FAIRFAX MEADOW EUROPE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
-47.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+32.7% vs 2023
Employees
374
-0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+9% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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8 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FAIRFAX MEADOW EUROPE LIMITED 2004-01-16 → present
- ALTERPOINTS LIMITED 2003-05-19 → 2004-01-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £167,899,000 | £166,894,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,246,000 | £5,357,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,932,000 | £5,377,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,761,000 | £3,759,000 | |
| Cash | £5,848,000 | £3,061,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,658,000 | £12,583,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,448,000 | £11,207,000 | |
| Equity | £8,448,000 | £11,207,000 | |
| Average employees | 376 | 374 | |
| Wages | £13,805,000 | £14,459,000 |
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 | 2024-12-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.1% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.3% | 42.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 15.34x | 74.40x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Secretary | 2025-09-28 | — | — |
| BROWN, David Nicholas | Director | 2026-01-30 | Apr 1973 | British |
| NIEDUSZYNSKI, Paul Anthony James | Director | 2025-09-28 | Nov 1975 | British |
| WHIBLEY, Sarah Leanne | Director | 2025-09-28 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Andrew John | Secretary | 2003-05-22 | 2008-05-20 |
| GEORGE, Neil | Secretary | 2021-10-28 | 2025-08-08 |
| SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-05-19 | 2003-05-22 |
| BARNES, Andrew John | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2019-01-16 |
| BROOKSBANK, Stephanie Jane | Director | 2025-09-28 | 2026-01-30 |
| DAVIDSON, Zoe Yolande Elizabeth | Director | 2021-05-04 | 2025-09-28 |
| FALLOWFIELD-SMITH, James | Director | 2021-06-14 | 2021-10-28 |
| GADD, Christopher | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-03-10 |
| GARDNER, Tracey | Director | 2016-04-01 | 2016-10-28 |
| GRAINGE, Christopher James | Director | 2018-07-01 | 2018-10-26 |
| GRAY, David John | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2021-10-28 |
| HEFFER, Philip John | Director | 2021-10-28 | 2023-07-20 |
| HOSTY, Janice | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2007-09-14 |
| HOWARTH, David | Director | 2012-09-18 | 2014-12-12 |
| HUNTER, Andrew Pennington Havard | Director | 2003-05-22 | 2010-02-26 |
| JACOB, Christopher John | Director | 2015-09-01 | 2020-07-30 |
| LEE, Matthew | Director | 2022-11-07 | 2025-09-28 |
| MAJEWSKI, Nigel Richard | Director | 2021-10-28 | 2022-07-21 |
| MURRELLS, Steve | Director | 2023-07-20 | 2025-09-28 |
| OLDCORN, John | Director | 2018-06-20 | 2021-06-14 |
| OSBORNE, Matthew Richard | Director | 2022-07-21 | 2025-09-28 |
| STOKES, Richard Henry | Director | 2006-04-20 | 2009-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Kevin | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2025-09-28 |
| TOMLINSON, Penelope Jane | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2025-09-28 |
| WADE, Jules Karen | Director | 2021-04-30 | 2023-06-02 |
| WALKER, Ian | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2005-10-14 |
| WILLINGTON, Paul | Director | 2008-04-21 | 2017-05-30 |
| SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-05-19 | 2003-05-22 |
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 | 2025-09-28 | Active |
| Hilton Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-10-28 | Ceased 2025-09-28 |
| Argent Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2021-10-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 182 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-09-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-29 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 8
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 2024-12-30 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-0.6%
£167,899,000 £166,894,000
-
Cash
-47.7%
£5,848,000 £3,061,000
-
Net assets
+32.7%
£8,448,000 £11,207,000
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Employees
-0.5%
376 374
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Operating profit
+2.1%
£5,246,000 £5,357,000
-
Profit before tax
+9%
£4,932,000 £5,377,000
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Wages
+4.7%
£13,805,000 £14,459,000
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