FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-04 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£417K
+574.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£26M
-355.9% vs 2023
Employees
88
+17.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£34M
-754.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED 2016-04-09 → present
- ACQUIRE SERVICES LIMITED 2006-07-10 → 2016-04-09
- SERVICESPAN LIMITED 2000-04-12 → 2006-07-10
- DUPLICATE LINES LIMITED 2000-03-21 → 2000-04-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,478,439 | £11,247,745 | |
| Operating profit | £1,783,594 | -£27,198,098 | |
| Profit before tax | -£4,012,539 | -£34,270,852 | |
| Net profit | -£3,426,717 | -£35,502,862 | |
| Cash | £61,775 | £416,509 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £91,208,158 | £37,967,505 | |
| Net assets | £9,974,682 | -£25,528,180 | |
| Equity | £9,974,682 | -£25,528,180 | |
| Average employees | 75 | 88 | |
| Wages | £3,286,620 | £4,395,788 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 21.0% | -241.8% | |
| Net margin | -40.4% | -315.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | -71.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 91.7% | 121.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.31x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | 0.31x | -3.85x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding net current liabilities of £73,031,027 (2023: £19,992,011) as at 30 September 2024 and a loss for the year then ended of £35,502,862 (2023: loss of £3,426,717), the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate for the following reasons: The Company is a component of the Compass Group PLC, one of the world's largest foodservice companies. The company meets its day to day working capital requirements from operational cash flows and intercompany loans and trading balances with the group headed by Compass Group PLC. Compass Group PLC has prepared a base case financial forecast covering the Compass UK group companies ("the UK Group"), including the Company for at least 12 months from the date these accounts are approved. These forecasts indicate that the UK Group will have sufficient funds available under its current resources and committed facilities to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The Company has received a letter of support from Compass Group PLC indicating that it intends to provide such funds as are necessary to trade. As with any company placing reliance on other group entities for financial support, the directors acknowledge there can be no certainty that this support will continue although, at the date of approval of these financial statements, they have no reason to believe that it will not do so. Consequently, the directors of the Company are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared these financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED · parent
- Equinoxe Solutions Limited 100%
- EF Group Ltd 100%
- E-Foods Limited 100%
- Vivo Markets Ltd 100%
- Air Publishing Limited 100%
- Regency Purchasing Group Limited 100%
- Regency Technologies Limited 100%
- Eat Dot Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During October 2024, the deferred consideration (as set out in Note 13) was paid for the acquisitions of Equinoxe Solutions Limited, EF Group Ltd and Regency Purchasing Group Limited.”
- “On 29th October 2024, Foodbuy Europe Limited completed the acquisitions of TheProcurementCo Limited and Zero Procure Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPASS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-10-28 | — | — |
| HUNTER, Robert | Director | 2026-04-06 | Feb 1992 | British |
| KNOWLES, Craig William | Director | 2026-03-16 | Feb 1983 | British |
| LEA, Jodi | Director | 2019-02-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
| MILLS, Robin Ronald | Director | 2020-03-01 | Apr 1967 | British |
| SHARPE, Gareth Jonathan | Director | 2021-11-02 | May 1980 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEVAN, Edward | Secretary | 2006-02-21 | 2015-10-28 |
| JEFFERSON, Ann | Secretary | 2002-01-23 | 2002-09-12 |
| TIPPINS, Pamela Ann | Secretary | 2002-09-12 | 2006-02-21 |
| TIPPINS, Pamela Ann | Secretary | 2000-09-12 | 2000-09-12 |
| TIPPINS, Pamela Ann | Secretary | 2000-07-01 | 2002-01-23 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-03-21 | 2001-05-18 |
| ATKINS, Karl James | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-10-20 |
| ATKINS, Karl James | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2016-01-29 |
| BADGER, Andrew Michael | Director | 2013-06-17 | 2020-03-01 |
| BEVAN, Edward | Director | 2002-09-09 | 2015-10-28 |
| COCK, Oliver William Francis | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2019-01-01 |
| COOKSON, Timothy Michael | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2015-10-28 |
| DUNHAM, Kate | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| FARRIER, Royston | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2014-09-26 |
| GALVIN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2017-12-30 |
| HENRIKSEN, Alison Jane | Director | 2017-12-30 | 2019-02-01 |
| HILL, Martin Paul | Director | 2014-09-26 | 2017-11-10 |
| MEDLEY, Guy Blake | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2020-03-01 |
| MILLARD, Anthony Paul | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2004-11-02 |
| MURPHY, Ian Christopher, Mr. | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-03-28 |
| SERGEANT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| TIPPINS, Pamela Ann | Director | 2010-04-26 | 2014-09-26 |
| TIPPINS, Pamela Ann | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-02-21 |
| TIPPINS, Victor Francis | Director | 2009-11-30 | 2014-09-26 |
| TIPPINS, Victor Francis | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2006-02-21 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-03-21 | 2000-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Group, Uk And Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+32.7%
£8,478,439 £11,247,745
-
Cash
+574.2%
£61,775 £416,509
-
Net assets
-355.9%
£9,974,682 -£25,528,180
-
Employees
+17.3%
75 88
-
Operating profit
-1,624.9%
£1,783,594 -£27,198,098
-
Profit before tax
-754.1%
-£4,012,539 -£34,270,852
-
Wages
+33.7%
£3,286,620 £4,395,788
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