FLAMINGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£38m
+50.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£78m
-18.4% vs 2024
Employees
26,783
+4.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£11m
-16.8% vs 2024
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Our short-form breakdown of FLAMINGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED's latest filing
Flamingo Group pulled in £646m in turnover, but the real story is on the balance sheet. 🌸📉
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £600,718,000 | £608,793,000 | £646,844,000 | +6.3% | |
| Operating profit | £18,026,000 | £34,356,000 | £23,768,000 | -30.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,719,000 | -£9,022,000 | -£10,537,000 | -16.8% | |
| Net profit | — | -£20,790,000 | -£20,066,000 | +3.5% | |
| Cash | £27,034,000 | £25,367,000 | £38,179,000 | +50.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £303,319,000 | £365,205,000 | £418,260,000 | +14.5% | |
| Net assets | £3,311,000 | £95,038,000 | £77,582,000 | -18.4% | |
| Equity | £3,311,000 | £95,038,000 | £77,582,000 | -18.4% | |
| Average employees | 24,643 | 25,604 | 26,783 | +4.6% | |
| Wages | £77,137,000 | £77,502,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,296,000 | £5,147,000 | £3,030,000 | -41.1% |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 | 2026-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.0% | 5.6% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | — | -3.4% | -3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.9% | 9.4% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 99.3% | 80.1% | 85.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.99x | 1.09x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 0.94x | 1.71x | 0.73x |
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
- FLAMINGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2020-02-21 → present
- ZARA UK MIDCO LIMITED 2015-09-10 → 2020-02-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, after undertaking analysis, are satisfied the Group has adequate resources to continue to operate and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, for a period considered to be at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- FLAMINGO GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Flamingo Group Midco Limited 100%
- Flamingo Horticulture Limited 100%
- Flamingo Horticulture Investments Limited 100%
- Flamingo Holdings Limited 100%
- Flamingo Horticulture South Africa (Pty) Limited 100%
- Flamingo Horticulture Kenya Limited 100%
- Flamingo Tanzania Limited 100%
- Flamingo Produce Limited 100%
- Flamingo Flowers BV 100%
- Flamingo Flowers Limited 100%
- Omniflora Gmbh 100%
- Kingsholme Limited 100%
- Siraji Limited 100%
- Miasa Limited 100%
- Flamingo Plants Group Limited 100%
- Flamingo Castlegate 363 Limited 100%
- Flamingo Plants Properties Limited 100%
- Blooming Holdings B.V. 100%
- Sher Holland B.V. 100%
- Sher Flowers B.V. 100%
- Sher Ethiopia PLC 90%
- Bigot France Holdings 100%
- SAS Bigot Jean-Philippe Horticulture 100%
- Bigot Finances 100%
- Les Fleurs de Nicolas 100%
- Societe Civile Immobiliere Bigot Jean-Philippe 100%
- Bigot Fleurs 100%
- Bigot Flowers Kenya Plc 100%
Significant events
- “The acquisition of Sun Capital was completed in November 2015. The current portfolio of around 35 companies operate in a diverse range of sectors.”
- “In 2023 we acquired Bigot Kenya Plc, a farm which already supplied the Group is further strengthen the vertically integrated farming model in the Flowers line of business.”
- “This year a new audit and risk committee was established.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOONA, Peter Charles Michael | Director | 2026-03-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
| JAMES, David Zeri | Director | 2023-09-13 | Jun 1977 | British |
| KAINYAH, Rosalind Nana Emela | Director | 2025-04-24 | Jan 1958 | British |
| STREATFEILD, Olivia Su | Director | 2023-09-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNHOORN, Peter Ronald | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2019-10-31 |
| CAPALDI, Richard | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2020-12-21 |
| CARNEY, Christopher John | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2015-12-18 |
| DACCUS, Paul David | Director | 2015-09-10 | 2015-12-18 |
| HUDSON, Martin John | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2021-03-01 |
| NUTTALL, Steven John | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2025-04-24 |
| SHOWALTER, William John | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-08-31 |
| SPIRIDONOV, Sergei | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2018-02-02 |
| STUBBS, Timothy Rupert John | Director | 2015-12-18 | 2018-02-02 |
| TURRELL, Giles Michael | Director | 2020-03-12 | 2023-04-30 |
| VAN DEN BOGAARD, Michel Antoine | Director | 2018-02-02 | 2019-12-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Rodger Krouse | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Mr Marc Leder | Individual | Significant influence (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Zara Uk Topco Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-29 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.