FAYREFIELD FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-13 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+15% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
-6.1% vs 2023
Employees
173
+5.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-50.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FAYREFIELD FOODS LIMITED 1994-08-24 → present
- JOHN DOUGLAS KERR LIMITED 1982-08-11 → 1994-08-24
- SEQUINLYNN LIMITED 1982-06-01 → 1982-08-11
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 | £228,352,953 | £237,237,719 | |
| Operating profit | £3,659,878 | £1,332,157 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,717,999 | £2,331,766 | |
| Net profit | £3,737,253 | £1,952,360 | |
| Cash | £7,459,449 | £8,581,872 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £34,305,197 | £32,220,307 | |
| Net assets | £33,762,197 | £31,710,307 | |
| Equity | £33,762,197 | £31,710,307 | |
| Average employees | 164 | 173 | |
| Wages | £8,971,963 | £10,868,925 |
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 | 1.6% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.7% | 4.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.4% | 56.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.05x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 88.75x | 18.98x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company meets its day to day working capital requirements through existing cash resources and an overdraft facility of £5 million which is due for renewal on 1 August 2026, and the directors have had confirmation from the bank that this will be extended on similar terms, if needed for a further year. On 17 February 2025 the company arranged a £7 million revolving credit facility (the 'RCF') with the bank which expires on 31 March 2027. The principal risks and uncertainties impacting the company are set out in the strategic report. Although levels of demand for the company's products and the costs of raw materials are difficult to predict and are therefore inherently uncertain, the directors expect to be able to operate within the level of its current resources, given forecast sales, expected expenditure and resources available. The directors have prepared detailed forecasts showing that the company should be profitable and cash generative in 2025 and 2026 and therefore the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months after the approval of the financial statements. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- FAYREFIELD FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Dairy Solutions Limited 70%
- Fayrefield Ingredients Limited 100%
- Nutriceut Limited 100%
- Promel Limited 100%
- Ingredient Solutions Limited 100%
- Love Food Heaven Limited 75%
- The Celtic Cheese Company Limited 100%
- Fayrefield Foods USA Corp 100%
- DS Ingredients Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 January 2024 the company disposed of its £1 investment in 3663965 Canada Inc. which was dissolved pursuant to section 210 (3) of the Canada Business Corporations Act.”
- “On 28 October 2024 the company purchased an additional 2,000 Ordinary shares of £1 each in Fayrefield Ingredients Limited for a consideration of £371,000 which increased the company's interest to 100%.”
- “On 28 October 2024 Fayrefield Ingredients Limited ceased trading.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, Philip Anthony | Secretary | 2013-05-01 | — | — |
| FENNEY, Michelle Marie | Director | 2016-01-14 | Feb 1974 | British |
| HARPER, Daniel David | Director | 2003-11-26 | Oct 1972 | British |
| KERR, John Douglas | Director | — | Feb 1946 | British |
| KERR, Niel John Douglas | Director | 2009-12-08 | Aug 1977 | British |
| LYON, Alastair Ian | Director | 2022-06-29 | May 1986 | British |
| MCFARLANE, David Neil | Director | 1992-01-09 | Sep 1962 | British |
| MOULTON, Poppy Catherine | Director | 2023-11-01 | Jun 1998 | British |
| ROBINSON, Timothy Marcus | Director | 1995-10-24 | Dec 1964 | British |
| WEAVER, Ashley Clinton Darrel | Director | 2016-07-14 | Apr 1966 | British |
| WRIGHT, Leslie John | Director | 2014-06-06 | Feb 1955 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SADLER, James | Secretary | — | 2013-05-01 |
| BEECH, Sydney John | Director | 2003-04-07 | 2016-04-06 |
| BRUNT, Patrick Dennis John | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2011-05-13 |
| EELES, Jonathan David | Director | 2000-12-20 | 2002-05-31 |
| HILTON, Nicholas Anthony | Director | — | 2019-08-08 |
| KERR, Theresa | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2014-07-11 |
| LAIRD, Richard Adamson | Director | 1993-09-21 | 2008-06-05 |
| PALMER, Kim Wayne | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2003-03-31 |
| READE, Michael | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2020-08-07 |
| RIDYARD, Timothy James | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2000-10-19 |
| SADLER, James | Director | — | 2001-09-03 |
| SCOTT, George Hilary Birchall | Director | — | 2000-01-04 |
| SWIRE, Christopher Martyn | Director | — | 2008-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr John Douglas Kerr | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-09-29 | Ceased 2016-09-29 |
| The Fayrefield Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-09-29 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-11-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
+3.9%
£228,352,953 £237,237,719
-
Cash
+15%
£7,459,449 £8,581,872
-
Net assets
-6.1%
£33,762,197 £31,710,307
-
Employees
+5.5%
164 173
-
Operating profit
-63.6%
£3,659,878 £1,332,157
-
Profit before tax
-50.6%
£4,717,999 £2,331,766
-
Wages
+21.1%
£8,971,963 £10,868,925
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