PRIMAFRUIT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-25
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-08 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
+11% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+6.7% vs 2024
Employees
362
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£6M
+21.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PRIMAFRUIT LIMITED 2015-04-27 → present
- VALEFRESH LIMITED 2007-11-26 → 2015-04-27
- PRIMAFRUIT LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 2007-11-26
- OMENVALE LIMITED 1981-06-04 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-25
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-26 | 2025-04-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £180,208,000 | £189,670,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,538,000 | £5,400,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,862,000 | £5,886,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,480,000 | £4,482,000 | |
| Cash | £7,116,000 | £7,901,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,544,000 | £22,115,000 | |
| Net assets | £18,176,000 | £19,394,000 | |
| Equity | £18,176,000 | £19,394,000 | |
| Average employees | 371 | 362 | |
| Wages | £13,084,000 | £13,717,000 |
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 | 2024-04-26 | 2025-04-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | 1.9% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.1% | 24.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.27x | 1.30x | |
| Interest cover | 38.79x | 62.07x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered the status of the Company as a going concern and are satisfied it will continue in business for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “As a company Primafruit saw an increased turnover of £190m (2024: £180m) with an increased profit before tax of £5.9m (2024: £4.9m). Turnover growth has been driven largely through price growth and additional volume in existing categories secured with our customer, coupled with profit growth as we continue to see the benefits of operational efficiencies mitigating the impact of increasing costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVISON, Laura Jane | Director | 2024-12-23 | Jul 1972 | British |
| FLETCHER, Martyn Paul | Director | 2020-10-06 | Apr 1967 | British |
| GUNTHER, Wayne Christopher | Director | 2015-12-01 | Feb 1965 | British |
| MACK, Christopher Peter | Director | 2005-04-29 | Sep 1955 | British |
| MCNAMARA, Liam James | Director | 2025-09-23 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEAL, Barry | Secretary | 2000-05-26 | 2005-12-31 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Secretary | 2013-04-26 | 2015-04-30 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Secretary | 2005-12-31 | 2010-12-14 |
| SUDLOW, Peter David | Secretary | — | 2000-05-26 |
| TURNER, Rebecca Edith Joan | Secretary | 2010-12-14 | 2013-04-26 |
| WARNER, Veronica | Secretary | 2015-04-30 | 2019-07-29 |
| BLACKBURN, William Timothy | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2007-09-04 |
| CHEAL, Barry | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2005-04-29 |
| COX, James Nicholas Marshall | Director | 2021-07-09 | 2024-10-08 |
| CRAIG, Ian Alexander | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2020-07-23 |
| EDWARDS, Karen Anne | Director | 2000-01-10 | 2003-04-30 |
| FAGG, Steven | Director | 2000-05-02 | 2002-09-06 |
| FERGUSON, John Derek | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2001-04-01 |
| FOWLER, Paul Anthony | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2013-03-26 |
| FOY, Sean Patrick | Director | 2001-02-26 | 2006-12-01 |
| FRANKLIN, Keith | Director | — | 2005-04-29 |
| HUTH, Beryl Ann | Director | — | 2005-04-29 |
| HUTH, Craig Joseph | Director | — | 2006-08-30 |
| HUTH, William Joseph | Director | — | 2005-04-29 |
| KEMP, Jeremy Mark Adam | Director | 1997-05-01 | 2001-02-07 |
| MARSKELL, Jamie | Director | — | 2025-08-29 |
| MUSK, Michael John | Director | 2005-04-29 | 2015-11-30 |
| QUICK, Nigel Derek Reginald | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2002-09-10 |
| ROWSON, James | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-11-22 |
| SUDLOW, Peter David | Director | — | 2000-07-20 |
| SUMNER, Brett Geoffrey | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2021-07-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresca Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-25 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 237 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-04-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-04-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-25 vs 2024-04-26
-
Turnover
+5.3%
£180,208,000 £189,670,000
-
Cash
+11%
£7,116,000 £7,901,000
-
Net assets
+6.7%
£18,176,000 £19,394,000
-
Employees
-2.4%
371 362
-
Operating profit
+19%
£4,538,000 £5,400,000
-
Profit before tax
+21.1%
£4,862,000 £5,886,000
-
Wages
+4.8%
£13,084,000 £13,717,000
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