FYFFES GROUP LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-11-28 (in 6mo)

Last made up 2025-11-14

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£1K

-99.5% vs 2024

Net assets

£27M

+21% vs 2024

Employees

539

+4.1% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£4M

+13.1% vs 2024

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

FYFFES GROUP LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31

Metric	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Turnover	£358,036,000	£359,071,000
Operating profit	£5,942,000	£4,571,000
Profit before tax	£3,865,000	£4,370,000
Net profit	£4,005,000	£3,614,000
Cash	£212,000	£1,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£25,307,000	£26,970,000
Net assets	£22,263,000	£26,932,000
Equity	£22,263,000	£26,932,000
Average employees	518	539
Wages	£16,257,000	£17,568,000

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

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2024-03-31	2025-03-31
Operating margin	1.7%	1.3%
Net margin	1.1%	1.0%
Return on capital employed	23.5%	16.9%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	80.5%	78.0%
Current ratio	1.04x	1.07x
Interest cover	4.62x	22.74x

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 101
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: KPMG
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. From 1 May 2025, the company has transferred their business to a branch of Fyffes International SA. From this date onwards, the Company is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent undertaking, Fyffes International SA, in order to satisfy its liabilities as they fall due. Fyffes International SA has confirmed to the directors that it will provide such financial support to the Company.”

Group structure

FYFFES GROUP LIMITED · parent
1. James Lindsay & Son plc 100% · United Kingdom · Dormant company

Significant events

“During the financial year, the Company made various charitable contributions totalling £ 54,298 (31 March 2024: £916).”
“A further step of the planned simplification of the Group business model was carried out on 1 May 2025 by adopting the model of direct Sales by Fyffes International SA to the Irish and UK customers. As part of this step the Irish and UK distributors transferred their business into two branches of Fyffes International SA in Ireland and UK. From this time onwards, the Company is dependent on the continued financial support of its parent undertaking, Fyffes International SA, in order to satisfy its liabilities as they fall due. Fyffes International SA has confirmed to the directors that it will provide such financial support to the Company.”

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

People

4 active · 33 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BREATHNACH, Brian	Secretary	2006-04-20	—	Irish
BLAKE, Joanne	Director	2018-07-10	Apr 1975	British
HOPKINS, John	Director	2022-11-01	Nov 1973	British
JOYCE, Andrew James	Director	2018-01-09	Jun 1970	British

Show 33 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BAILEY, Stephen James	Secretary	1994-12-01	2000-09-07
BENNS, John Arthur	Secretary	—	1992-02-28
GORROD, Nicholas John	Secretary	1992-02-29	1994-12-01
QUIGLEY, Niall Charles	Secretary	2000-09-08	2006-04-20
ARMSTRONG, Paul Alexander James	Director	2018-01-09	2026-05-05
BAGSHAW, David Keith Marwick	Director	1992-11-13	1998-10-31
BOS, Coenraad	Director	2001-01-17	2014-07-23
BYRNE, Rory Patrick	Director	—	2006-12-31
CAULFIELD, Eugene Joseph	Director	1998-12-16	2005-06-30
CHAMBERS, Timothy David	Director	2002-09-02	2014-07-23
DAVIS, Francis James	Director	1998-12-16	2006-12-31
DENHAM SMITH, Andrew Hugh	Director	1998-12-16	2022-09-26
ELLIS, Arthur John	Director	—	2008-05-13
ENRIGHT, Richard John	Director	2016-12-16	2022-08-29
FLYNN, David	Director	1998-12-16	2017-01-31
GIBSON, Martin Guy	Director	1998-12-16	2001-03-05
HOPKINS, John	Director	2014-07-23	2022-01-01
KENNEDY, George Ross	Director	2014-07-23	2017-05-05
KEY, Michael John	Director	1998-04-27	2009-12-31
MARTIN, Dennis George	Director	—	1996-02-20
MCCANN, Carl Patrick Mccann	Director	—	1998-12-16
MCCANN, David Vincent	Director	—	1998-12-16
MCCOY, Denis Noel	Director	—	1993-01-15
MCLOUGHLIN, James Francis	Director	1994-07-22	1996-10-25
MCNAMEE, Patrick Gerard	Director	—	1997-01-31
MULVENNA, Seamus	Director	1998-12-16	2006-12-31
MURPHY, Thomas Gerard	Director	1996-11-01	2020-12-15
MURRAY, John Peter	Director	2005-04-01	2007-09-20
NAPIER, Charles Anthony	Director	2008-01-01	2015-06-19
PADWA, Meyer	Director	—	2000-10-23
PETERS, Russell Anthony	Director	—	1997-10-15
SHIELDS, Paul	Director	1992-11-13	2000-11-30
TOLAN, James Paul	Director	2006-12-13	2008-04-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Fii Investments	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 200 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-01-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-11-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-01-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-11-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-01-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-14	AA01	accounts	Change account reference date company current extended	PDF
2022-11-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-10-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-21	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-09-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-04	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2021-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-01-12	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-12-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2020-11-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-11-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31

Turnover

+0.3%

£358,036,000 £359,071,000
Cash

-99.5%

£212,000 £1,000
Net assets

+21%

£22,263,000 £26,932,000
Employees

+4.1%

518 539
Operating profit

-23.1%

£5,942,000 £4,571,000
Profit before tax

+13.1%

£3,865,000 £4,370,000
Wages

+8.1%

£16,257,000 £17,568,000

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

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