FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£5.1m
+517.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£72m
+20.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,130
-0.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£21m
+45.4% highest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED's latest filing
Northern Irish beef processor Foyle Food Group saw turnover jump 21% to £656m, driven by pure volume. 🥩
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 | £500,693,061 | £541,990,540 | £655,800,308 | +21% | |
| Operating profit | £17,589,138 | £16,858,586 | £23,293,537 | +38.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £14,951,099 | £14,372,940 | £20,903,816 | +45.4% | |
| Net profit | £11,748,427 | £10,688,296 | £15,598,282 | +45.9% | |
| Cash | £461,261 | £825,027 | £5,095,164 | +517.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,906,637 | £62,511,649 | £74,647,213 | +19.4% | |
| Net assets | £52,548,664 | £59,936,960 | £72,135,242 | +20.4% | |
| Equity | £52,548,664 | £59,936,960 | £72,135,242 | +20.4% | |
| Average employees | 1,082 | 1,134 | 1,130 | -0.4% | |
| Wages | £32,146,103 | £36,557,254 | £37,282,820 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,999,629 | £1,837,404 | £1,739,059 | -5.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 3.1% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.0% | 27.0% | 31.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 60.0% | 57.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.40x | 1.50x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 6.67x | 6.78x | 9.75x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED 2000-09-07 → present
- FOYLE FOOD LIMITED 1998-05-18 → 2000-09-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The forecasts indicate that the company is expected to continue to generate positive cash flows for the foreseeable future and to have adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will be able to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- FOYLE FOOD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Oaksilver Irl Limited 100%
- Donegal Meat Processors Unlimited Company 100%
Significant events
- “Developments relating to Brexit, including changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol through the Windsor Framework, continue to create a degree of uncertainty for the Group and the Company.”
- “On 20th March 2026 a dividend of £4,100,000 was declared and subsequently paid on 29th April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSYTHE, Stephen Robert | Secretary | 2020-07-01 | — | — |
| ACHESON, James | Director | 1998-05-18 | Feb 1966 | British |
| ACHESON, Tracey Elizabeth | Director | 2000-03-20 | Jan 1967 | British |
| ACHESON, Walter Terence | Director | 1998-05-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
| ACHESON, Wayne George | Director | 1998-05-18 | 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 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCALLISTER, Oliver | Secretary | 2017-07-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| MCILWAINE OBE, Nigel Owens | Secretary | 2007-06-01 | 2017-07-01 |
| WATSON, Robert Andrew | Secretary | 1998-05-18 | 2009-04-21 |
| ARMSTRONG, Paul | Director | 2002-09-16 | 2019-03-31 |
| GIBSON OBE, Christopher Duffield | Director | 2005-10-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| 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 | 1998-05-18 | 2017-07-01 |
| MILLAR, John Mervyn | Director | 2008-02-18 | 2019-05-31 |
| O'BROIN, Paul Caoimh | Director | 2009-09-18 | 2013-01-24 |
| WATSON, Richard Samuel | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2009-04-21 |
| WATSON OBE, Robert Andrew | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2007-06-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foyle Food Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-07-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
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
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