FWPM HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
Cash
£471K
+8.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
-6.9% vs 2024
Employees
50
+13.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£10K
-180.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £12,868,302 | £14,098,323 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £66,949 | £38,804 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £12,230 | -£9,850 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £5,303 | -£86,805 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £433,201 | £470,799 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £2,025,885 | £1,999,641 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £1,255,536 | £1,168,731 | |
| Equity | £2,790,000 | £2,790,000 | £2,790,000 | -£1,149,767 | £1,255,536 | £1,168,731 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 44 | 50 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,634,212 | £1,813,019 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
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Turnover
+9.6%
£12,868,302 £14,098,323
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Cash
+8.7%
£433,201 £470,799
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Net assets
-6.9%
£1,255,536 £1,168,731
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Employees
+13.6%
44 50
highest in 5 filed years
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Operating profit
-42%
£66,949 £38,804
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Profit before tax
-180.5%
£12,230 -£9,850
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Wages
+10.9%
£1,634,212 £1,813,019
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 | 2020-07-31 | 2021-07-31 | 2022-07-31 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 0.5% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 0.0% | -0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 3.3% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 76.0% | 80.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.85x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.22x | 0.80x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit Oxford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering forecasts and available facilities, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FWPM HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- FWP Matthews Limited 100%
- Matthews Cotswold Baking Comapany INC 60%
Significant events
- “The year ended 31 July 2025 was characterised by continued demand across the Group's core markets, alongside a challenging operating environment influenced by input cost volatility, energy pricing rises, labour availability, and broader inflationary pressures within the food manufacturing sector.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRBY, Michael James | Director | 2021-04-06 | Jan 1959 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Bertie William | Director | 2017-08-04 | Mar 1991 | British |
| MATTHEWS, Frederick William Paul | Director | 2014-05-23 | Nov 1950 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHEWS, John Stephen | Secretary | 2014-05-23 | 2017-08-04 |
| PROMPT INTERIM LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-08-04 | 2017-10-04 |
| FREER, Nigel Rodney | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2017-03-31 |
| MATTHEWS, John Stephen | Director | 2014-05-23 | 2017-08-04 |
| STONE, David George Peters | Director | 2017-08-04 | 2017-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frederick William Paul Matthews | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-02-15 | Ceased 2026-03-26 |
| Mr Bertie William Matthews | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-02-15 | Active |
| Mr Frederick Gordon Matthews | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-02-13 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-01-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-09-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-02-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-10-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-31 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2022-09-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.