FRIAR'S PRIDE LIMITED
Company number 01213037 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Friar's Pride Limited is a financially robust wholesale business with £16.78M in net assets, improving profitability (£1.55M PBT, up 41%), and conservative leverage (29.2%). The company benefits from nearly 50 years of trading history, a strong market position in the fish and chip supply sector, and ongoing strategic investment in systems and infrastructure. However, the inherently thin 2% net margin, cash flow volatility, and competitive market pressures require vigilant financial management. The overall financial health is strong, with the business well-positioned to navigate current challenges provided it maintains investment discipline and monitors working capital closely.
Shareholders' funds
£16,783,134
Balance sheet as at 2025-02-28
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of fish friers and bakers sundriesman and of catering wholesalers.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1975-05-19
- Employees
- 211 (2025 accounts · was 217 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Oxney Road West Industrial, Estate, Oxney Road, Peterborough, PE1 5YW
- Postcode
- PE1 5YW
- Capital
- 71,873 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-02-28
- Next due by
- 2026-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46390 Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
Controlled by FRIAR’S PRIDE HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2023-10-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-02-28) — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2647308 (Tier 1), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 31 similar companies in PE
2nd largest employer among its local peers (211 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1975.
Competitors Peterborough
This company ranks 1 among non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco in Peterborough.
The class of 1975
52%
of the 5,874 companies incorporated in 1975 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2019-01-25
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,200,000
- Where
- City Of Bristol
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BL75683 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2019-01-25 | £1,200,000 |
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