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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-25 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-11

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£240K

-54.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£3M

-46.1% vs 2023

Employees

27

-6.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£803K

-10.9% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

  1. PETER THOMPSON GROUP LIMITED 2011-01-04 → present
  2. FONTRIDGE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1994-04-25 → 2011-01-04
  3. HAWKVANCE LIMITED 1979-01-11 → 1994-04-25

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £49,714,578£51,842,618
Operating profit £1,097,132£997,330
Profit before tax £900,714£802,780
Net profit £685,991£592,423
Cash £532,872£240,174
Total assets less current liabilities £6,479,676£3,834,805
Net assets £5,746,965£3,098,633
Equity £5,746,965£3,098,633
Average employees 2927
Wages £1,444,468£1,362,532

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 2.2%1.9%
Net margin 1.4%1.1%
Return on capital employed 16.9%26.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 48.7%69.2%
Current ratio 1.91x1.24x
Interest cover 5.59x5.13x

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
Larking Gowen LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

  1. PETER THOMPSON GROUP LIMITED · parent
    1. Peter Thompson (Smithfield) Plc 100% · London
    2. Peter Thompson Poultry (1982) Limited 100% · London
    3. Peter Thompson Food Service Limited 100% · London
    4. Edwards & Walkden (Norfolk) Limited 100% · London
    5. Peter Thompson International Limited 100% · London
    6. Peter Thompson Poultry Ireland Limited 100% · Dublin, Ireland

Significant events

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

People

7 active · 11 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice Secretary 2022-05-27
BARBER, Stephen John Director 2022-05-27 Jan 1982 British
BUCHANAN, Geoffrey Maurice Director 2022-05-27 Mar 1970 British
BUCHANAN, William Edwin Director 2022-05-27 Jul 1968 British
HARLEY, Stephen Andrew Director 2022-05-27 Mar 1963 British
MORAN, Kevin Director 2011-06-21 Dec 1951 English
WHIFFIN, Edward George Director 2022-06-10 Apr 1995 British
Show 11 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
ARMSBY, Christopher Secretary 2010-11-23 2021-11-20
CHENG, Cheuk Kee Joseph Secretary 1996-07-12 2006-03-31
THOMPSON, Linda Secretary 2021-11-20 2022-05-27
THOMPSON, Linda Elizabeth Secretary 2006-03-31 2010-11-23
THOMPSON, Stuart Peter James Secretary 1996-07-12
EVAN, Anita Catherine Director 2012-03-29 2021-05-17
ROBSON, Ian Clement Director 2010-11-23 2022-05-27
SALTER, Peter Cecil Director 2011-06-21 2019-01-01
THOMPSON, Linda Elizabeth Director 2000-10-01 2022-05-27
THOMPSON, Peter Bernard Director 2001-04-01
THOMPSON, Stuart Peter James Director 2022-05-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Hasketon Smithfield Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2022-05-27 Active
Mr Stuart Peter James Thompson Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-05-27

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 139 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-07-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-07-13 MA Memorandum articles
  • 2022-07-11 CC04 Statement of companys objects
  • 2022-06-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-19 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-07-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-09-28 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-09-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-09-14 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-09-14 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-08-03 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2023-07-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-07-11 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-12-14 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-10-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-08-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-07-13 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-07-13 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-07-11 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2022-06-21 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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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