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REGISTERED NUMBER: 03224610 (England and Wales)














Fountain Foods Limited

Strategic Report, Directors' Report and

Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 30 November 2025






Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Contents of the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025










Page

Company information 1

Strategic report 2

Directors' report 3 to 4

Report of the independent auditors 5 to 8

Statement of income and retained earnings 9

Statement of financial position 10

Statement of cash flows 11

Notes to the statement of cash flows 12

Notes to the financial statements 13 to 20


Fountain Foods Limited

Company Information
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025







Directors: J Lawrence
K Lawrence





Registered office: New Road
Upwell
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
PE14 9AB





Registered number: 03224610 (England and Wales)





Auditors: Sumer Auditco Limited
Bank House
Broad Street
Spalding
Lincolnshire
PE11 1TB

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Strategic Report
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 30 November 2025.

We aim to present a balanced and comprehensive report of the development and performance of our business during the year and its position at the year end. Our report is consistent with the size and non complex nature of our business and is written in the context of the risks and uncertainties we face.

Review of business
The companys activities continue to involve the processing and sale of bulk fresh and frozen vegetables as ingredients for further processing to the food industry.

Market conditions continue to be tough due to the external financial market place, there is a continued drive for the best produce at the lowest prices. The company continues to balance the lower margins with higher expectations by investing in people and equipment to continually improve efficiency. The company continues to look for opportunities in the market to expand the business and add additional product lines whilst looking for and investing in efficiencies in the current products and processes.

Principal risks and uncertainties
As for many businesses of our size, the economic climate in which we operate will have an impact on the company's operations for the forthcoming period.

Raw material prices are dictated by the growing season which affects availability of product, where possible the company fixes the required tonnages at a fixed price to protect margin for contracts.

During the year the company continued to expand its product offering and customer base as well as taking on additional volume and contracts with existing customers. Continued review of all costs and working with long term suppliers to give stability in pricing to be able to back of costs to be able to offer longer term pricing for our customers has been beneficial.

Development and performance
We continue to look to diversify in the market by bringing variations of existing products to the market and also developing new product lines that sit along side and compliment our current range.

The directors are confident that the business is well placed to continue taking advantage of opportunities as they arise and planning for longer term product innovation.

Financial key performance indicators
The company uses a number of financial measures to monitor progress against its aims and objectives. These include, turnover, gross profit and net profit

On behalf of the board:





J Lawrence - Director


27 August 2026

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Directors' Report
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 30 November 2025.

Dividends
Particulars of recommended dividends are detailed in note 8 to the financial statements.

Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 December 2024 to the date of this report.

J Lawrence
K Lawrence

Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic report, the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to disclosure of information to auditors
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Directors' Report
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


Auditors
Each of the persons who is a director at the date of approval of this report confirms that:

- so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company's auditor is
unaware; and
- audit information and to establish that the company's auditor is aware of that information.they have
taken all steps that they ought to have taken as a director to make themselves aware of any relevant

On behalf of the board:




J Lawrence - Director


27 August 2026

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Fountain Foods Limited


Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Fountain Foods Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 30 November 2025 which comprise the Statement of income and retained earnings, Statement of financial position, Statement of cash flows and Notes to the statement of cash flows, Notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 November 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
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 company'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.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic report and the Directors' report, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic report and the Directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic report and the Directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Fountain Foods Limited


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic report or the Directors' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of directors' responsibilities set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Fountain Foods Limited


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;

- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including such as the Companies Act 2006 and taxation legislation;

- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and;

- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions;

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;

- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;

- reviewing correspondence with HMRC.


Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of
Fountain Foods Limited

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Hannah Butcher (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Sumer Auditco Limited
Bank House
Broad Street
Spalding
Lincolnshire
PE11 1TB

27 August 2026

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   

Turnover 18,326,388 19,694,256

Cost of sales 12,897,087 14,721,946
Gross profit 5,429,301 4,972,310

Administrative expenses 5,138,279 4,959,324
291,022 12,986

Other operating income 82,763 202,990
Operating profit 5 373,785 215,976

Exceptional item - 205,000
Interest receivable and similar income - 1,971
- 206,971
373,785 422,947

Interest payable and similar expenses 7 4,978 9,953
Profit before taxation 368,807 412,994

Tax on profit 8 112,097 (32,153 )
Profit for the financial year 256,710 445,147

Retained earnings at beginning of year 2,448,406 2,029,361

Dividends 9 (500 ) (26,102 )

Retained earnings at end of year 2,704,616 2,448,406

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Statement of Financial Position
30 November 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £    £    £   
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 10 1,047,445 1,253,051

Current assets
Stocks 11 932,604 1,063,108
Debtors 12 3,599,921 3,103,353
Cash at bank 624,426 845,486
5,156,951 5,011,947
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 13 3,299,970 3,554,164
Net current assets 1,856,981 1,457,783
Total assets less current liabilities 2,904,426 2,710,834

Creditors
Amounts falling due after more than one
year

14

(2,232

)

(37,262

)

Provisions for liabilities 16 (166,628 ) (194,216 )
Net assets 2,735,566 2,479,356

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital 17 1,850 1,850
Share premium 18 29,025 29,025
Capital redemption reserve 18 75 75
Retained earnings 18 2,704,616 2,448,406
Shareholders' funds 2,735,566 2,479,356

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 27 August 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





J Lawrence - Director


Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Statement of Cash Flows
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025

2025 2024
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 90,287 188,223
Interest element of hire purchase
payments paid

(4,978

)

(9,953

)
Exceptional movement - (383,000 )
Tax received or paid (103,916 ) 155,251
Net cash from operating activities (18,607 ) (49,479 )

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (171,037 ) (262,422 )
Sale of tangible fixed assets 10,000 174,663
Interest received - 1,971
Dividends received - 205,000
Net cash from investing activities (161,037 ) 119,212

Cash flows from financing activities
Capital repayments in year (40,916 ) (45,378 )
Grant income - 38,245
Equity dividends paid (500 ) (26,102 )
Net cash from financing activities (41,416 ) (33,235 )

(Decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (221,060 ) 36,498
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of year

2

845,486

808,988

Cash and cash equivalents at end of
year

2

624,426

845,486

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


1. Reconciliation of profit before taxation to cash generated from operations

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before taxation 368,807 412,994
Depreciation charges 287,206 352,362
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 79,437 (68,370 )
Government grants - (38,245 )
Finance costs 4,978 9,953
Finance income - (206,971 )
740,428 461,723
Decrease/(increase) in stocks 130,504 (328,466 )
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other debtors (496,568 ) 394,472
Decrease in trade and other creditors (284,077 ) (339,506 )
Cash generated from operations 90,287 188,223

2. Cash and cash equivalents

The amounts disclosed on the Statement of cash flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of financial position amounts:

Year ended 30 November 2025
30.11.25 1.12.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 624,426 845,486
Year ended 30 November 2024
30.11.24 1.12.23
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 845,486 808,988


3. Analysis of changes in net funds

At 1.12.24 Cash flow At 30.11.25
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 845,486 (221,060 ) 624,426
845,486 (221,060 ) 624,426
Debt
Finance leases (78,177 ) 40,916 (37,261 )
(78,177 ) 40,916 (37,261 )
Total 767,309 (180,144 ) 587,165

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


1. Statutory information

Fountain Foods Limited is a private company, limited by shares , registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling (£).


2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland'.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through profit or loss.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the process of applying the entity’s accounting policies, management has not made any judgements that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Management has also assessed that there are no key sources of estimation uncertainty that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.

Revenue recognition
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable for goods supplied and services rendered, net of discounts and Value Added Tax.

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the buyer (usually on despatch of the goods); the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; it is probable that the associated economic benefits will flow to the entity; and the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of the transactions can be measured reliably.

Taxation
The taxation expense represents the aggregate amount of current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, tax is recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.

Current tax is recognised on taxable profit for the current and past periods. Current tax is measured at the amounts of tax expected to pay or recover using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences at the reporting date. Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


3. Accounting policies - continued

Tangible assets
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity, except to the extent it reverses a revaluation decrease of the same asset previously recognised in profit or loss. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other comprehensive income to the extent of any previously recognised revaluation increase accumulated in equity in respect of that asset. Where a revaluation decrease exceeds the accumulated revaluation gains accumulated in equity in respect of that asset, the excess shall be recognised in profit or loss.

Depreciation
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:


Leasehold property- 10% straight line/not depreciated
Plant and machinery- 25% reducing balance
Motor vehicles- 25% reducing balance
Freehold land and property- not depreciated

Impairment of fixed assets
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

Stocks
Stocks are measured at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost includes all costs of purchase, costs of conversion and other costs incurred in bringing the stock to its present location and condition.

Financial instruments
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the entity after deducting all of its financial liabilities.

Where the contractual obligations of financial instruments (including share capital) are equivalent to a similar debt instrument, those financial instruments are classed as financial liabilities. Financial liabilities are presented as such in the balance sheet. Finance costs and gains or losses relating to financial liabilities are included in the profit and loss account. Finance costs are calculated so as to produce a constant rate of return on the outstanding liability.

Where the contractual terms of share capital do not have any terms meeting the definition of a financial liability then this is classed as an equity instrument. Dividends and distributions relating to equity instruments are debited direct to equity.

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


3. Accounting policies - continued

Foreign currencies
Foreign currency transactions are initially recorded in the functional currency, by applying the spot exchange rate as at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate ruling at the reporting date, with any gains or losses being taken to the profit and loss account.

Operating leases
Lease payments are recognised as an expense over the lease term on a straight-line basis. The aggregate benefit of lease incentives is recognised as a reduction to expense over the lease term, on a straight-line basis.

Defined contribution plans
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of a director.The assets of the scheme are administered by trustees in funds independent from those of the company. The pension costs charged against profits represent the amount of the contributions payable to the scheme in respect of the accounting period.

Finance leases and hire purchase contracts
Assets held under finance leases and hire purchase contracts are recognised in the statement of financial position as assets and liabilities at the lower of the fair value of the assets and the present value of the minimum lease payments, which is determined at the inception of the lease term. Any initial direct costs of the lease are added to the amount recognised as an asset.

Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the outstanding lease liability using the effective interest method. Finance charges are allocated to each period so as to produce a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Government grants
Government grants in respect of capital expenditure are credited to a deferred income account and are released to the Profit and Loss Account by equal annual instalments over the expected useful lives of the relevant assets.

Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the entity has an obligation at the reporting date as a result of a past event, it is probable that the entity will be required to transfer economic benefits in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be estimated reliably. Provisions are recognised as a liability in the statement of financial position and the amount of the provision as an expense.

Provisions are initially measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date and subsequently reviewed at each reporting date and adjusted to reflect the current best estimate of the amount that would be required to settle the obligation. Any adjustments to the amounts previously recognised are recognised in profit or loss unless the provision was originally recognised as part of the cost of an asset. When a provision is measured at the present value of the amount expected to be required to settle the obligation, the unwinding of the discount is recognised as a finance cost in profit or loss in the period it arises.

4. Employees and directors
2025 2024
£    £   
Wages and salaries 2,329,852 2,404,981
Social security costs 300,497 229,251
Other pension costs 129,591 112,337
2,759,940 2,746,569

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


4. Employees and directors - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
2025 2024

Production staff 59 73
Administrative staff 7 6
Number of directors 1 1
67 80

2025 2024
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 153,400 126,246

5. Operating profit

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2025 2024
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 287,206 352,363
Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets 79,437 (68,370 )
Auditors' remuneration 10,000 11,000

6. Exceptional items
2025 2024
£    £   
Exceptional items - 205,000

The exceptional item recognised in the profit and loss account in 2024 is in relation to the reversal or a provision made in a previous period.

7. Interest payable and similar expenses
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase interest 4,978 9,953

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


8. Taxation

Analysis of the tax charge/(credit)
The tax charge/(credit) on the profit for the year was as follows:
2025 2024
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 139,685 103,916
Over provision in prior year - (155,245 )
Total current tax 139,685 (51,329 )

Deferred tax (27,588 ) 19,176
Tax on profit 112,097 (32,153 )

Reconciliation of total tax charge/(credit) included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2025 2024
£    £   
Profit before tax 368,807 412,994
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of
25% (2024 - 25%)

92,202

103,249

Effects of:
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 19,895 19,843

Over provision in prior period - (155,245 )


Total tax charge/(credit) 112,097 (32,153 )

9. Dividends
2025 2024
£    £   
Non-equity shares of £1 each
Dividends paid 500 26,102

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


10. Tangible fixed assets
Freehold Long Plant and Motor
land leasehold machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
Cost
At 1 December 2024 50,000 1,157,627 3,229,490 576,030 5,013,147
Additions - - 136,787 34,250 171,037
Disposals - (53,056 ) (106,162 ) (78,000 ) (237,218 )
At 30 November 2025 50,000 1,104,571 3,260,115 532,280 4,946,966
Depreciation
At 1 December 2024 - 956,669 2,440,701 362,726 3,760,096
Charge for year - 8,325 219,787 59,094 287,206
Eliminated on disposal - (21,222 ) (59,736 ) (66,823 ) (147,781 )
At 30 November 2025 - 943,772 2,600,752 354,997 3,899,521
Net book value
At 30 November 2025 50,000 160,799 659,363 177,283 1,047,445
At 30 November 2024 50,000 200,958 788,789 213,304 1,253,051

11. Stocks
2025 2024
£    £   
Raw materials and consumables 932,604 1,063,108

12. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 2024
£    £   
Trade debtors 3,458,742 2,849,220
Amounts owed by related
parties 13,653 2,530
VAT 127,526 150,990
Prepayments and accrued income - 100,613
3,599,921 3,103,353

13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 15) 35,029 40,915
Trade creditors 1,147,331 1,581,699
Amounts owed to related parties 1,609,502 1,548,341
Corporation tax 139,685 103,916
Social security and other taxes 70,594 61,165
Other creditors 24,471 46,624
Accruals and deferred income 273,358 171,504
3,299,970 3,554,164

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year - continued

The company's lenders have a fixed and floating charge over all amounts.

Hire purchase and finance lease creditors are secured on the assets concerned.

14. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025 2024
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 15) 2,232 37,262

Hire purchase and finance lease creditors are secured on the assets concerned.

15. Leasing agreements

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase
contracts
2025 2024
£    £   
Net obligations repayable:
Within one year 35,029 40,915
Between one and five years 2,232 37,262
37,261 78,177

Non-cancellable
operating leases
2025 2024
£    £   
Within one year 161,367 164,200

16. Provisions for liabilities
2025 2024
£    £   
Deferred tax 166,628 194,216

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 December 2024 194,216
Provided during year (27,588 )
Balance at 30 November 2025 166,628

Deferred tax is provided at a rate of 25% (2024 - 25%).

Fountain Foods Limited (Registered number: 03224610)

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued
for the Year Ended 30 November 2025


17. Called up share capital

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2025 2024
value: £    £   
925 Ordinary £1 925 925
925 Non-equity £1 925 925
1,850 1,850

18. Reserves
Capital
Retained Share redemption
earnings premium reserve Totals
£    £    £    £   

At 1 December 2024 2,448,406 29,025 75 2,477,506
Profit for the year 256,710 256,710
Dividends (500 ) (500 )
At 30 November 2025 2,704,616 29,025 75 2,733,716

19. Related party disclosures

The company leases premises from a SIPP, of which the directors are members. Rent payable to the SIPP during the year amounted to £17,000 (2024 - £18,416).

The company has paid management charges to a related company of £250,000 (2024 £250,000).

The following transactions occurred with companies in which the directors have participating interests:

£
Sales 127,040
Amounts due from related parties 13,653
Purchases and other services 6,171,305
Amounts owed to related parties 1,609,502

All of the above transactions are carried out at arms length.

20. Employee benefits

Defined contribution plans
The amount recognised in profit or loss as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £89,591 (2024: £72,337).