FRESH & WILD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-18 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£35M
+27% vs 2023
Net assets
£30M
+21.1% vs 2023
Employees
608
-23.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£20M
+13.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- FRESH & WILD LIMITED 2000-04-10 → present
- JUNIPER NATURAL FOODS LIMITED 1999-11-25 → 2000-04-10
- FRESH AND WILD LIMITED 1999-11-19 → 1999-11-25
- JUNIPER NATURAL FOODS LIMITED 1998-06-04 → 1999-11-19
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 | £93,129,000 | £86,394,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£22,925,000 | -£20,014,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,107,000 | -£20,030,000 | |
| Net profit | -£23,107,000 | -£20,030,000 | |
| Cash | £27,731,000 | £35,230,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,808,000 | £37,045,000 | |
| Net assets | £24,677,000 | £29,877,000 | |
| Equity | £24,677,000 | £29,877,000 | |
| Average employees | 798 | 608 | |
| Wages | £22,938,000 | £22,554,000 |
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 | -24.6% | -23.2% | |
| Net margin | -24.8% | -23.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -74.4% | -54.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.4% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.02x | 3.02x | |
| Interest cover | -71.20x | -45.08x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for the period until the end of March 2026.”
Significant events
- “The Company signed a lease for a new store on King's Road in London. It is expected to open in 2025.”
- “The Company closed the stores in Fulham and Richmond during 2024. The statement of comprehensive income includes the financial performance of these stores from 1 January 2024 until their closure on 10 June 2024.”
- “During the year, tangible assets increased by 22% to £9,622k (2023: £7,917k) due to a remodel of the Kensington store. Also, during the year, creditor amounts falling due after one year increased to £2,897k (2023: £0) due to lease incentives at the Kensington store.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CULP, Allen Guy | Director | 2025-05-13 | Sep 1980 | American |
| FRASER, Robert Charles | Director | 2025-07-14 | Jun 1970 | American |
| HILLIARD, Paul | Director | 2025-04-07 | Apr 1964 | American |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAKRAVORTY, Sumit | Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1999-05-14 |
| HARROP, Robert Eberhard | Secretary | 1999-05-14 | 2002-10-29 |
| MCARTHUR, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 2002-10-29 | 2004-09-02 |
| EXPRESS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2016-01-04 |
| SH COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-01-04 | 2019-02-14 |
| BONIN, Richard J | Director | 2023-03-29 | 2025-05-30 |
| BONIN, Richard J | Director | 2019-10-22 | 2021-12-20 |
| BONIN, Richard | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-09-28 |
| CORCORAN, Damien | Director | 2020-02-13 | 2022-11-04 |
| CURRUL, Debra Ann | Director | 2004-06-21 | 2007-05-01 |
| DOCTOROW, David Michael | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2013-12-09 |
| FLANAGAN, Glenda Jane | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2019-06-19 |
| FOSS, Peter Lewis | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2002-03-25 |
| FOSTER, Elisabeth Griffin | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2017-11-20 |
| FOSTER, Elisabeth Griffin | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2005-08-02 |
| GHEE, Anna | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-01-30 |
| GOLDBERG, Stephen Roy | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-02-01 |
| HARROP, Robert Eberhard | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2002-03-25 |
| HASSAN, Khwaja Shahid Muzaffar | Director | 1998-06-04 | 2004-01-30 |
| LANG, Roberta Lynn | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2017-01-16 |
| LANNON, David A | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2007-10-22 |
| MEEHAN, Bryan Kevin | Director | 2000-01-24 | 2004-01-30 |
| MINARDI, Christina | Director | 2022-01-24 | 2023-03-29 |
| PERCIVAL, Albert | Director | 2017-01-17 | 2019-08-29 |
| SANTELLO, Pauline Mary | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2009-09-28 |
| SEEDHOUSE, Cathryn Allison | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2002-03-25 |
| SEEDHOUSE, Craig William | Director | 1999-07-30 | 2002-03-25 |
| SHAD, Asim | Director | 2016-12-05 | 2019-07-24 |
| SUD, James Pulaski | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2021-12-03 |
| TURNAS, Jeffrey Michael | Director | 2009-05-20 | 2016-12-05 |
| VALKENAAR, Lee Richard | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2009-08-04 |
| WEBER, Michael | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2019-06-19 |
| WESTERHUIS, Margreet Gerarda | Director | 2007-02-01 | 2007-04-18 |
| WESTERHUIS, Margreet Gerarda | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-01-30 |
| YOST, Patricia Diana | Director | 2004-01-30 | 2025-05-15 |
| EXPRESS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-06-04 | 1998-06-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon.Com, Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-08-31 | Active |
| Fresh & Wild Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-28 | Ceased 2021-08-31 |
| Whole Foods Market, Inc. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-26 | Ceased 2017-08-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-19 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-16 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-01-14 | RP04SH01 | capital | Second filing capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
-7.2%
£93,129,000 £86,394,000
-
Cash
+27%
£27,731,000 £35,230,000
-
Net assets
+21.1%
£24,677,000 £29,877,000
-
Employees
-23.8%
798 608
-
Operating profit
+12.7%
-£22,925,000 -£20,014,000
-
Profit before tax
+13.3%
-£23,107,000 -£20,030,000
-
Wages
-1.7%
£22,938,000 £22,554,000
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