FOOD SERVICE LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-14 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-31
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-44.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+78.3% vs 2023
Employees
414
-7.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+63.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The potential termination of the contract is outside the control of the directors and without such contract the company would cease to be a going concern. This situation therefore indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,120,112 | £54,615,432 | |
| Operating profit | £3,377,967 | £5,732,114 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,326,816 | £5,427,097 | |
| Net profit | £2,552,668 | £5,110,180 | |
| Cash | £5,982,726 | £3,335,121 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,064,504 | £19,689,004 | |
| Net assets | £6,526,319 | £11,636,499 | |
| Equity | £6,526,319 | £11,636,499 | |
| Average employees | 448 | 414 | |
| Wages | £17,189,100 | £18,243,369 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £586,470 | £433,399 |
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
+9%
£50,120,112 £54,615,432
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Cash
-44.3%
£5,982,726 £3,335,121
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Net assets
+78.3%
£6,526,319 £11,636,499
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Employees
-7.6%
448 414
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Operating profit
+69.7%
£3,377,967 £5,732,114
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Profit before tax
+63.1%
£3,326,816 £5,427,097
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Wages
+6.1%
£17,189,100 £18,243,369
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.1% | 9.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.0% | 29.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 66.04x | 13.87x |
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
- FOOD SERVICE LOGISTICS LIMITED 2022-07-22 → present
- LINDE UK HOLDINGS NO.3 LIMITED 2020-11-20 → 2022-07-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The potential termination of the contract is outside the control of the directors and without such contract the company would cease to be a going concern. This situation therefore indicates that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “Customer concentration risk - the company is dependent on a single customer under a contract that is due to end in 2028, creating a material uncertainty which may cast significant doubt on future performance.”
- “Reduction in km for the core fleet due to increased use of third party subcontract providers as a result of closure of the company's western distribution hub and the full year effect of the exit from the Scotland hub.”
- “Relocated its southern distribution operation to a larger and more modern warehouse facility, encompassing the latest refrigeration and lighting technology, which will help to offset the impact of increased operating space. The fit out of the new facility took place through the second half of 2024, with operations commencing in January 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Susan Kathleen | Secretary | 2020-11-20 | — | — |
| BLAND, Julian Michael | Director | 2020-11-20 | Apr 1967 | British |
| COSSINS, Christopher James | Director | 2020-11-20 | Nov 1966 | British |
| HEWETT, Christopher Alexander | Director | 2022-07-18 | Apr 1968 | British |
| HOPKINS, Kevin Peter | Director | 2022-07-18 | Oct 1966 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Sally Ann | Director | 2020-11-20 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATTERSON, Benjamin | Director | 2020-11-20 | 2024-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boc Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-15 | Active |
| Linde Public Limited Company | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-11-20 | Ceased 2022-07-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 34 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-08-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-07-22 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-07-22 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.