FREDDIE'S FLOWERS LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
-20.1% vs 2023
Net assets
-£52K
-100.4% vs 2023
Employees
201
-25.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£980K
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-08-31 | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,472,435 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £38,900,000 | £35,719,990 | |
| Operating profit | -£61,675 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -£658,685 | |
| Profit before tax | -£198,986 | — | -£412,089 | — | -£1,874,360 | — | — | — | — | -£980,409 | |
| Net profit | -£168,893 | — | -£333,537 | — | -£734,864 | — | -£10,842,909 | — | -£2,049,907 | -£1,145,971 | |
| Cash | £468,978 | — | £1,639,372 | — | £28,395,453 | — | £6,894,434 | — | £5,661,991 | £4,526,672 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£777,807 | — | -£1,294,077 | — | £30,733,705 | — | £19,606,887 | — | £16,545,172 | £3,160,802 | |
| Net assets | -£2,167,881 | — | — | — | — | — | £14,644,309 | — | £11,713,959 | -£52,285 | |
| Equity | -£2,167,881 | -£2,167,881 | -£2,501,418 | -£2,501,418 | £25,487,218 | £25,487,218 | £14,644,309 | £14,644,309 | £959,573 | -£52,285 | |
| Average employees | 96 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 271 | 201 | |
| Wages | £2,817,879 | — | £4,524,685 | — | £7,189,084 | — | — | — | £8,885,545 | £7,850,513 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £110,750 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | £578,548 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-8.2%
£38,900,000 £35,719,990
-
Cash
-20.1%
£5,661,991 £4,526,672
-
Net assets
-100.4%
£11,713,959 -£52,285
-
Employees
-25.8%
271 201
-
Wages
-11.6%
£8,885,545 £7,850,513
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 | 2019-08-31 | 2019-09-01 | 2020-08-31 | 2020-09-01 | 2021-08-31 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.4% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -5.3% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.9% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -20.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.91x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | -0.45x | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -1.71x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- 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 statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twel:”
Group structure
- FREDDIE'S FLOWERS LTD · parent
- Freddie's Flowers Bondco Plc
- Freddie's Flowers DE GmbH
- Freddie's Flowers USA Inc.
- Freddie's Flowers Inc.
- Freddie's Flowers Operations Inc.
Significant events
- “Following the challenging economic environment since 2022, our focus has shifted to profitability over growth.”
- “The Group is exposed to liquidity risk in funding its ongoing operations.”
- “The Group has made active attempts to reduce our emissions, particularly at our head office, which has resulted in a significant reduction usage. Additionally, we transferred our electric vans fleet to a third party.”
- “Brought more of our deliveries to customers in-house as we use electric bikes and vans for in-house deliveries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Keith Russell | Director | 2015-04-10 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ANDERDON, John Nicholas | Director | 2021-01-06 | Oct 1987 | British |
| BELL, Edward Anthony Ingress | Director | 2015-03-17 | Jan 1972 | British |
| DOREE, Tracy Louisa | Director | 2023-12-19 | Jan 1984 | British |
| RODRIGUES, Thiago Emanuel | Director | 2026-03-25 | Sep 1977 | Brazilian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADAR, Tariq Mohamed | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| DELEVINGNE, Oliver Guy | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| DOBSON, William Lawrence | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| FLETCHER, Daisy Columba | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2021-07-21 |
| GARLAND, Freddie | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2021-07-21 |
| KERR, Georgia | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| SCHMITT, Ernesto Gottfried | Director | 2021-07-21 | 2026-03-25 |
| SPEED-ANDREWS, Jamie Paul | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| YENDLURI, Gopala Krishna | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Anthony Ingress Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Keith Russell Abel | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.