FUERST DAY LAWSON LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. FUERST DAY LAWSON LIMITED 1997-01-23 → present
2. R.VERNEY & CO.LIMITED 1958-07-02 → 1997-01-23

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future despite the uncertain economic outlook. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. FUERST DAY LAWSON LIMITED · parent
   1. Fuerst Day Lawson Procurement International Trade specialist (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 100% · China · raw materials
   2. Quest Ingredients Ltd 100% · England · raw materials
   3. Fuerst Day Lawson (Europe) B.V. 100% · Netherlands · raw materials

Significant events

• “On the 31st January 2024, the entire FDL Group was acquired by ADM Protexin Limited, a member of the Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) group, for a consideration price of £182m.”
• “On 22 April 2025, Fuerst Day Lawson Holdings Limited, the direct parent of the Company, sold its entire investment in Fuerst Day Lawson Limited and Fuerst Day Lawson (U.S.A.) Ltd to ADM Protexin Limited at book value in exchange for a £25.5m loan note. The completion took place on 4 June 2025; as such the Company is now wholly owned by ADM Protexin Limited.”
• “During the course of 2025, the FDL group implemented a Legal entity rationalisation programme in preparation to strike off non-active companies being a legacy of the previous owners group structure. As a result of the preparation of its fellow parent and subsidiary entities identified for strike off, several group intercompany loans required settlement by way of intercompany loan waiver.”
• “The intercompany loans that were waived are as follows: 1. Fuerst Day Lawson limited waived the note payable by FDL Acquisition 1 Ltd - £1,380,000; 2. Fuerst Day Lawson Limited waived the note payable by FDL Acquisition 2 Ltd - £27,330,598.62; 3. Fuerst Day Lawson Holdings capitalised the note payable by Fuerst Day Lawson Ltd - £19,809,924.15.”
• “On 5 June 2025 the Stoke site was sold to third party Khan Estates Limited for an amount of £1m.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

1

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  -16.6%

  £78,559,025 → £65,496,226

• Cash

  -85.5%

  £8,685,198 → £1,258,320

• Net assets

  +10%

  £45,374,720 → £49,909,201

• Employees

  +2.3%

  214 → 219

• Operating profit

  -44.5%

  £12,382,042 → £6,875,366

• Profit before tax

  -48.4%

  £11,433,654 → £5,901,624

• Wages

  +18.9%

  £8,990,090 → £10,685,356

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