INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+4% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+8.1% vs 2023
Employees
175
-1.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£106K
+116.3% vs 2023
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 | £18,475,205 | £18,826,070 | |
| Operating profit | -£648,135 | £105,616 | |
| Profit before tax | -£648,135 | £105,616 | |
| Net profit | -£59,499 | £868,175 | |
| Cash | £3,359,131 | £3,491,909 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,771,009 | £11,642,694 | |
| Net assets | £10,758,056 | £11,626,231 | |
| Equity | £10,758,056 | £11,626,231 | |
| Average employees | 178 | 175 | |
| Wages | £10,829,018 | £10,787,069 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.5% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -6.0% | 0.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.88x | 0.90x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As with previous years we have undertaken a going concern review and the Trustees are confident that we will remain a going concern for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- INSTITUTE OF GROCERY DISTRIBUTION (THE) · parent
- IGD Services Limited 100%
- IGD Services (Canada) Inc 100%
- IGD Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. 100%
- IGD Limited
Significant events
- “Over the last 12 months, although the rate of food inflation fell, global energy and commodity prices remained relatively high. Alongside a sluggish economy and slow growth in household incomes this meant businesses across the food system remained under pressure.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 91 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNKLEY, Ian | Secretary | 2025-06-04 | — | — |
| AMIRAHMADI, Afshin | Director | 2022-02-14 | Nov 1969 | British |
| BOULTER, Matthew Sparkes | Director | 2025-09-11 | May 1985 | British |
| EDWARDS, Karin Yvette | Director | 2026-03-12 | Apr 1970 | British |
| LARAUD, Alessandra | Director | 2024-02-13 | Jun 1986 | British |
| LEE, Matt | Director | 2023-11-15 | Feb 1976 | British |
| MCDONALD, Ruth Ann Elizabeth | Director | 2022-06-29 | Jun 1975 | British |
| RICE, Natasha Alexandra | Director | 2023-09-27 | Oct 1976 | British |
| THOMAS, Heather Mary | Director | 2025-03-05 | Jul 1969 | British |
Show 91 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASTIMAN, Julia Clare | Secretary | 2014-12-02 | 2022-05-30 |
| CHARALAMBOUS, Doulla | Secretary | 2023-08-15 | 2025-06-04 |
| COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. | Secretary | 1999-01-29 | 2000-02-16 |
| FISH, Ian Peter | Secretary | 2022-05-30 | 2023-09-01 |
| SIM, Joshua Suan Cheng | Secretary | 2023-09-27 | 2023-11-15 |
| STRATFORD, Fiona Margaret | Secretary | 2000-02-16 | 2014-12-02 |
| WOOD, Keith Frederick | Secretary | — | 1994-06-14 |
| WRIGHT, Leo William Paul | Secretary | 1994-06-15 | 1999-01-29 |
| ABBOTT, Derek Francis | Director | — | 1996-02-13 |
| ADAMS, Natasha Elizabeth | Director | 2021-06-30 | 2023-06-28 |
| AITKEN, Neil Stuart | Director | — | 1995-04-04 |
| ANSELL, Michael William George | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2004-11-30 |
| BACON, Ian Donald Fordyce | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2012-11-08 |
| BAILEY, Robert Kenneth Charles | Director | 1999-02-24 | 1999-09-10 |
| BAILEY, Robert Kenneth Charles | Director | 1994-06-02 | 1998-05-28 |
| BAILEY, Steven Clive | Director | 2004-02-18 | 2007-03-01 |
| BAKER, Richard | Director | 2001-09-04 | 2003-05-13 |
| BALLINGTON, John Michael | Director | 1992-06-02 | 1998-05-28 |
| BARNETT, Stephen Ambrose | Director | 2000-11-29 | 2002-07-02 |
| BARRATT, Susan Verity | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2018-10-30 |
| BEATY, Peter | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-05-28 |
| BEATY, Peter | Director | — | 1994-02-16 |
| BELL, Ann Michelle | Director | 2016-03-18 | 2021-02-11 |
| BELL, David James | Director | 2010-05-12 | 2016-12-31 |
| BLACKHURST, Darren Anthony | Director | 2006-06-27 | 2008-11-17 |
| BOSWELL, Lindsay | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2023-03-08 |
| BOWEN, Michael John | Director | 1996-02-20 | 2001-06-06 |
| BRASEN, Ulf Ulrich | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2000-09-19 |
| BREMNER, David Murray | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1996-06-06 |
| BROADHURST, Nigel Martin | Director | 1996-10-08 | 1998-11-30 |
| BUCKLAND, Ross, Sir | Director | 1995-10-01 | 1998-05-28 |
| CADBURY, Roger Victor John | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| CASHIN, Lionel Morrow | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| CLAPPEN, Andrew James | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2022-12-31 |
| COCK, Oliver William Francis | Director | 2011-06-29 | 2014-12-31 |
| COLES, David | Director | 1995-06-06 | 1998-05-28 |
| CONNOLLY, Edward Joseph | Director | 1996-10-08 | 2000-09-19 |
| COOPER JONES, Timothy John, Mr. | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2005-06-16 |
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 2005-02-16 | 2008-03-04 |
| COUPE, Michael Andrew | Director | 1998-05-28 | 2005-02-16 |
| COVENEY, Gerald Boore | Director | — | 1998-05-28 |
| CRAFT, Garry Michael | Director | 1995-10-03 | 1998-05-28 |
| CULLEN, David Gerald | Director | 1992-06-02 | 1996-06-15 |
| CURTIS, John | Director | — | 1994-06-02 |
| DARBY, Gavin John | Director | 1995-06-06 | 1998-05-28 |
| DART, Geoffrey Court | Director | — | 1994-02-16 |
| DAVEY, Phillip | Director | 1993-10-13 | 1996-10-02 |
| DAVIES, Claire Lisanne | Director | 2024-06-17 | 2026-03-16 |
| DAVISON, George Norton | Director | 1995-06-06 | 1997-05-29 |
| DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor | Director | 2003-06-12 | 2005-05-23 |
| DEALTRY, Clifford William | Director | — | 1996-02-13 |
| DICKINSON, Thomas Alfred | Director | 1994-06-02 | 1998-05-28 |
| DOWLING, Paul Edmund | Director | — | 1994-12-12 |
| DRIES, Michael John | Director | 2000-02-16 | 2003-12-31 |
| EARL, Philip Alan | Director | 2000-04-11 | 2001-06-06 |
| ELLIOTT, Richard | Director | 1992-10-15 | 1994-06-02 |
| ELMER, Anthony John | Director | — | 2000-06-06 |
| ESOM, Steven Derek | Director | 2001-04-12 | 2002-02-01 |
| EVISON, Emma Louise | Director | 2010-03-23 | 2019-01-01 |
| FALCONER, Peter | Director | — | 1996-06-06 |
| FEE, Robert William | Director | 1994-02-16 | 1999-12-07 |
| FLEMING, Michael William | Director | 1993-06-03 | 1994-12-22 |
| FOX, Emma Louise | Director | 2008-12-11 | 2011-04-11 |
| FRANKLIN, Amanda Jane | Director | 2012-03-22 | 2012-11-08 |
| FREATHY, Morag | Director | 2021-07-06 | 2023-09-27 |
| FULLER, John Michael | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| GARDEN, Andrew Stephen Alan | Director | 2001-02-14 | 2011-02-01 |
| GARDINER, Terence | Director | — | 1994-02-16 |
| GARVEY, Richard Anthony | Director | — | 1998-05-28 |
| GARVIN, Peter | Director | 1996-06-25 | 1998-05-28 |
| GILLILAND, Stewart Charles | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2002-11-14 |
| GRANT, Matthew Alistair, Sir | Director | 1992-06-02 | 1994-10-31 |
| GREEN, Allan Arthur | Director | 1994-02-16 | 1997-05-29 |
| GREEN, Andrew | Director | — | 1995-03-17 |
| HALL, John William Drummond | Director | 1992-02-06 | 1994-06-02 |
| HARDMAN, Jeremy David | Director | 1998-05-28 | 2000-02-16 |
| HARKER, James Richard | Director | — | 1992-07-03 |
| HARVEY, John Anthony | Director | — | 2004-06-10 |
| HAWKINS, Kevin | Director | 1998-08-04 | 2004-04-20 |
| HILL, Colin Curtis | Director | 2012-12-11 | 2015-08-21 |
| HOLLAND, Joseph | Director | — | 1994-07-28 |
| HUGHES, Penelope Lesley | Director | 1993-02-18 | 1995-02-28 |
| HUMES, William Thomas Findlay | Director | — | 1998-06-12 |
| HUSE, Geraldine Claire | Director | 2011-01-02 | 2017-12-31 |
| HUTCHISON, Colin Anthony | Director | 2005-02-22 | 2011-04-21 |
| HUTCHISON, Colin Anthony | Director | 1999-04-28 | 2003-05-12 |
| IRISH, John George Augustus | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| IRVINE, Stuart Joseph Featherstone | Director | 2003-04-23 | 2006-04-12 |
| JACQUES, Ronald Simon | Director | — | 1992-09-29 |
| JENKINS, David Gordon | Director | — | 1995-02-28 |
| JOHNSON, Gerald Thomas | Director | 2002-09-18 | 2005-04-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 447 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-09 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-12-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+1.9%
£18,475,205 £18,826,070
-
Cash
+4%
£3,359,131 £3,491,909
-
Net assets
+8.1%
£10,758,056 £11,626,231
-
Employees
-1.7%
178 175
-
Operating profit
+116.3%
-£648,135 £105,616
-
Profit before tax
+116.3%
-£648,135 £105,616
-
Wages
-0.4%
£10,829,018 £10,787,069
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