Valley Bidco Limited
Private Limited Company · Leeds
ActiveUnited KingdomIncorporated 2022Private Limited Company
Financial position
Accounts to 2025-12-31 · GBP · Group accounts
Net assets
£55,160,192
Cash
£27,225,001
Turnover
£575,203,367
Profit / loss
£11,299,223
Current assets
£137,070,342
Creditors < 1 year
£137,295,418
Equity
£55,160,192
Average employees
85
Balance-sheet trend
GBP · consolidatedFinancial statements
Selected figures from the best-ranked available filing for each period. Missing values remain unknown.
Some figures were read by AI from scanned accounts, so small errors are possible. View the filed accounts
| Reported figures | 2025-12-31Group · AI-read | 2025-01-01Group · AI-read | 2024-12-31Group · AI-read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet | |||
| Net assets | £55,160,192 | — | £43,860,969 |
| Equity | £55,160,192 | — | £43,860,969 |
| Share capital | £36,592,081 | — | £36,592,081 |
| Retained earnings | £18,568,111 | — | £7,268,888 |
| Assets | |||
| Fixed assets | £55,687,469 | — | £63,173,376 |
| Intangible assets | £51,547,902 | — | £59,000,610 |
| Property, plant & equipment | £4,139,567 | — | £4,172,766 |
| Current assets | £137,070,342 | — | £115,666,522 |
| Cash at bank | £27,225,001 | — | £9,242,967 |
| Debtors | £65,537,850 | — | £57,774,797 |
| Stock | £44,307,491 | — | £48,648,758 |
| Liabilities | |||
| Creditors within one year | £137,295,418 | — | £99,200,209 |
| Creditors after one year | — | — | £35,703,928 |
| Bank loans & overdrafts | £37,902,519 | — | £43,868,716 |
| Provisions | £302,201 | — | £74,792 |
| Capital commitments | — | — | £58,034 |
| Net current assets | −£225,076 | — | £16,466,313 |
| Assets less current liabilities | £55,462,393 | — | £79,639,689 |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Turnover | £575,203,367 | — | £496,922,073 |
| Cost of sales | £532,900,198 | — | £459,852,666 |
| Gross profit | £42,303,169 | — | £37,069,407 |
| Administrative expenses | £21,463,311 | — | £18,675,139 |
| Operating profit | £20,839,858 | — | £18,394,268 |
| Interest receivable | £219,317 | — | £1,060,739 |
| Interest payable | £3,442,066 | — | £3,563,453 |
| Profit before tax | £17,617,109 | — | £15,891,554 |
| Tax | £6,317,886 | — | £5,689,504 |
| Profit / loss | £11,299,223 | — | £10,202,050 |
| Operating costs | |||
| Depreciation | £229,971 | — | £690,849 |
| Amortisation | £7,452,708 | — | £6,831,649 |
| Audit fees | £106,575 | — | £105,525 |
| Cash flow | |||
| Cash from operations | £27,467,319 | — | £28,033,477 |
| Capital expenditure | £208,479 | — | £2,639,185 |
| Net debt | −£10,677,518 | −£34,625,749 | — |
| People & pay | |||
| Average employees | 85 | — | 82 |
| Staff costs | £7,373,122 | — | £5,999,040 |
| Wages & salaries | £5,962,464 | — | £5,267,675 |
| Social security costs | £823,071 | — | £653,538 |
| Pension costs | £587,587 | — | £77,827 |
| Directors' remuneration | £641,390 | — | £521,983 |
| Highest paid director | £641,390 | — | £521,983 |
| Source evidence | View filing | View filing | View filing |
From the accounts
What the accounts for 2025-12-31 say about themselves, read by AI from the scanned filing.
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Clean (unmodified)
- Immediate parent
- Valley MidCo 2 Limited
- Ultimate parent
- Solanum Tuberosum Holdings LLC
- Ultimate controlling party
- Solanum Tuberosum Holdings LLC
- Accounts
- Full accounts · FRS 102
- Approved
- 2026-06-26, signed by B Yorke
Subsidiaries (2)
- Fullers Foods Holdings Limited · 100% · Fullers Foods, Chantrell House, 1 Chantrell Court, Leeds, England, LS2 7HA · Holding company
- Fullers Foods International Limited · 100% · Fullers Foods, Chantrell House, 1 Chantrell Court, Leeds, England, LS2 7HA · Wholesaling of frozen foods
Turnover by segment (5)
- United Kingdom: 554,280,078 (2025-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 20,923,289 (2025-12-31)
- United Kingdom: 478,311,154 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of Europe: 18,571,607 (2024-12-31)
- Rest of the world: 39,312 (2024-12-31)
Borrowings (4)
- Loan of principal £33,000,000 · £33,000,000 · 2.5% over SONIA rate · Previously repayable in 20 quarterly instalments by 25 November 2027 · secured on Secured on assets of the Company and Group
- Second loan of principal £22,000,000 · £22,000,000 · 3.0% over SONIA rate · Previously repayable in full on 25 November 2027 · secured on Secured on assets of the Company and Group
- Third loan of principal £980,000 · £980,000 · 2.5% over SONIA rate · Previously repayable in 15 quarterly instalments by 25 November 2027 · secured on Secured on assets of the Company and Group
- Loan from Solanum BidCo Limited · £37,902,519 · Facility B Margin plus 0.25% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears · Repayable on demand by Solanum BidCo Limited
Share classes (1)
- 3,659,208,100 Ordinary shares of £0.01
Events after the year end (1)
- On 10 March 2026, Fullers Foods International Limited and Fullers Foods Holdings Limited acceded as additional guarantors to the Facilities Agreement and related agreements and granted security over their assets.
Contingent liabilities (2)
- The Company was party to a financing arrangement due to the provision of cross guarantees; the arrangement was extinguished on 19 December 2025 upon the change of ownership of the Group.
- The Group previously held a £25,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility which was extinguished at the same time; at 31 December 2024 the balance was £Nil.
Secured borrowing
Registered charges, lenders and security interests.
Charges and related records
0 outstanding chargesShow 3 satisfied / released
All Assets · created 2024-07-15 · satisfied 2025-12-30
—
SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2024-01-09 · satisfied 2025-12-30
—
SatisfiedAll Assets · created 2022-11-25 · satisfied 2025-12-30
—
Satisfied