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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-08 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-02-22

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£825K

+78.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£73M

+14.3% vs 2023

Employees

1,381

+3.5% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£18M

-2.4% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. FOYLE FOOD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-04-16 → present
  2. FAUGHAN LIMITED 2007-02-22 → 2018-04-16

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £491,768,023£530,280,770
Operating profit £21,565,622£20,933,641
Profit before tax £18,266,203£17,827,027
Net profit £14,447,069£13,188,382
Cash £461,873£825,463
Total assets less current liabilities £66,148,116£77,172,803
Net assets £64,279,666£73,463,937
Equity £64,279,666£73,463,937
Average employees 1,3341,381
Wages £39,220,729£44,013,336

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 4.4%3.9%
Net margin 2.9%2.5%
Return on capital employed 32.6%27.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 50.3%49.1%
Current ratio 1.69x1.78x
Interest cover 6.54x6.74x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“These forecasts indicate that the group will continue to generate positive cash flows for the foreseeable future and have the resources available to support it to meet its liabilities and obligations as and when they fall due. Giving due considerations to the cash flow forecasts prepared, current trading performance and the liquidity position of the group, including existing and renewed bank facilities which mature in June 2027 the directors are not aware of any facts or circumstances that may cast doubt over the ability of the group to continue as a going concern to 31 December 2026, which is more than 12 months from the date of this report. On that basis, the financial statements continue to be prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. FOYLE FOOD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
    1. Foyle Food Group Limited 100% · Northern Ireland · Meat processor
    2. Oaksilver Irl Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · Holding company
    3. Donegal Meat Processors Unlimited Company 100% · Republic of Ireland · Meat processor

Significant events

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

People

10 active · 18 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
FORSYTHE, Stephen Robert Secretary 2020-07-01
ACHESON, James Director 2007-02-22 Feb 1966 British
ACHESON, Michael Director 2009-04-21 Apr 1979 British
ACHESON, Tracey Elizabeth Director 2007-02-21 Jan 1967 British
ACHESON, Walter Terence Director 2007-02-22 Jan 1965 British
ACHESON, Wayne George Director 2007-02-22 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 18 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
FORSYTHE, Stephen Robert Secretary 2020-06-01 2020-06-01
KANE, Dorothy May Secretary 2007-02-22 2007-02-22
MCALLISTER, Oliver Secretary 2017-07-01 2020-06-30
MCILWAINE OBE, Nigel Owens Secretary 2009-04-21 2017-07-01
WATSON, Robert Andrew Secretary 2007-02-22 2009-04-21
ARMSTRONG, Paul Director 2007-02-22 2019-03-31
GIBSON OBE, Christopher Duffield Director 2007-02-22 2019-05-31
HARRISON, Malcolm Joseph Director 2007-02-22 2007-02-22
KANE, Dorothy May Director 2007-02-22 2007-02-22
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 2007-02-22 2017-07-01
O'BROIN, Paul Caoimh Director 2009-09-18 2013-01-24
WATSON, Richard Samuel Director 2007-02-22 2009-04-21
WATSON, Richard Samuel Director 2007-02-22 2009-04-21
WATSON, Robert Andrew Director 2007-02-22 2009-04-21

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Walter Terence Acheson Individual Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm 2016-04-06 Ceased 2020-02-22

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 128 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-03-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-04 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-03-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-10-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-02-26 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2020-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-07-06 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-07-06 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2020-07-03 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2020-07-03 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

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.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

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

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