BERNARD MATTHEWS FROZEN LIMITED

1. BERNARD MATTHEWS FROZEN LIMITED 2020-01-27 → present
2. BERNARD MATTHEWS LIMITED 2016-09-21 → 2020-01-27
3. AMBER NEWCO 2 LIMITED 2016-09-13 → 2016-09-21

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources and finance facilities to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 month period from the date these financial statements were approved. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Whilst the directors do not envisage the need for parental support to enable the company to continue as a going concern, a letter of support has been received from Boparan Private Office Limited, the ultimate parent company, which commits to providing support, should the need arise, to allow the company to pay its debts as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “On 30 August 2024, the company became party to an inter-company cross guarantee in relation to borrowings in Amber Real Estate Investments (Agriculture) Limited, a fellow group company. The total borrowings at 28 December 2024 were £280,000,000.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -15.3%

  £69,790,000 → £59,146,000

• Cash

  -1.7%

  £5,474,000 → £5,381,000

• Net assets

  +56.3%

  £40,269,000 → £62,948,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  -6.3%

  £32,143,000 → £30,133,000

• Profit before tax

  -5.9%

  £32,158,000 → £30,245,000

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