FOYLE FOOD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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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
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2018-04-16 → present
- FAUGHAN LIMITED 2007-02-22 → 2018-04-16
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 | £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 | 1,334 | 1,381 | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1.69x | 1.78x | |
| Interest cover | 6.54x | 6.74x |
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
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Foyle Food Group Limited 100%
- Oaksilver Irl Limited 100%
- Donegal Meat Processors Unlimited Company 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 April 2025 an interim dividend of £1,700,000 was declared and 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
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 | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-07-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
+7.8%
£491,768,023 £530,280,770
-
Cash
+78.7%
£461,873 £825,463
-
Net assets
+14.3%
£64,279,666 £73,463,937
-
Employees
+3.5%
1,334 1,381
-
Operating profit
-2.9%
£21,565,622 £20,933,641
-
Profit before tax
-2.4%
£18,266,203 £17,827,027
-
Wages
+12.2%
£39,220,729 £44,013,336
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