FDQ LIMITED
Company number 05508318 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
FDQ Limited operates as a niche, sector-specialist awarding organisation for the food and drink industry – a defensible strategic position that nonetheless leaves it financially vulnerable due to its small scale and single-sector dependency. The financial trajectory from 2022 to 2025 is concerning: a 65% decline in cash reserves, shrinking deferred income (indicating a weakening forward pipeline), and a move into marginal deficit in 2025 all suggest the business is experiencing structural revenue pressure, likely driven by competitive saturation in the EPA market and declining apprenticeship volumes. While the company has demonstrated remarkable recovery from near-insolvency in 2016, its current position – with net assets of just £37,705 and limited investment capacity – places it below typical sector benchmarks for financial resilience and strategic flexibility. Without diversification or renewed volume growth, FDQ risks a slow erosion of its competitive position against better-resourced generalist competitors encroaching on its territory.
Shareholders' funds
£37,705
Balance sheet as at 2025-08-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 2005-07-14
- Employees
- 16 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 4100 Park Approach, Thorpe Park, Leeds, LS15 8GB
- Postcode
- LS15 8GB
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-08-31
- Next due by
- 2027-05-31
- Financial year end
- 31 August
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-24
- Next due by
- 2027-08-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 5 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z183933X (Tier 1), registered since 2009.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- fdq.org.uk
- Phone
- 01138591266
FDQ is a specialist awarding organisation for the food and drink industry, offering accredited qualifications, apprenticeship assessments, and training solutions to support workforce skills and career development.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FOOD AND DRINK QUALIFICATIONS LIMITED | 2010-05-11 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| P O BOX 141 WINTERHILL HOUSE, SNOWDON DRIVE, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK6 1YY | 2011-12-07 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 211 similar companies in LS
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (16 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2005.
Competitors Leeds
This company ranks 41 among other education not elsewhere classified in Leeds.
The class of 2005
39%
of the 663 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.