BRISTOL FRUIT SALES (MARKET) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-07 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-23
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+22.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+2.3% vs 2023
Employees
419
+1.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£935K
-15% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £90,081,000 | £87,628,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,100,000 | £580,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,100,000 | £935,000 | |
| Net profit | £873,000 | £737,000 | |
| Cash | £3,083,000 | £3,790,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,833,000 | £11,294,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,342,000 | £10,579,000 | |
| Equity | £10,342,000 | £10,579,000 | |
| Average employees | 414 | 419 | |
| Wages | £11,609,000 | £11,895,000 |
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 | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.2% | 5.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.80x | 1.88x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for [at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Leon James | Secretary | 2021-05-30 | — | — |
| DEVINE, Jacinta Frances | Director | 2012-08-28 | Sep 1972 | Irish |
| DIXON, Leon James | Director | 2021-05-10 | Jul 1981 | British |
| MACKLIN, David John | Director | 2025-04-01 | Apr 1976 | British |
| MC KERNAN, Francis Gerard | Director | 2015-03-20 | Dec 1962 | Northern Irish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Secretary | 2013-06-13 | 2013-11-18 |
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Secretary | 2009-12-16 | 2012-08-31 |
| ASHTON, Alun Christopher | Secretary | — | 2007-12-20 |
| LOCKHART-WHITE, Donald Grant | Secretary | 2012-08-28 | 2013-06-13 |
| OWEN, Mark Christopher | Secretary | 2013-11-18 | 2021-05-30 |
| ROYLANCE, Celeste Karen | Secretary | 2007-12-20 | 2009-12-16 |
| ALLMOND, Andrew Roger | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2023-03-31 |
| BYRNE, Rory Patrick | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2013-05-09 |
| DAVIS, Francis James | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2012-03-31 |
| LOCKHART-WHITE, Donald Grant | Director | 2012-08-28 | 2013-06-13 |
| MATTHEWS, Alfred Dillwyn | Director | — | 1992-01-07 |
| MATTHEWS, David George | Director | — | 2010-12-31 |
| MATTHEWS, Nicholas George | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2024-01-31 |
| MULVENNA, Seamus | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2015-03-20 |
| OWEN, Mark Christopher | Director | 2013-11-18 | 2025-12-31 |
| PAYNE, Stephen Paul | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2011-04-26 |
| PUNTER, Denis Leslie | Director | 2007-03-06 | 2024-08-01 |
| SMITH, Robert Ernest | Director | — | 2013-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dole Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-08-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-08-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
-2.7%
£90,081,000 £87,628,000
-
Cash
+22.9%
£3,083,000 £3,790,000
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£10,342,000 £10,579,000
-
Employees
+1.2%
414 419
-
Operating profit
-47.3%
£1,100,000 £580,000
-
Profit before tax
-15%
£1,100,000 £935,000
-
Wages
+2.5%
£11,609,000 £11,895,000
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