THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-22 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£247K
-13.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£301K
-6.3% vs 2024
Employees
19
-9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£20K
+50.2% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED 2014-01-07 → present
- MEAT TRAINING COUNCIL LIMITED 1993-09-08 → 2014-01-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,405,162 | £1,453,832 | |
| Operating profit | -£42,439 | -£21,818 | |
| Profit before tax | -£39,597 | -£19,732 | |
| Net profit | -£41,549 | -£20,388 | |
| Cash | £285,485 | £246,546 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £470,526 | £402,854 | |
| Net assets | £321,131 | £300,742 | |
| Equity | £321,131 | £300,742 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 19 | |
| Wages | £686,406 | £675,740 |
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 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.0% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | -3.0% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -9.0% | -5.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.5% | 36.6% | |
| Current ratio | 7.17x | 6.07x | |
| Interest cover | -22.06x | -19.91x |
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
- DSC Accountants Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the members 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 charity'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
- THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED · parent
- FDQ Limited 100%
- Institute of Meat 100%
Significant events
- “The Meat Training Council Limited did not trade in prior year and was dissolved in November 2023.”
- “The investment in The Meat Training Council Limited was disposed when the company was dissolved in November 2023.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, Christine | Secretary | 2025-02-27 | — | — |
| ADDY, Rod | Director | 2025-02-27 | Dec 1970 | British |
| ALDERSLEY, Christopher James | Director | 2024-03-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| BRODIE, Andrew James | Director | 2019-02-21 | May 1971 | British |
| DAWES, Alastair Peter | Director | 2025-02-27 | Apr 1973 | British |
| GRANTLEY-SMITH, Martin Paul | Director | 2023-02-23 | Mar 1957 | British |
| THORP, Shaun Martin | Director | 2026-02-26 | May 1970 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JERMEY, William John | Secretary | 2012-10-17 | 2025-02-27 |
| KEMPSTER, Anthony John | Secretary | 1993-09-08 | 1997-02-19 |
| MALLION, Frederick James | Secretary | 1997-02-19 | 2012-10-17 |
| BAKER, Graham William | Director | 1993-12-07 | 2001-02-06 |
| BANSBACK, Robert John, Prof | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2025-02-27 |
| BRODIE, Andrew James | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2015-02-24 |
| BRYDGES, Douglas George | Director | 1993-09-08 | 2005-10-08 |
| CAINS, Brian | Director | 2004-10-06 | 2009-02-24 |
| CHENEY, Frances Clare | Director | 2013-02-25 | 2020-02-27 |
| COCKBURN, John Bryan | Director | 1993-09-13 | 2007-02-28 |
| CRACKNELL, Richard Michael | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2020-02-27 |
| CROMBIE, Alexander | Director | 1997-02-19 | 1999-02-02 |
| DOWNES, Jane Morag | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2018-02-22 |
| EMMANUEL - JONES, Wildred | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2012-06-26 |
| EWING, James Gerard | Director | 1993-09-13 | 2003-02-04 |
| FIELD, Richard John, Mr. | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2025-05-11 |
| GARVEY, Bernadette Louise | Director | 2003-02-04 | 2010-02-23 |
| GILL, Christopher John Fred | Director | 1995-07-07 | 1997-02-19 |
| GRANTLEY-SMITH, Martin Paul | Director | 2010-02-23 | 2012-04-03 |
| GRIFFITHS, Richard Michael, Mr. | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2023-07-05 |
| HALL, David George, Mr. | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2021-07-15 |
| JAY, Colin Edward | Director | 1995-07-07 | 1998-02-02 |
| JERMEY, William John | Director | 2005-10-12 | 2012-02-28 |
| MABB, John Richard | Director | 1996-09-18 | 1999-02-02 |
| MACKENZIE, Duncan | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2005-02-22 |
| MALLION, Frederick James | Director | 1993-09-08 | 2015-04-21 |
| MCGOWAN, Andrew James | Director | 2009-02-24 | 2018-02-22 |
| MUGGOCH, Adam | Director | 1993-09-13 | 1996-01-08 |
| MURRAY, Damien Neville | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2016-02-23 |
| PROCTOR, John Joseph | Director | 2004-02-03 | 2023-02-23 |
| PROVEN, Philip | Director | 1993-09-13 | 1996-09-18 |
| REESON, Roger David | Director | 2006-02-21 | 2020-06-11 |
| ROBERTS, Sara | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2005-02-22 |
| ROBERTS, Stuart Francis | Director | 2016-02-23 | 2020-02-20 |
| ROYAN, James Fraser | Director | 1993-09-13 | 1995-01-12 |
| SAXBY, Anthony Frank | Director | 1996-01-17 | 2013-02-26 |
| STEVENSON, John Herbert Alan | Director | 1997-02-19 | 2009-02-24 |
| STONE, John Michael | Director | 1993-09-13 | 1996-09-18 |
| TAYLOR, John | Director | 1999-02-02 | 2002-07-31 |
| TWIDDLE, Raymond William | Director | 1996-09-18 | 2004-02-03 |
| VESTEY, Samuel George Armstrong, Lord | Director | 1993-09-08 | 1995-03-23 |
| WATSON, Richard Samuel | Director | 2001-02-06 | 2003-02-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+3.5%
£1,405,162 £1,453,832
-
Cash
-13.6%
£285,485 £246,546
-
Net assets
-6.3%
£321,131 £300,742
-
Employees
-9.5%
21 19
-
Operating profit
+48.6%
-£42,439 -£21,818
-
Profit before tax
+50.2%
-£39,597 -£19,732
-
Wages
-1.6%
£686,406 £675,740
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