FORZA FOODS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-28
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-29 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+128.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
-25.2% vs 2023
Employees
1,083
+3.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FORZA FOODS LIMITED 2010-05-17 → present
- WM 123 LIMITED 2010-04-15 → 2010-05-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £380,541,000 | £352,951,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,842,000 | £4,532,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,879,000 | £4,682,000 | |
| Net profit | £4,661,000 | £4,168,000 | |
| Cash | £2,532,000 | £5,777,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £43,280,000 | £32,410,000 | |
| Net assets | £42,991,000 | £32,159,000 | |
| Equity | £42,991,000 | £32,159,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,050 | 1,083 | |
| Wages | £36,836,000 | £37,568,000 |
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 | 2023-12-30 | 2024-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.3% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.2% | 14.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.5% | 58.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.78x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | 161.40x | 181.28x |
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
“The financial statements for the year ended 28 December 2024 have been prepared on the going concern basis as the director has determined that the Company has sufficient resources and liquidity facilities to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements ('the going concern period').”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELBY, Helen | Secretary | 2025-03-12 | — | — |
| BLACKHURST, Darren | Director | 2026-01-09 | Jul 1966 | British |
| GLEESON, Michael | Director | 2025-03-11 | Mar 1969 | Irish |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, Graham | Secretary | 2010-05-26 | 2016-01-04 |
| REHAL, Varinder | Secretary | 2016-01-04 | 2025-03-12 |
| BERRY, Jane Marie | Director | 2022-01-19 | 2025-03-11 |
| COMERFORD, Kris | Director | 2025-03-11 | 2025-08-13 |
| COOK, Graham Lee | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2016-08-18 |
| EMMETT, Paul David | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2010-05-26 |
| FASEY, James Edward | Director | 2016-07-05 | 2020-07-31 |
| GROVER, Paul Alastair | Director | 2020-07-31 | 2025-03-12 |
| HARDCASTLE, Simon James | Director | 2010-04-15 | 2010-05-26 |
| NICHOL, Zain Armand | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2016-07-21 |
| PROBERT, Paul Frank | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2016-01-04 |
| REHAL, Varinder | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2025-03-12 |
| ROBERTS, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2017-06-30 |
| RUANE, Anthony James | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2016-02-17 |
| SCRASE, Nicholas John | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2016-10-20 |
| SMITH HILLIARD, Max Sandiford | Director | 2010-05-26 | 2021-10-15 |
| SNELL, Michael John Bland | Director | 2016-10-20 | 2022-09-22 |
| WICKS, Sian Louise | Director | 2016-01-04 | 2016-07-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forza Aw Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-04-01 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-28 vs 2023-12-30
-
Turnover
-7.3%
£380,541,000 £352,951,000
-
Cash
+128.2%
£2,532,000 £5,777,000
-
Net assets
-25.2%
£42,991,000 £32,159,000
-
Employees
+3.1%
1,050 1,083
-
Operating profit
-6.4%
£4,842,000 £4,532,000
-
Profit before tax
-4%
£4,879,000 £4,682,000
-
Wages
+2%
£36,836,000 £37,568,000
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