AVARA FOODS LIMITED

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

• Turnover

  -1.3%

  £1,333,489,379 → £1,315,545,954

• Cash

  -20%

  £13,898,508 → £11,120,499

• Net assets

  -12.4%

  £237,632,493 → £208,055,791

• Employees

  -2.1%

  6,000 → 5,872

• Operating profit

  +39.5%

  -£54,806,273 → -£33,178,897

• Profit before tax

  +38.2%

  -£55,653,084 → -£34,401,326

• Wages

  -2.3%

  £188,245,388 → £183,989,237

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

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.

1. AVARA FOODS LIMITED 2018-01-29 → present
2. VIKING FOODS (INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO) LIMITED 2017-09-20 → 2018-01-29

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Whitley Stimpson Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a firm expectation that the Group possesses sufficient resources and ongoing positive cash generation to invest in its operational platform and to continue trading for the foreseeable future. This expectation is supported by stronger business performance in the second half of the 2025 financial year and continued improvement into the 2026 financial year.”

Group structure

1. AVARA FOODS LIMITED · parent
   1. Cranberry Foods Limited 100% · Northamptonshire
   2. Faccenda Foods (Lincs) Limited 100% · Northamptonshire
   3. Faccenda Foods Limited 100% · Northamptonshire
   4. Freemans of Newent Limited 100% · Hereford

Significant events

• “Financial Year 2024 was a year of transformation for Avara. Factory closures, a reshaped supply chain and business restructure drove significant change which the business effectively delivered.”
• “By the start of Financial Year 2025 the planned transition in operations to a more efficient, streamlined supply chain operating out of a smaller footprint while maintaining like for like throughput was completed, with the closure as planned of two factories.”
• “As noted externally Leigh Day (acting on behalf of a number of claimants) have served a legal claim, alleging contributions to nutrient enrichment in rivers, against Avara Foods Limited and Freemans of Newent Limited.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

14

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.