TOWN & COUNTRY FINE FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
Equity attributable
Employees
51
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-12-28
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TOWN & COUNTRY FINE FOODS LIMITED 2016-10-03 → present
- LYELL'S OF LONDON LIMITED 1988-09-12 → 2016-10-03
- TOWN & COUNTRY CHOCOLATES LIMITED 1984-06-05 → 1988-09-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,169,572 | £18,421,354 | |
| Operating profit | £2,287,719 | £2,845,624 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,411,758 | £3,252,465 | |
| Net profit | £1,819,143 | £2,366,755 | |
| Cash | £1,394,306 | £2,816,555 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,473,818 | £11,849,880 | |
| Net assets | £8,890,818 | £11,257,573 | |
| Equity | £8,890,818 | £11,257,573 | |
| Average employees | 50 | 51 | |
| Wages | £1,840,016 | £2,457,767 |
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 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 14.1% | 15.4% | |
| Net margin | 11.3% | 12.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 24.0% | |
| Current ratio | 5.01x | 4.94x |
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
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have produced forecasts that reflect the current economic climate and its impact on the company's ability to operate. These demonstrate the company has sufficient reserves to enable the business to meet its obligations for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing of these financial statements. The Directors are satisfied that the company has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Therefore the Board continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these Financial Statements.”
Group structure
- TOWN & COUNTRY FINE FOODS LIMITED · parent
- Town & Country Chocolates Limited 100%
- Town & Country Gourmet Foods Limited 100%
- Lyell's of London Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 16th December 2024 the Company was awarded a Royal Warrant by HM King Charles III for supplier of fine foods having previously held a Royal Warrant issued by HM Queen Elizabeth II.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONNOLLY, Eoin | Secretary | 2023-08-11 | — | — |
| BENTLEY, David Edward | Director | 2008-06-16 | Feb 1967 | British |
| CAMPBELL, Alan | Director | 2023-08-11 | Nov 1974 | Irish |
| COULTER, Glen | Director | 2023-08-11 | Apr 1975 | British |
| DAWES, Darren Martyn | Director | 2018-10-18 | Sep 1972 | British |
| KEATING, Andrew | Director | 2023-08-11 | Apr 1970 | Irish |
| KEELEY, Noel | Director | 2023-08-11 | Dec 1966 | Irish |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWES, Darren Martyn | Secretary | 2017-12-13 | 2023-08-24 |
| LYELL, Judy Jackson | Secretary | — | 2017-12-13 |
| LYELL, Patrick David | Secretary | 2015-10-12 | 2016-08-09 |
| HUTTON, Richard John | Director | 2011-11-23 | 2014-03-20 |
| LYELL, David | Director | — | 2009-05-14 |
| LYELL, Judy Jackson | Director | — | 2023-08-11 |
| LYELL, Patrick David | Director | 2009-01-15 | 2015-10-12 |
| ROZARIO, Adrian Philip | Director | 2015-02-11 | 2016-11-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musgrave Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-11 | Active |
| Mrs Judy Jackson Lyell | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-10 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-09-25 | RP04AR01 | annual-return | Second filing of annual return with made up date | |
| 2023-09-25 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-29 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-16 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-08-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-31