FLORA FOOD SALES UK LIMITED
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Cash
£757K
+2,002.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£63M
-10.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
76
+2.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£11M
-34.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £242,620,000 | £222,704,000 | £234,655,000 | +5.4% | |
| Operating profit | £11,634,000 | £7,375,000 | £7,744,000 | +5% | |
| Profit before tax | £18,017,000 | £16,915,000 | £11,129,000 | -34.2% | |
| Net profit | £16,624,000 | £11,646,000 | £7,716,000 | -33.7% | |
| Cash | £1,467,000 | £36,000 | £757,000 | +2,002.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £153,787,000 | £74,552,000 | £66,699,000 | -10.5% | |
| Net assets | £148,972,000 | £70,618,000 | £63,334,000 | -10.3% | |
| Equity | £148,972,000 | £70,618,000 | £63,334,000 | -10.3% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 74 | 76 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £5,396,000 | £5,581,000 | £6,121,000 | +9.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £205,000 | £299,000 | £578,000 | +93.3% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.3% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 5.2% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.6% | 9.9% | 11.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.0% | 47.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 2.81x | 1.56x | 1.40x | |
| Interest cover | 9.65x | 4.56x | 5.84x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-14
- FLORA FOOD SALES UK LIMITED 2024-10-14 → present
- UPFIELD FOODS UK LIMITED 2018-08-03 → 2024-10-14
- UNILEVER BCS UK LIMITED 2015-04-01 → 2018-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company made no political donations however accrued charitable donations amounting to £40,000 during the year (2024: £nil).”
- “On 20 January 2026, there was a change in the Company's person with significant control from KKR Sigma Aggregator LP to KKR & Co. Inc.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOROSSIADIS, Wasilis | Secretary | 2025-03-11 | — | — |
| BOTELLA GOMEZ ACEBO, Javier | Director | 2024-07-17 | Jun 1979 | Spanish |
| FERNANDES, Joseph Valentine | Director | 2025-04-07 | Feb 1988 | Irish |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRATT, Anthony William | Secretary | 2018-10-17 | 2025-03-11 |
| CONWAY, Amarjit Kaur | Secretary | 2015-06-02 | 2015-12-31 |
| EARLEY, James Oliver | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2018-07-02 |
| THURSTON, Julian Mark | Secretary | 2015-04-01 | 2016-02-23 |
| BALMER, Daniel James | Director | 2018-06-22 | 2020-02-28 |
| COOK, Rachel Stephanie | Director | 2017-07-20 | 2018-07-02 |
| ELLSÄTER, Anneli Sofia Elisabet | Director | 2022-03-17 | 2024-07-17 |
| ELPHICK, Anna Jo Karen | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-06-22 |
| EVISON, Laura Jane | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2021-03-11 |
| GELLER, Nyikolaj | Director | 2018-06-29 | 2018-08-20 |
| GUHA, Damian Sankar | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2022-03-17 |
| HERMISTON, Steven James | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2019-11-27 |
| JARY, Caroline Ruth | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2017-10-02 |
| LEIGHTON-DAVIES, Christopher John | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2017-07-20 |
| MABLEY, Simon Philip | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2018-06-22 |
| MAGUIRE, John | Director | 2017-05-24 | 2018-03-30 |
| MATHER-DODD, Adrian Michael | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2016-10-28 |
| MORLEY, Timothy James | Director | 2021-03-11 | 2022-05-11 |
| PLATTS, Sophia | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-06-22 |
| PURKISS, Christopher Terence William | Director | 2022-10-19 | 2025-04-07 |
| SALKELD, David John | Director | 2018-08-20 | 2020-02-24 |
| TICHBON, Peter Anthony | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2023-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kkr & Co. Inc. | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2026-01-20 | Active |
| Kkr Sigma Aggregator Lp | Corporate entity | Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2018-07-02 | Ceased 2026-01-20 |
| Upfield Spreads Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-07-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-14 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-14 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-07-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.