ADAMS FOODSERVICE TRADING LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-01 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-15
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£12M
Equity attributable
Employees
215
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2M
Period ending 2025-06-30
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £81,975,000 | £109,351,000 | |
| Operating profit | £5,185,000 | £2,213,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,146,000 | £2,003,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,830,000 | £1,524,000 | |
| Cash | £4,636,000 | £2,977,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,992,000 | £15,656,000 | |
| Net assets | -£10,889,000 | -£12,413,000 | |
| Equity | -£10,889,000 | -£12,413,000 | |
| Average employees | 189 | 215 | |
| Wages | £4,315,000 | £6,690,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.7% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.6% | 14.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 143.3% | 148.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.10x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 14.36x | 5.41x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries and considering downside scenarios, the directors are confident that the Company has access to sufficient financial resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due and continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company has positive cash flows and it has sufficient financial resources to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On the 04 October 2024, the Company was 100% acquired by Bestway Wholesale Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
- “The accounting reference date changed from 31 March 2025 to 30 June 2025 to be in line with its parent company's year-end.”
- “The Company also extends its accounting period to 15 month period up to 30 June 2025 to align its year end to Bestway Wholesale Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Naser Janjua | Director | 2024-10-02 | Oct 1970 | British |
| PERVEZ, Dawood | Director | 2024-10-02 | Feb 1975 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSAIN, Sajad | Director | 2021-02-16 | 2024-10-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bestway Wholesale Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-10-02 | Active |
| Swd Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-02-16 | Ceased 2024-10-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-12-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-12-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-11-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-08-31 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-31 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-31 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-03-31