FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-29 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£825K
+78.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£60M
+14.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,134
+4.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
-3.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED 2000-09-07 → present
- FOYLE FOOD LIMITED 1998-05-18 → 2000-09-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £500,693,061 | £541,990,540 | |
| Operating profit | £17,589,138 | £16,858,586 | |
| Profit before tax | £14,951,099 | £14,372,940 | |
| Net profit | £11,748,427 | £10,688,296 | |
| Cash | £461,261 | £825,027 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,906,637 | £62,511,649 | |
| Net assets | £52,548,664 | £59,936,960 | |
| Equity | £52,548,664 | £59,936,960 | |
| Average employees | 1,082 | 1,134 | |
| Wages | £32,146,103 | £36,557,254 |
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 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.0% | 27.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.0% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 6.67x | 6.78x |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts for a period extending to 31 December 2026. These forecasts indicate the company will continue to generate positive cash flows and has resources to meet liabilities. The financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Oaksilver Irl Limited 100%
- Donegal Meat Processors Unlimited Company 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 April 2025 a dividend of £1,700,000 was declared and subsequently paid on 8 May 2025. There are no other subsequent events to note.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTHE, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| ACHESON, James | Director | 1998-05-18 | Feb 1966 | British |
| ACHESON, Tracey Elizabeth | Director | 2000-03-20 | Jan 1967 | British |
| ACHESON, Walter Terence | Director | 1998-05-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
| ACHESON, Wayne George | Director | 1998-05-18 | Jul 1968 | British |
| FORSYTHE, Stephen Robert | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
| FREESTON, Paul Robert | Director | 2024-07-01 | Sep 1959 | British |
| JACKSON, Christopher James | Director | 2025-07-29 | Jun 1989 | British |
| MCATEER, Malachy | Director | 2013-03-01 | Apr 1967 | Irish |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCALLISTER, Oliver | Secretary | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| MCILWAINE OBE, Nigel Owens | Secretary | 2007-06-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| WATSON, Robert Andrew | Secretary | 1998-05-18 | 2009-04-21 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2019-03-31 |
| GIBSON OBE, Christopher Duffield | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| KELSO, Karen | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-04-12 |
| LINDARS, David | Director | 2014-05-05 | 2015-02-27 |
| MCALLISTER, Oliver | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| MCCOLLUM, Janet Susanne Burgoyne | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MCILWAINE OBE, Nigel Owens | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2017-07-01 |
| MILLAR, John Mervyn | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2019-05-31 |
| O'BROIN, Paul Caoimh | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2013-01-24 |
| WATSON, Richard Samuel | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2009-04-21 |
| WATSON OBE, Robert Andrew | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2007-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foyle Food Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 165 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.2%
£500,693,061 £541,990,540
-
Cash
+78.9%
£461,261 £825,027
-
Net assets
+14.1%
£52,548,664 £59,936,960
-
Employees
+4.8%
1,082 1,134
-
Operating profit
-4.2%
£17,589,138 £16,858,586
-
Profit before tax
-3.9%
£14,951,099 £14,372,940
-
Wages
+13.7%
£32,146,103 £36,557,254
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