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This Business Ratio report brings you detailed financial profiles, analysis and comparison of the leading 110 limited companies actively trading in this industry sector in Great Britain.
You can use this information in a wide number of ways, including:
- Benchmarking your own company's performance against the industry average or competitors
- Tracking industry or individual company performance trends
- Identifying investment or acquisition targets
- Evaluating the performance of suppliers to your business
- Spotting the "stars" of the industry, and those companies which are struggling to keep up
- Get Companies House information to help formulate a direct maketing plan
- Hone your marketing strategy by understanding the financial performance of competitors
- And much more
COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT
This summary brings you a sample of key details from this invaluable report. The report itself includes many further analyses of the performance of individual companies and the industry as a whole. The report provides in-depth financial analysis on these companies in these 4 clear sections: · Performance League Tables· Individual Company Profiles · Industry Overview· Industry AveragesThe following companies are profiled by the report:
| Frozen Food Distributors | Frozen Food Distributors |
| AA Express Food Distribution Ltd | Ice Cream World Ltd |
| Agraimpex UK Ltd | Iceland Foodstores Ltd |
| Anchor Seafoods Ltd | Icelandic UK Ltd |
| Arctic Resources Ltd | International Cuisine Ltd |
| Ardo UK Ltd | Jugg Foods PLC |
| Autumn Foods PLC | Kent Frozen Foods Ltd |
| Aviko (UK) Ltd | Kingdom Inland Trading Ltd |
| Bakehouse Ltd | Leeway Group Ltd |
| Bate O'brien Partnership Ltd | L & M Food Group Ltd |
| Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ltd | Longday Foods Ltd |
| Bindi (G.B.) PLC | Lovering Group Ltd |
| Bloomsbury International Ltd | Lynas Foodservice Ltd |
| Bonmarche Wine (Shippers) Ltd | Metrow Foods (Grays) Ltd |
| Brake Bros Ltd | Michael I Holdsworth Ltd |
| Brand Innovations Ltd | Millennium Fresh Foods Ltd. |
| N.H. Case Ltd | M.K.G. (Food Products) Ltd |
| Castell Howell Foods Ltd | North London Foods Ltd |
| Chan Bros Ltd | Norway Seafoods UK Ltd |
| Chang Hing Ltd | Oakfield (Foods) Ltd |
| Charles Saunders Ltd | O'kane Food Service Ltd |
| Cheviot Foods Ltd | Pan Fish Sales UK Ltd |
| Clipper Holdings Ltd | Paragon Quality Foods Ltd |
| Cocked Hat Farm Foods Ltd | Perdigao UK Ltd |
| Consort Frozen Foods Ltd | Perfect Fast Food Distributions Ltd |
| Cook Enterprises Ltd | Peter W Pinchbeck Ltd |
| Dale Farm Ice Cream Ltd | Philip Dennis Frozen Foods Ltd |
| Dales Of Liverpool Ltd | Pinguin Foods UK Ltd |
| Dar Devon Ltd | Plusfood (UK) Ltd |
| Dawn Foods Ltd | Polarfrost Seafoods Ltd |
| Delice De France PLC | Richmond New Zealand Ltd |
| Delifrance (UK) Ltd | Rich Products Ltd |
| L.Doble Ltd | Roberts Traditional Puddings Ltd |
| Eismann International Ltd | Rocombe Frm Frsh Ice Cream Ltd |
| Elite Frozen Foods Ltd | Rosemary & Thyme Ltd |
| Euro Foods Group Ltd | Royal Greenland Ltd |
| Falcon Fast Food Supplies Ltd | SAF Foods (UK) Ltd |
| Farmfoods Ltd | Scholler Ice Cream Ltd |
| F A S 2000 Ltd | Seabay Ltd |
| Findus Ltd | Seafridge Ltd |
| Fine Frozen Foods Ltd | Seagull Foods Ltd |
| Foodstore Ltd | Sea Products International Ltd |
| Foundation Food Co. Ltd | Senator Foods Ltd |
| Frozen Value Ltd | Seven Seas (Frozen Foods-Warwick) Ltd |
| Fullers Foods International PLC | Snapper Frozen Foods Ltd |
| Giles Foods Ltd | Spencer Harrod Ltd |
| Gordon & Son Ltd | Spice Of Life Foods Ltd |
| Grampian Country Chickens (Bucksburn) Ltd | Sweet Street Desserts Ltd |
| Harry Yearsley Ltd | Sykes Seafoods Ltd |
| Headland Foods Ltd | Tom Granby (Liverpool) Ltd |
| Heron Frozen Foods Ltd | T. Quality Ltd |
| Hiestand (UK) Ltd | Tradewinds (Fish & Meat) Ltd |
| Hodgerose Ltd | Upton Farm Frozen Foods Ltd |
| Homestead Foods Ltd | H.J.Uren & Sons Ltd |
| Hopwells Ltd | Vision Seafoods International Ltd |
| Hunt's Foodservice Ltd | Young's Bluecrest Seafood Ltd |
- Company Selection
- 1.1 Industry Definition
- 1.2 Company Selection
- 1.3 Changes of Name
- 1.4 New additions to the report
- 1.5 Treatment of Holding Companies & Subsidiaries
- 1.6 Large Changes in Accounts
- 1.7 Exceptionally Large Companies
- Industry Overview
- An expert review of the conclusions that can be drawn from the report, putting business developments into the context of recent industry developments and focusing on the performance of the industry as a whole and the leading players in it.
- Company Profiles
- Company data is presented alphabetically, with each company having a detailed profile over two pages showing address, activities, directors, subsidiaries and other company details plus Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Ratio Analysis and comparative performance.
- Performance League Tables
- These list companies in order of their performance compared to each other on key performance factors:
- SIZE
- Sales
- Pre-tax profit
- Total Assets
- Number of Employees
- PROFITABILITY
- Return on Capital
- Return on Net Assets
- Pre-tax Profit Margin
- Return on Investment
- Profit per £ of Pay
- EFFICIENCY
- Asset Utilisation
- Sales / Fixed Assets
- Stocks / Sales
- Debtor Days Outstanding
- LIQUIDITY
- Current Ratio
- Quick Ratio (Acid Test)
- GEARING
- Total Debt / Net Worth
- Equity Gearing
- Income Gearing (Interest Cover)
- EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE
- Pay per Employee
- Sales per Employee
- Capital Employed per Employee
- Pay / Sales
- OTHER
- Exports / Sales
- GROWTH
- Sales growth
- Pre-tax Profit Growth
- Total Assets Growth
- Number of Employees Growth
- Exports Growth
- Industrial Profile
- This provides a Balance Sheet and a quick Profit and Loss account for the industry as a whole. Where the industry has been subdivided into 'subsectors', a profile for each of these is given, as well as a profile for the industry as a whole.
- Analysis Notes
- Definitions
- Company Index
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
| This Business Ratio report focuses on the leading 110 companies operating as frozen food distributors. |
| The report analyses company and industry performance over the three years up to 7th May 2004. During this period, the average company has seen a 21.2 percent increase in sales, from £23.1 million in 2001/02 to 26 million in 2002/03 before reaching a high in 2003/04 of £28 million. Pre-tax profits rose at the slightly higher rate of 37.7 percent, from £671,000 in the first year of analysis to £924,000 in the final year. Frozen food distributors have witnessed positive results over the three years analysed with improvements in almost all of the ratios. Efficiency ratios did reveal some decline over the same period, though they remain strong in 2003/04. |
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