PFF HOLDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-10-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-15 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-01
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7M
Equity attributable
Employees
66
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-10-29
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
1-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,162,852 | |
| Operating profit | £3,341,329 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,124,260 | |
| Net profit | £2,283,339 | |
| Cash | £1,692,239 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,542,172 | |
| Net assets | £7,441,058 | |
| Equity | £7,441,058 | |
| Average employees | 66 | |
| Wages | £1,898,364 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £128,300 |
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
Latest filed period vs the prior one
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-10-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.1% | |
| Net margin | 10.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 31.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | 15.39x |
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
- PFF HOLDCO LIMITED 2024-11-04 → present
- ANDREW W ELLIS HOLDINGS LIMITED 2023-10-04 → 2024-11-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Thompson
- 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 of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- PFF HOLDCO LIMITED · parent
- Poplar Farm Flowers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group was incorporated on 4 October 2023.”
- “The management team have invested heavily again in technologically advanced production facilities to enable the company to expand production capacity and adjust to the labour market.”
- “The company has invested to mitigate its business risk in the last twelve months by: Investing in further automating the production and packing facilities; Focussing its product range in line with market demand; Developing its customer focus and strengthening its relationships; Strengthening the management team; Forming closer alliances with key suppliers.”
- “The above investment represents the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Poplar Farm Flowers Limited, Aps Pierson Way Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 4YA”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PICKFORD, Daniel Mark | Director | 2024-10-29 | Feb 1982 | British |
| WHELAN, Philip Scott | Director | 2024-10-29 | Dec 1974 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, Ian | Secretary | 2023-10-04 | 2024-10-29 |
| ELLIS, Andrew William | Director | 2023-10-04 | 2024-10-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mm Investment Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-29 | Active |
| Andrew William Ellis | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2023-10-04 | Ceased 2024-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 21 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-12 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-11-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2024-07-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-12-12 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-11-04 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.