AROUND NOON FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
Cash
£245K
-35.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£79K
-109.1% vs 2023
Employees
794
-0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£1M
-229.7% vs 2023
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 Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £68,039,678 | £81,148,610 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,169,271 | £77,973 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,115,743 | -£1,447,105 | |
| Net profit | — | £750,058 | -£1,377,509 | |
| Cash | — | £382,599 | £245,212 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,603,742 | £11,783,802 | |
| Net assets | — | £867,926 | -£79,284 | |
| Equity | £242,460 | £867,926 | -£79,284 | |
| Average employees | — | 798 | 794 | |
| Wages | — | £19,539,078 | £23,434,264 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £578,511 | £564,000 |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+19.3%
£68,039,678 £81,148,610
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Cash
-35.9%
£382,599 £245,212
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Net assets
-109.1%
£867,926 -£79,284
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Employees
-0.5%
798 794
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Operating profit
-96.4%
£2,169,271 £77,973
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Profit before tax
-229.7%
£1,115,743 -£1,447,105
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Wages
+19.9%
£19,539,078 £23,434,264
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 3.2% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | — | 1.1% | -1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.6% | 0.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 97.3% | 100.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.85x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.06x | 0.05x |
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
- AAB Group Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. In assessing whether the going concern basis remains appropriate, the directors have considered the Group's current financial position, recent trading performance, forecast cash flows and the availability of banking facilities. The directors are aware of certain factors which may cast doubt upon the Group's, ability to continue as a going concern but despite these pressures the directors remain confident the Group will continue to realise its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business and that that the Group has sufficient support and resources available to manage these uncertainties effectively.”
Group structure
- AROUND NOON FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Around Noon (London) Limited 100%
- Around Noon Limited 100%
- Around Noon (Bakery) Limited 80%
- Around Noon (Print) Limited 100%
- The Soho Sandwich Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 June 2025 Howard Faquhar resigned as a director and person of significant control.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Gareth | Director | 2016-02-19 | Apr 1985 | Irish |
| MCALISKEY, Patrick Francis | Director | 2016-10-18 | Nov 1967 | Irish |
| MILLAR, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2026-04-24 | Nov 1972 | Northern Irish |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMBERS, Sheila | Secretary | 2016-10-18 | 2020-01-07 |
| CHAMBERS, Sheila | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2023-05-01 |
| FARQUHAR, Howard Robert | Director | 2016-10-18 | 2025-06-13 |
| SILVERSTON, Daniel | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2026-04-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five Thirty Six Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-08-12 | Active |
| Mr Howard Robert Farquhar | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-18 | Ceased 2025-06-13 |
| Mr Gareth Chambers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-10-18 | Ceased 2024-08-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 61 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-19 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-08-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-19 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-17 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-08-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.