,000 | £13,667,000 | +58.1% | |
| Cash | £5,942,000 | £5,920,000 | £5,231,000 | -11.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £42,357,000 | £39,724,000 | £43,444,000 | +9.4% | |
| Net assets | £25,738,000 | £27,579,000 | £34,817,000 | +26.2% | |
| Equity | £25,738,000 | £27,579,000 | £34,817,000 | +26.2% | |
| Average employees | 545 | 534 | 548 | +2.6% | |
| Wages | £18,543,000 | £20,057,000 | £21,518,000 | +7.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £347,000 | £574,000 | £192,000 | -66.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £347,156 | £573,767 | £191,618 | -66.6% |
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 | 12.7% | 10.9% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 8.0% | 6.5% | 9.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 38.5% | 36.5% | 47.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 64.7% | 59.2% | 49.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.91x | 0.95x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 6.53x | 5.56x | 9.72x |
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
- FEI FOODS LIMITED 2010-07-19 → present
- PARIS 099 LIMITED 2010-04-07 → 2010-07-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. These forecasts indicate that, after considering reasonably possible downside scenarios, the Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for that period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSIM, Tak Jai | Secretary | 2025-02-04 | — | — |
| BOURDILLON, Jean Pierre Marie Albert | Director | 2025-09-30 | Dec 1950 | French |
| BOURDILLON, Sebastien Richard | Director | 2019-02-12 | Aug 1985 | French |
| LEWIS, Simon William | Director | 2011-06-01 | May 1976 | Welsh |
| WILLIAMS, Lloyd | Director | 2025-02-04 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Lloyd | Secretary | 2010-10-22 | 2025-02-04 |
| ARMENGAUD, Sylvie | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2015-04-07 |
| BOURDILLON, Jean Pierre Marie Albert | Director | 2010-07-13 | 2011-07-07 |
| CASTELIJN, Johannes Robertus Antonius | Director | 2015-04-07 | 2019-02-12 |
| COOPER, Douglas Anthony | Director | 2010-04-07 | 2010-07-13 |
| PECH, Bernard Jean Edouard | Director | 2011-07-07 | 2012-02-29 |
| VAN ARENDONK, Gerard Marie | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2011-07-08 |
| MARBOUR FOODS | Corporate Director | 2022-03-23 | 2025-02-04 |
| MARBOUR SAS | Corporate Director | 2025-02-04 | 2025-09-30 |
| SIACOM SAS | Corporate Director | 2011-07-08 | 2022-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jean Pierre Marie Albert Bourdillon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2025-09-30 | Active |
| Marbour Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-02-04 | Ceased 2025-09-30 |
| Marbour Foods | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2025-02-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 84 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.