FRESH DIRECT (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-03-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
-31.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£1M
+7.2% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£421K
-35.9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-03-31.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-02 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £312,626,000 | £318,669,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,182,000 | £880,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £657,000 | £421,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,885,000 | — | |
| Cash | £7,570,000 | £5,206,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £17,810,000 | £15,867,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,483,000 | -£1,376,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,483,000 | -£1,376,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-07-02 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 5.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.4% | 101.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.59x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 2.25x | 1.92x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of their assessment of the Company's financial position and performance and of enquiries made to Sysco Corporation, the Company's directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will be able to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and until 17 March 2026 and have accordingly adopted the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of theses financial statements.”
Significant events
- “No material events have occurred since the statement of financial position date which would affect the financial statements of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Secretary | 2015-02-23 | — | — |
| NIEDUSZYNSKI, Paul Anthony James | Director | 2025-02-05 | Nov 1975 | British |
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Director | 2015-02-23 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Julian | Secretary | 2012-04-30 | 2015-02-23 |
| HARRIS, Leslie John | Secretary | 1995-05-05 | 2012-04-29 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-05-05 | 1995-05-05 |
| BARNES, Stephen John | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| BAXTER, John Philip | Director | 1995-05-05 | 1997-07-18 |
| BRENNAN-JONES, Catherine Aileen | Director | 2013-04-26 | 2015-02-23 |
| BROOKSBANK, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2026-01-30 |
| BURNS, David John | Director | 2005-10-27 | 2016-09-01 |
| EDWARDS, Julian | Director | 2000-08-15 | 2015-02-23 |
| FARNWORTH, Andrew James | Director | 2011-09-29 | 2015-02-23 |
| FARRINGTON, David | Director | 1998-04-15 | 2015-02-23 |
| FAULKNER, Jeremy David | Director | 1995-10-13 | 1996-10-30 |
| HARRIS, Colin James | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2015-02-23 |
| HARRIS, Leslie John | Director | 1995-05-05 | 2015-02-23 |
| HARRIS, Nigel John | Director | 1995-10-13 | 2015-02-23 |
| HIGH, Stephen David | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2015-02-23 |
| HIRONS, Michael Zak | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2011-10-28 |
| HUMPHRYES, Ian James | Director | 2012-08-13 | 2015-02-23 |
| ISTED, Adam Paul | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2015-02-23 |
| JACKSON, Peter Francis | Director | 2022-03-01 | 2025-02-05 |
| JØRGENSEN, Tim Ørting, Mr. | Director | 2021-07-04 | 2021-07-04 |
| LAPPAGE, David John | Director | 1995-10-13 | 1997-04-01 |
| PARK, Boyd James | Director | 2008-04-11 | 2010-07-01 |
| PEEREBOOM, Paulo Cipriano | Director | 2022-12-01 | 2023-10-30 |
| TUGNAIT, Rajesh Vishwanath | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2022-03-01 |
| UTTLEY, Adam Patrick | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2016-09-15 |
| WILSON, Kenneth Andrew | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2000-07-31 |
| CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-05-05 | 1995-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sysco Gb Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-30 | Active |
| Cucina Fresh Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-28 | Ceased 2021-07-30 |
| Cucina Fresh Finance Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-24 | Ceased 2021-07-28 |
| Fresh Direct Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-24 | Ceased 2021-03-24 |
| Fresh Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 239 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-25 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-26 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-25 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-25 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-06-25 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-13 | 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
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-06-30 vs 2023-07-02
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Turnover
+1.9%
£312,626,000 £318,669,000
-
Cash
-31.2%
£7,570,000 £5,206,000
-
Net assets
+7.2%
-£1,483,000 -£1,376,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-25.5%
£1,182,000 £880,000
-
Profit before tax
-35.9%
£657,000 £421,000
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