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Cash

£7.6m

+0.8% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£6.2m

-0.4% vs 2024

Employees

76

+4.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£45k

+157.4% first positive since 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £8,779,886£9,415,551£10,210,965 +8.4%
Operating profit -£130,103-£406,192-£398,921 +1.8%
Profit before tax £193,482-£77,893£44,733 +157.4%
Net profit £150,564-£70,852-£23,622 +66.7%
Cash £6,697,987£7,537,357£7,596,241 +0.8%
Total assets less current liabilities £6,357,716£6,252,713£6,199,722 -0.8%
Net assets £6,323,565£6,252,713£6,229,091 -0.4%
Equity £6,323,565£6,252,713£6,229,091 -0.4%
Average employees 697376 +4.1%
Wages £3,663,437£4,074,205£4,193,621 +2.9%
Directors' remuneration £418,358£435,455£433,688 -0.4%

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -1.5%-4.3%-3.9%
Net margin 1.7%-0.8%-0.2%
Return on capital employed -2.0%-6.5%-6.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 56.1%59.6%
Current ratio 1.69x1.62x2.00x
Interest cover -32.19x-33.36x-61.51x

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
S&W Audit
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing the financial statements and the foreseeable future thereafter. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. FOOD AND DRINK FEDERATION(THE) · parent
    1. FDF Climate Change Levy Agreement 100% · England · management and administration of the FDF1 and FDFS Climate Change Agreements

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

People

10 active · 225 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ALBON, Robert James Secretary 2023-02-02
AMOS, David Robert Director 2022-05-05 Feb 1965 British
BETTS, Karen Elizabeth Director 2022-01-01 Aug 1972 British
BUYURGAN, Mete Director 2025-11-11 Dec 1971 Turkish
CURTIS, Andrew Mark Hatherley Director 2025-03-06 Jul 1974 British
HERRMANN, Nathan Andrew Director 2025-11-11 Aug 1976 British,American
MASON, Gerald Director 2020-02-04 Mar 1974 British
SMEDLEY, Holly Director 2020-02-04 Jun 1961 British
STOJANKIC, Dusan Director 2023-06-27 Jul 1979 Serbian
WATSON, Richard Anthony Director 2023-06-27 Jul 1970 British
Show 225 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BARNES, Steve Secretary 2016-03-16 2016-06-29
COLESHILL, Angela Teresa Secretary 2012-05-02 2017-11-30
HAY, Cat Secretary 2019-11-20 2022-01-01
LONG, Desmond Michael Secretary 1996-03-27 2001-12-05
PRICE, Robert David Secretary 2001-12-05 2007-12-31
STEVENS, Michael David Secretary 1996-03-29
TODD, Karen Louise Secretary 2022-01-01 2022-12-02
TODD, Karen Louise Secretary 2017-12-01 2019-11-20
TRUMAN, John George Secretary 2008-01-01 2011-12-31
ABBOTT, Sally Jane Director 2022-01-01 2025-03-06
ABRAHAM, Michael Richard Director 2013-04-23 2015-03-23
ABRAHAM, Michael Richard Director 2007-05-22 2010-03-17
ABRAHAM, Michael Richard Director 2001-05-25 2002-05-30
ADAMS, Peter George Director 1993-10-14 1995-09-20
AGOSTINI, Stefano Director 2018-07-04 2023-02-02
ALLEN, Mark Director 2014-11-07 2017-05-22
ALMOND, Neil Director 2009-06-08 2011-07-08
AMIN, Salman Director 2007-01-01 2009-06-30
ANDERSON, Keith Graham, Prof Director 1996-05-31
ANDREWS, Geoffrey Robert, Dr Director 2002-05-30 2002-12-04
ARCHIBALD, Hugh Wilson Director 1999-11-24 2002-12-04
ARROWSMITH, Sarah Carmel Mary Director 2020-02-06 2025-11-11
BACON, Ian Donald Fordyce, Mr. Director 2012-01-20 2015-02-05
BACON, Ian Donald Fordyce Director 2007-01-01 2009-01-30
BAKER, Peter Director 1992-08-24 1995-03-02
BARRY, Peter Nigel George Director 2000-01-01 2000-12-01
BAXTER, Jeff Director 2002-12-01 2011-12-31
BAXTER, Jeff Director 2000-04-06 2001-09-05
BENNETT, Mark Director 1993-05-24 1995-05-11
BERSSENBRUGGE, Gerhard Josef Director 2000-01-01 2000-03-02
BLACKBURN, Peter Hugh Director 1999-01-01 2002-12-31
BLACKBURN, Peter Hugh Director 1993-01-01 1996-01-01
BOOTH, Martin Graham, Mr. Director 2001-06-06 2001-11-15
BOSMAN, Jan Gerrit Hendrik Director 1999-11-26 2001-07-10
BOTTO, Lindsay Annette, President Director 2009-04-22 2011-05-11
BOWMAN, Rory Peter Director 2001-03-01 2002-05-30
BROOKS, Robin Frederick Director 2000-11-07 2002-05-30
BROWN, Andrew James Read Director 2001-05-23 2002-12-31
BROWN, Colin James Director 2010-05-21 2012-05-03
BROWN, Colin James Director 2006-05-19 2008-05-28
BROWN, Colin James Director 2000-05-19 2002-05-30
BRYSON, Ian Peter Fyall Director 2015-03-17 2018-01-01
BUCHAN, Andy Director 2009-01-05 2010-03-23
BUCKLAND, Ross, Sir Director 1998-12-31
BUNKER, Nicholas Robert Director 2018-07-04 2019-10-15
BUTTEN, Joanna Director 2010-03-23 2011-04-20
BYE, Ian Jonathan Director 2009-09-29 2017-10-13
CADBURY, Dominic, Sir Director 1998-02-25 1999-12-31
CARLISLE, Brian Director 2000-03-02 2002-12-04
CARR, Mark Ian, Dr Director 2005-06-15 2006-12-31
CHAPMAN, Brian Alfred Director 1993-05-10
CHELL, Michael Director 2011-03-23 2013-04-23
CHELL, Ronald Michael, Dr Director 2005-05-20 2007-05-22
COLLYER, Michael John Director 2005-10-31 2007-12-31
COMLEY, Leslie Frederick Director 1992-08-14
CONNOLLY, Martin Francis Director 1995-06-18 1997-05-19
COOPER, James Mawer Director 2010-10-13 2012-01-26
COOPER, James Mawer Director 2005-02-18 2006-02-23
COOPER, James Mawer Director 1999-02-24 2001-03-01
COUCHMAN, Allan Thomas Director 2008-02-14 2009-02-11
COUCHMAN, Allan Thomas Director 2002-05-30 2003-03-04
CRAWFORD, Graham Anthony Director 2002-05-30 2004-06-28
CRIPPS, Simon Priestman Director 2000-01-01 2025-03-06
DALE, Rodney Hugh Sharpe Director 2009-02-11 2010-02-02
DALE, Rodney Hugh Sharpe Director 2003-03-05 2004-03-03
DARBY, Gavin John Director 2017-01-01 2019-01-31
DAWSON, Fiona Eleanor Director 2007-01-01 2012-12-31
DE JAEGHER, Gino Daniel Maurice Director 2009-01-30 2012-01-20
DONNELLY, Catherine Margaret, Dr Director 2007-06-06 2009-06-08
DOUGLAS, Martin Richard Director 2011-05-17 2017-05-22
DRYDEN, John Director 2001-03-08 2002-12-04
DUFFIN, Nigel Director 2008-01-01 2008-12-31
EDEN GREEN, Richard Beynon Director 2001-07-10 2002-06-13
EDGLEY, Colin Ronald Director 1993-11-12
ELLIS, Philip James Director 2008-01-11 2011-01-01
EVANS, Richard David Director 2014-01-01 2014-12-31
FARNSWORTH, Patrick William Director 2000-01-01 2000-05-23
FERGUSON, Iain George Thomas Director 1999-01-01 2008-12-31
FITCH, Peter Director 2000-12-15 2004-09-20
FITZPATRICK, Stephen Christopher, Dr Director 2002-05-30 2003-03-27
FITZPATRICK, Stephen Christopher, Dr Director 1999-05-14 2001-05-25
FRANDINO, Elena Director 2013-06-07 2014-11-18
FREESTON, Paul Robert Director 2006-01-01 2024-02-05
GARMSTON, Tamara Ann Director 2000-01-01 2002-12-04
GEORGE, Richard William, Sir Director 2005-03-08
GILLESPIE, John Mcintyre Director 1999-11-17 2002-12-04
GRAHAM, David Alexander Director 2004-03-03 2006-05-19
GRAHAM, James David Director 2004-06-01 2006-05-22
GRIFFITHS, Wynne Philip Morgan Director 2003-08-20 2005-02-23
GRIMWOOD, Paul Director 2011-05-17 2012-12-31
GRIFFITHS, Wynne Philip Morgan Director 2003-08-20 2005-02-23
GRIMWOOD, Paul Director 2011-05-17 2012-12-31
GROCOCK, Neil Director 2003-03-17 2005-03-15
HARDY, Martin Philip Director 2007-12-12 2009-10-01
HEARN, David Lovat Director 1995-03-13 1995-06-26
HEYGATE, Arthur Robert Director 1994-06-20 1995-06-22
HILL, Peter John Director 2002-05-30 2002-12-04
HODDING, Neil Director 2013-10-04 2015-12-05
HOGG, Jeremy Richard Director 2005-03-22 2005-09-30
HOLLAND, Nigel John Spencer Director 2014-01-01 2015-05-07
HOLLOWAY, Andrew Thomas Director 2014-11-18 2016-11-02
HULL, Jo Director 2007-02-16 2008-02-14
HUMPHREYS, Edward Charles Director 1992-07-01
HUTSEBAUT, Jan Clement Director 2005-06-28 2007-12-12
IRELAND, Robert Alexander Director 2000-01-01 2003-12-31
JACKSON, Peter John Director 2000-03-07 2002-05-30
JENKINS, David Gordon Director 1993-05-17
JERMEY, William John Director 2000-10-17 2002-12-04
JINKS, Chris Director 2008-03-13 2008-09-25
JOLLANS, Kenneth Richard Director 2001-01-26 2002-12-04
JORDAN, William John Director 2003-06-20 2005-09-22
KARSAN, Muez Director 2000-01-01 2000-05-19
KENDRICK, Fiona Marie Director 2013-01-01 2018-01-01
KENDRICK, Fiona Marie, Dame Director 2003-04-03 2005-02-22
KNIGHT, Peter Kevin Director 2001-01-25 2002-06-15
KYLE, John Andrew Director 2000-01-01 2001-02-08
LANCASTER, George Geoffrey Director 2001-02-21 2003-01-29
LAYTE, Martin Director 2000-01-01 2004-01-01
LEA, John Edward Director 2008-05-29 2010-05-21
LEE, John David, Dr Director 2006-02-24 2007-02-16
LEPLEY, John Steven Director 2004-03-03 2005-02-18
LLOYD, Martyn Director 2010-02-02 2010-10-13
LOWE, Dominic Simon Director 2012-06-21 2015-12-09
MACEWAN, John Macdonald Director 1999-03-12 2001-03-08
MAGUIRE, Gareth Patrick Director 2016-02-05 2017-10-13
MAITLAND TITTERTON, Rupert Seymour Aulin Leslie Director 2004-06-28 2005-10-28
MARSH, Robert Anthony Director 2000-01-01 2000-04-06
MAYFIELD, Alexander John Hilton Director 2013-05-21 2017-10-13
MCGIBBON, Tom Director 2010-03-17 2011-03-23
MCKINNEY, James Director 2005-10-01 2011-05-24
MCWILLIAMS, John Director 1999-11-09 2000-06-02
MEIKLE, Alan Director 2012-05-03 2014-11-07
MEIKLE, Alan Director 2002-05-30 2004-06-01
MENZIES-GOW, Robert Ian Director 1999-10-19 2002-05-30
MESSENGER, Helen Director 2001-05-18 2002-05-30
METCALFE, Stanley Gordon Director 1992-12-31
MOLLOY, Geoffrey Director 2002-12-04
MONZANI, Peter Metcalf Director 2000-01-01 2001-05-17
MORGAN, Derek Director 2005-03-01 2005-06-15
MORTIMER, Barrie Ernest Director 2001-11-15 2002-05-30
MORTIMER, Barrie Ernest Director 2000-01-01 2001-06-06
MOSELEY, James George Director 2004-06-01 2013-12-31
MOULDER, Jeremy Patrick Director 2014-12-10 2017-05-22
MURPHY, Paul Director 2011-12-08 2013-10-04
MURRAY, David Thomas Director 2022-02-10 2025-05-22
MYERS, Jonathan Charles Director 2015-01-01 2017-05-22
NEATH, Gavin Ellis Director 2001-12-05 2006-12-31
NICHOLS, John Ellis Director 1999-03-30 2000-04-06
NIELD, Garry Stephen Director 2002-07-12 2002-12-04
NORMAN, Paul Timothy Director 2002-05-30 2003-06-20
ORCHARD, Stephen William Director 2000-01-01 2000-02-07
PANTON, Bryan Director 2000-01-01 2002-12-04
PARR, Daniel Thomas Director 2011-07-08 2013-06-19
PATHAK, Kirit Kumar Director 2002-09-26 2005-12-31
PEARMAN, Benjamin John Director 2019-06-03 2021-12-31
PEARSE, Michael Director 2001-10-18 2003-03-26
PEARSE, Michael Director 2000-01-01 2001-03-13
PENTELOW, Brian Charles Director 2000-01-01 2000-12-14
PHILLIPS, Peter Waller Director 1992-12-31
PIKE, Richard Neil Director 2015-02-05 2017-05-22
PIMLOTT, Robert Director 2004-09-20 2007-12-31
POGSON, James David Director 2015-05-07 2017-05-22
POLLARD, Andrew Michael Director 2015-03-23 2017-05-22
PORTLOCK, David John Director 2001-09-20 2002-12-04
PRINGLE, Kenneth Director 2000-01-01 2005-12-31
REVETT, Nicholas Stephen Director 2007-04-25 2009-04-22
RICHARD, Ralph Henry Director 1999-06-20 2001-01-25
RITCHIE, Alexander George Malcolm Director 1996-01-01 1998-12-31
RIVAZ, Rosalind Catherine Director 2000-01-01 2001-02-21
ROBERTS, David Pinkney Director 1994-05-18
ROBINSON, Brian David Director 2007-05-16 2008-03-13
ROGERS, David Director 2013-03-19 2015-03-17
ROGERS, David Director 2005-02-22 2007-03-14
RONALD, William David Gordon Director 2005-01-01 2005-12-31
RONALD, William David Gordon Director 2000-01-01 2001-12-05
ROSEWARNE, Grantley Bruce Director 2007-03-14 2008-03-12
ROWELL, Jack Director 1995-03-02
RUDGARD, John Kennish Director 1993-10-14
RUEBOTHAM, Philip John Director 2005-09-22 2007-10-08
RYCROFT, Timothy James Nelson Director 2019-01-24 2021-04-16
SARGEANT, Michael Anthony Director 1992-07-01 1992-08-14
SCARROTT, Christopher David Director 2009-10-01 2012-10-03
SCARROTT, Christopher David Director 2004-04-01 2005-06-28
SECKER, Graham Leonard Director 2001-05-17 2002-12-04
SEFTEL, Paul Jeffrey Director 2000-01-01 2001-05-23
SEGAL, Dennis Selwyn, Dr Director 1999-05-12 2001-05-18
SEWELL, George Director 1999-06-11 2001-06-08
SHARMA, Pankaj Director 2011-01-01 2012-12-31
SHARPE, Adrian Vaughan Shipman Director 1995-07-04 1998-12-31
SHARPE, Clive Richard Director 2000-01-01 2002-07-12
SHARROCK, John Matthew Director 1994-05-09
SHAW, Robert Michael Director 1992-11-09
SHAW, Steven, Dr Director 2000-04-06 2002-09-11
SHEAHAN, John Richard Director 1999-05-12 2000-12-14
SLOAN, Simon Christopher Director 2003-03-27 2005-05-20
STEVENS, William Director 2013-03-05 2014-12-10
STIGANT, Louise Anne Director 2022-01-20 2026-03-11
STREET, Joseph Stanley Director 2008-05-14 2013-05-21
SUGARMAN, Austin Lewis Director 2011-03-15 2013-03-19
SUNDERLAND, John Michael, Sir Director 2002-05-30 2005-01-01
SUTCLIFFE, John Walter Director 2009-06-30 2010-12-31
TANDY, Michael Director 2012-01-26 2013-03-05
TOLLEY, Richard James Director 2005-03-15 2008-01-11
TURNER, Steven, Dr Director 2001-09-30 2001-09-30
TYRRELL, Michael Hubert Director 2002-05-30 2002-12-04
WALKER, Louis David, Mr. Mbe,Td Director 2000-01-01 2000-10-17
WALKER, Robin Peter Director 2000-11-24 2001-09-30
WALKER, William Guy Director 1998-12-31
WARBURTON, William Ross Director 2001-12-05 2010-12-31
WARNICK, Harrold Miles Director 2003-05-14 2007-05-15
WERMANN, Christopher Robin Director 2009-10-08 2010-12-09
WHEELER, Paul Keith Director 2015-12-15 2018-01-01
WHITE, Geoffrey Alan Director 2001-08-17 2002-05-30
WHITE, Mark Director 2003-01-29 2005-03-01
WHITEHEAD, Robert Nicholas Director 2001-02-08 2003-05-06
WHITTINGHAM, Andrew Jon Director 2006-03-24 2007-06-06
WILKINSON, Paul Nigel Director 1994-05-18 1996-03-25
WILLIAMSON, Anthony Paul Director 1993-05-20 1995-06-26
WILLSHER, Neil Robert Director 2006-01-01 2007-04-25
WOOD, Kenneth Leslie Director 2010-12-09 2011-10-21
WOOD, Kenneth Leslie Director 2007-10-08 2009-10-08
WOODS, Jonathan Mark Director 2018-07-04 2022-03-01
WRIGHT, Ian Director 2017-06-01 2022-01-01
WRIGLEY, Stephen Kenneth Director 2000-04-12 2000-11-24
YORK, Ian Director 2002-05-30 2002-12-04

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Ms Karen Elizabeth Betts Individual Significant influence 2022-01-01 Active
Mr Ian Wright Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2022-01-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 659 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-06-09 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-06-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-05-27 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-05-26 RP01AP01 officers Replacement filing of director appointment with name PDF
2026-03-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-11 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-11-11 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-07-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-06-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-05-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-03-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date
2025-03-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-03-17 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-15 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
10

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
2

last 12 months

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

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