FRIDGE SPARES WHOLESALE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-28 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-14
Watchouts
Cash
£7M
-44% vs 2023
Net assets
£29M
+5.3% vs 2023
Employees
298
+8.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-44.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FRIDGE SPARES WHOLESALE LTD 2010-02-26 → present
- REFRIGERATION PARTS WHOLESALE LIMITED 1984-03-20 → 2010-02-26
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 | £82,477,881 | £87,329,483 | |
| Operating profit | £3,692,111 | £1,955,741 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,684,361 | £2,037,733 | |
| Net profit | £2,761,136 | £1,450,217 | |
| Cash | £13,171,877 | £7,377,642 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,574,960 | £29,213,555 | |
| Net assets | £27,327,468 | £28,777,685 | |
| Equity | £27,327,468 | £28,777,685 | |
| Average employees | 275 | 298 | |
| Wages | £10,164,327 | £11,174,748 |
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 | 4.5% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 1.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 6.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.1% | 43.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.32x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 386.53x | 260.35x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- 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 group's and the parent 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
- FRIDGE SPARES WHOLESALE LTD · parent
- Fridge Spares (N.I.) Limited 100%
- Beacon Design and Engineering Limited 100%
- RG14 Limited 100%
- NRW Holdings Limited 100%
- Equipment Spare Parts Limited 100%
- Northern Refrigeration Wholesale Limited 100%
- Northern Refrigeration Wholesale (F.M.) Limited 100%
- Just One Call Limited 100%
Significant events
- “FSW were successful following an open tender process in acquiring one of our competitors branches in Aberdeen. This acquisition was approved by the competition authority and trading commenced on the 1st April 2024.”
- “The Group opened a new Aberdeen branch in April 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARROW, Paul | Director | 2013-06-04 | Nov 1955 | British |
| BROWN, Charles Barrie | Director | 2019-07-11 | Jul 1961 | Scottish |
| BYRNE, Derek | Director | 2004-01-01 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| BYRNE, Dermot Gerard | Director | 2000-11-24 | Aug 1957 | Irish |
| DINNING, Steven Raymond | Director | 2018-10-01 | Sep 1962 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULLIGAN, Robert Kevin | Secretary | — | 2000-11-24 |
| RIGGAN, Karan Elizabeth | Secretary | 2002-05-03 | 2026-01-12 |
| WEEKES, Stephen James | Secretary | 2000-11-24 | 2002-05-03 |
| HENDERSON, Mark | Director | 2013-06-04 | 2018-12-31 |
| HILL, Graham | Director | 2005-04-21 | 2023-07-01 |
| LIFFEY, Brian | Director | 2023-07-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| MULLIGAN, Robert Kevin | Director | — | 2000-11-24 |
| SHARP, John Murray Mclean | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| SHEEHY, Denis Anthony | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2023-07-05 |
| WEEKES, Stephen James | Director | — | 2004-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dermot Gerard Byrne | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-02-20 | Active |
| Mr Derek Anthony Byrne | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-10-13 | Ceased 2025-01-03 |
| Mr Dermot Gerard Byrne | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2025-01-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-03-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-03-24 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2026-02-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-03-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-24 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2026-02-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-24 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
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Turnover
+5.9%
£82,477,881 £87,329,483
-
Cash
-44%
£13,171,877 £7,377,642
-
Net assets
+5.3%
£27,327,468 £28,777,685
-
Employees
+8.4%
275 298
-
Operating profit
-47%
£3,692,111 £1,955,741
-
Profit before tax
-44.7%
£3,684,361 £2,037,733
-
Wages
+9.9%
£10,164,327 £11,174,748
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