FRONERI ICE CREAM UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£91M
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
803
-8.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£40M
-8.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- FRONERI ICE CREAM UK LIMITED 2023-12-15 → present
- R&R ICE CREAM UK LIMITED 2007-06-25 → 2023-12-15
- RICHMOND ICE CREAM LIMITED 2003-01-22 → 2007-06-25
- RICHMOND FROZEN CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1998-06-29 → 2003-01-22
- TREATS FROZEN CONFECTIONERY LIMITED 1997-01-01 → 1998-06-29
- TREATS ICE CREAM LTD 1989-02-06 → 1997-01-01
- TREAT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 1967-03-21 → 1989-02-06
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £321,946,000 | £302,992,000 | |
| Operating profit | £49,711,000 | £47,222,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £43,829,000 | £40,044,000 | |
| Net profit | £34,700,000 | £30,756,000 | |
| Cash | £5,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £99,668,000 | £94,764,000 | |
| Net assets | £95,201,000 | £90,957,000 | |
| Equity | £95,201,000 | £90,957,000 | |
| Average employees | 874 | 803 | |
| Wages | £28,338,000 | £25,923,000 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.4% | 15.6% | |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 10.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 49.9% | 49.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.2% | 47.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | 8.45x | 6.58x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On 31st December 2024, the Company has net assets of £91.0 million (2023: £95.2 million). The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its cash reserves and access to the group cash pool and group borrowing facilities. ... After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and therefore adopt the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In October 2024 Froneri UK took the decision to announce closure of one of its three production sites, thereby largely consolidating production at the Leeming Bar site and maintaining current production levels in Bodmin. The Skelmersdale site ceased production in December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 31 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHOULES, Cameron Frank | Director | 2025-03-25 | Jan 1969 | British |
| ELSHAZLY, Sherif | Director | 2025-04-17 | Sep 1972 | Egyptian |
| ELSWORTH, Ross Martin | Director | 2021-04-22 | Jul 1982 | British |
| HENDERSON, Katie | Director | 2023-02-17 | Aug 1985 | British |
| WHITE, Mark Pexton | Director | 2023-09-21 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 31 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINNERAN, Andrew Bernard | Secretary | 1998-04-23 | 2016-12-31 |
| MARTINEZ CARRETERO, Daniel | Secretary | 2017-01-09 | 2018-05-31 |
| MATTIA, Marcello | Secretary | 2018-06-01 | 2018-10-17 |
| THOMAS, Barry | Secretary | — | 1998-04-23 |
| BUTTERS, John Holgate | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| DARBISHIRE, Richard Dukinfield | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2000-05-19 |
| DURIE, David | Director | 1997-11-25 | 2000-05-19 |
| FINNERAN, Andrew Bernard | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| FRAINE, Michael John | Director | 1998-06-19 | 2025-04-17 |
| GRIFFIN, Phil Karl | Director | 2008-06-30 | 2021-04-22 |
| HAIGH, David James | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Peter | Director | 1998-06-19 | 1999-06-01 |
| JONES, Martin Hugh | Director | 1999-01-29 | 2000-05-08 |
| JONES, Neil Garry | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2008-06-30 |
| LAMBERT, James Scott | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2014-07-14 |
| MARTINEZ CARRETERO, Daniel | Director | 2016-10-31 | 2018-05-31 |
| MATTIA, Marcello | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2021-01-31 |
| MAY, Timothy Martin | Director | 1998-06-08 | 1998-10-26 |
| NAJAFI, Ibrahim Mahmood Ibrahim | Director | 1999-01-29 | 2021-04-22 |
| NEEDHAM, Catherine | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-05-26 |
| NORMAN, Keith William | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2003-09-30 |
| PICKTHALL, Peter John | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| PLUMBRIDGE, Francis | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-05-19 |
| RODGER, Ian Stewart | Director | 2000-05-19 | 2001-07-12 |
| SLATER, Richard Wardill | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2023-09-13 |
| STANIFORTH, Mostyn Anthony | Director | 1995-01-01 | 1998-06-25 |
| THOMAS, Barry | Director | — | 1998-04-23 |
| VAN ANTWERP, Brunhilde | Director | 2021-04-22 | 2025-01-22 |
| WALDRON, Anthony John | Director | 1998-06-08 | 2006-03-31 |
| WILDE, Raymond | Director | 1998-06-19 | 1998-09-10 |
| WRIST, Samuel David | Director | 2013-04-16 | 2020-02-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Froneri International Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-12-17 | Active |
| Richmond Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-12-17 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 240 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-12-15 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-15 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5.9%
£321,946,000 £302,992,000
-
Cash
0%
£5,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-4.5%
£95,201,000 £90,957,000
-
Employees
-8.1%
874 803
-
Operating profit
-5%
£49,711,000 £47,222,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.6%
£43,829,000 £40,044,000
-
Wages
-8.5%
£28,338,000 £25,923,000
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