FORTHGLADE FOODS LIMITED
Get an alert when FORTHGLADE FOODS LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-08 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+38.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
+10.6% vs 2023
Employees
158
-11.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+1,152.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,714,534 | £37,062,097 | |
| Operating profit | -£220,700 | £2,205,199 | |
| Profit before tax | -£210,953 | £2,220,617 | |
| Net profit | £383,218 | £1,608,759 | |
| Cash | £2,756,939 | £3,820,106 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,728,690 | £17,951,776 | |
| Net assets | £15,208,403 | £16,817,162 | |
| Equity | £15,208,403 | £16,817,162 | |
| Average employees | 179 | 158 | |
| Wages | £6,352,450 | £5,965,334 |
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 | -0.6% | 6.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.4% | 12.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 1.16x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the planning and forecasting undertaken the directors are satisfied that the group will continue to have sufficient resources to meet its liabilities and comply with financial covenant tests attached to its existing loan facilities as they fall due for at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHELMORES SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-06-05 | — | — |
| COX, David Leslie | Director | 2022-01-26 | Jun 1975 | British |
| HORTON, Patrick Ashley James, Mr. | Director | 2016-02-01 | May 1967 | British |
| JOLLEY, Michael | Director | 2021-07-16 | Aug 1981 | British |
| KENNEDY, James Edward | Director | 2019-08-21 | Mar 1974 | British |
| SMITH, Sarah Louise | Director | 2023-04-24 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBSON, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2017-10-31 | 2020-08-28 |
| AITCHISON, Andrew William | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2011-10-07 |
| BROOKING, Christopher David | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2022-01-31 |
| DAWSON, Gerald Sean | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2021-02-28 |
| FARQUHAR, Peter Christopher Edward | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2020-08-28 |
| JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer | Director | 2011-09-21 | 2011-09-21 |
| JONES, Gavin Stewart | Director | 2021-04-07 | 2023-04-18 |
| LOVELL, Gerard Paul | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2022-01-31 |
| MCDONAGY, Stuart Ali | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2011-10-07 |
| PALMER, Bruce William | Director | 2011-10-03 | 2011-10-07 |
| PRIDAY, Bruce Robert James | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2015-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Private Equity Fund V Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-04-06 |
| Forthglade Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 91 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+3.8%
£35,714,534 £37,062,097
-
Cash
+38.6%
£2,756,939 £3,820,106
-
Net assets
+10.6%
£15,208,403 £16,817,162
-
Employees
-11.7%
179 158
-
Operating profit
+1,099.2%
-£220,700 £2,205,199
-
Profit before tax
+1,152.7%
-£210,953 £2,220,617
-
Wages
-6.1%
£6,352,450 £5,965,334
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