FREDDIE'S FLOWERS LTD
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Cash
£2.4M
-47.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£1.6M
-3,024.9% vs 2024
Employees
206
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.1M
-115.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £38,900,000 | £35,719,990 | £37,605,094 | +5.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£658,685 | -£1,916,793 | -191% | |
| Profit before tax | -£412,089 | -£1,874,360 | — | — | -£980,409 | -£2,114,290 | -115.7% | |
| Net profit | -£333,537 | -£734,864 | -£10,842,909 | -£2,049,907 | -£1,145,971 | -£1,850,557 | -61.5% | |
| Cash | £1,639,372 | £28,395,453 | £6,894,434 | £5,661,991 | £4,526,672 | £2,396,258 | -47.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,294,077 | £30,733,705 | £19,606,887 | £16,545,172 | £3,160,802 | £1,282,128 | -59.4% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £14,644,309 | £11,713,959 | -£52,285 | -£1,633,833 | -3,024.9% | |
| Equity | -£2,501,418 | £25,487,218 | £14,644,309 | £959,573 | -£52,285 | -£1,633,833 | -3,024.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 201 | 206 | +2.5% | |
| Wages | £4,524,685 | £7,189,084 | — | £8,885,545 | £7,850,513 | £7,730,094 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £578,548 | £580,333 | +0.3% |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -1.8% | -5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -5.3% | -3.2% | -4.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -20.8% | -149.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 100.6% | 126.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.91x | 1.38x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -1.71x | -7.55x |
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
- James Cowper Kreston Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- FREDDIE'S FLOWERS LTD · parent
- Freddie's Flowers Bondco Plc 100%
- Freddie's Flowers DE GmbH 100%
- Freddie's Flowers USA Inc. 100%
- Freddie's Flowers Inc. 100%
- Freddie's Flowers Operations Inc. 100%
Significant events
- “In July, Freddie's Flowers Limited closed their warehouse facility and moved flower packing operations to a third party.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABEL, Keith Russell | Director | 2015-04-10 | Nov 1963 | British |
| ANDERDON, John Nicholas | Director | 2021-01-06 | Oct 1987 | British |
| BELL, Edward Anthony Ingress | Director | 2015-03-17 | Jan 1972 | British |
| DOREE, Tracy Louisa | Director | 2023-12-19 | Jan 1984 | British |
| RODRIGUES, Thiago Emanuel | Director | 2026-03-25 | Sep 1977 | Brazilian |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BADAR, Tariq Mohamed | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| DELEVINGNE, Oliver Guy | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| DOBSON, William Lawrence | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| FLETCHER, Daisy Columba | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2021-07-21 |
| GARLAND, Freddie | Director | 2014-08-29 | 2021-07-21 |
| KERR, Georgia | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| SCHMITT, Ernesto Gottfried | Director | 2021-07-21 | 2026-03-25 |
| SPEED-ANDREWS, Jamie Paul | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
| YENDLURI, Gopala Krishna | Director | 2020-11-27 | 2021-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Anthony Ingress Bell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Keith Russell Abel | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 79 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.