FI HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£11M
+221.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.4M
+73.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
914
+25.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.1M
+500.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-03-05.
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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3 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-24
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 | 2025-08-24 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £35,864,837 | £49,631,196 | £69,700,915 | +40.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£805,962 | £244,889 | £5,222,413 | +2,032.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,289,410 | -£1,016,111 | £4,068,366 | +500.4% | |
| Net profit | -£2,240,363 | -£1,695,428 | £2,991,817 | +276.5% | |
| Cash | £4,434,148 | £3,520,215 | £11,323,012 | +221.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,309,828 | £2,775,752 | £3,929,740 | +41.6% | |
| Net assets | -£3,442,386 | -£5,137,813 | -£1,380,844 | +73.1% | |
| Equity | -£3,442,386 | -£5,137,813 | -£1,380,844 | +73.1% | |
| Average employees | 562 | 726 | 914 | +25.9% | |
| Wages | £11,562,525 | £16,236,533 | £21,947,924 | +35.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £448,914 | £497,241 | £579,600 | +16.6% |
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 | 2023-08-27 | 2024-08-25 | 2025-08-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | 0.5% | 7.5% | |
| Net margin | -6.2% | -3.4% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -18.7% | 8.8% | 132.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 114.0% | 120.4% | 103.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.35x | 0.32x | 0.54x | |
| Interest cover | -0.54x | 0.19x | 4.52x |
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
- HaysMac LLP
- 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 relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- FI HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Flat Iron Steak Limited 100%
- Flat Iron EBT Trustee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following the period end, the Group's external bank debt and shareholder loan notes were repaid in full as part of the acquisition of the Group by Blade UK JV Bidco Limited and a new debt structure was put into place, further details of which are provided in note 28.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOSTON, Simon Atwell | Director | 2023-05-16 | Feb 1977 | British |
| BYNG, Thomas Francis Edmund | Director | 2017-07-26 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, John Damian | Secretary | 2017-07-10 | 2019-01-30 |
| CARROLL, Charles Alec | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2025-09-03 |
| CHAPMAN, Benjamin | Director | 2017-03-02 | 2025-09-03 |
| FLEET, Julia | Director | 2017-09-26 | 2021-01-10 |
| KEMP-WELCH, Peter John | Director | 2017-02-20 | 2025-09-03 |
| MCNAMARA, Stuart | Director | 2019-03-20 | 2023-03-31 |
| TWEDDELL, Crispin Noel Stephen | Director | 2017-04-19 | 2025-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blade Uk Jv Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-09-03 | Active |
| Charlie Carroll | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-03-02 | Ceased 2025-09-03 |
| Piper Vi Gp Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-03-02 | Ceased 2025-09-03 |
| Piper Pe Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2017-02-20 | Ceased 2025-09-03 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.