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Company description
J. FREEMAN & SONS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 11 September 2001; registered for 25 years; registered office reported in GATESHEAD, TYNE & WEAR. Its primary declared activity is 46320 · Wholesale of meat and meat products.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 30 September 2025, it reported net assets £1,604,739, average employees 50. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 11 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- J. FREEMAN & SONS LIMITED
- Company number
- 04285214
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
30 September 2025Next accounts due
30 June 2027Last statement made up to
11 September 2025Next statement due
25 September 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Fixed assets
- £508,244
- Net assets
- £1,604,739
- Current liabilities
- £1,711,934
- Cash at bank
- £1,148,391
- Equity
- £1,604,739
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
The Supply of Fresh Meat and Poultry
SYNCHRONICITY CARE LTD. · ocds-b5fd17-d030760c-d7f3-4814-8e88-a9c3f2db517f
- Supplier named in award
- Freeman Catering Butchers
- Award value
- £643,499.42
- Contract period
- 16 February 2026 – 15 February 2028
- Published
- 16 March 2026
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 15100000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-d030760c-d7f3-4814-8e88-a9c3f2db517f-2026-03-16T15:17:15Z
BCCET In-house Catering Services - Fresh and Cooked Meat
BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-dc456d62-b0cc-4919-ae02-3dd5269b9730
- Supplier named in award
- Freeman Butchers
- Award value
- £1,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 September 2025 – 31 August 2031
- Published
- 24 September 2025
- Procedure
- Other - Further Competition Via YPO's Insurance Placement DPS
- Main CPV
- 39222000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-dc456d62-b0cc-4919-ae02-3dd5269b9730-2025-09-24T16:02:56+01:00
Provison of the supply of Fresh Meat & Poultry
COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST · ocds-b5fd17-4895dbce-4463-433d-915e-e6e34e305f99
- Supplier named in award
- J Freeman & Sons Ltd
- Award value
- £191,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2023 – 31 July 2024
- Published
- 25 September 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Main CPV
- 15130000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-4895dbce-4463-433d-915e-e6e34e305f99-2023-09-25T16:20:56+01:00
Supply and Distribution of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen, Non-Food, Fresh Meat and Fruit & Vegetables Products to Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust
Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust c/o Pelican Procurement Services · ocds-b5fd17-ca7e77b5-fb18-412c-aaee-280fee6b0781
- Supplier named in award
- Freeman Catering Butchers
- Award value
- £82,200
- Contract period
- 1 September 2021 – 31 August 2023
- Published
- 26 August 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-ca7e77b5-fb18-412c-aaee-280fee6b0781-2021-08-26T17:45:11+01:00
Fresh Food
FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-9d25b4e5-4f9a-4aad-87c3-90b51486a801
- Supplier named in award
- J. FREEMAN & SONS LIMITED
- Award value
- £49,228,548
- Contract period
- 30 March 2020 – 29 March 2022
- Published
- 11 February 2020
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 03142500
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-9d25b4e5-4f9a-4aad-87c3-90b51486a801-2020-02-11T09:53:49Z
NEPO407 Food & General Provisions
Association Of North East Councils · ocds-b5fd17-e9636d98-c12b-4ca1-a7f9-be4c6594c275
- Supplier named in award
- J Freeman and Sons T/A Freeman Catering Butchers
- Award value
- £480,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2020 – 30 June 2026
- Published
- 23 May 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e9636d98-c12b-4ca1-a7f9-be4c6594c275-2023-05-23T15:27:50+01:00
NEPO407 Food & General Provisions
Association Of North East Councils · ocds-b5fd17-e9636d98-c12b-4ca1-a7f9-be4c6594c275
- Supplier named in award
- J Freeman and Sons T/A Freeman Catering Butchers
- Award value
- £48,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023
- Published
- 23 May 2023
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e9636d98-c12b-4ca1-a7f9-be4c6594c275-2023-05-23T15:27:50+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Mr Daniel George FreemanSee 3 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z
Mr James Robert FreemanSee 6 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Fresh Butchered Meat and Poultry and Associated Products (2026 - 2030)
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED · updated 12 August 2026
- Tender value
- £32,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Food and General Provisions
South Tyneside Borough Council · updated 10 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
BCCET In-house Catering Services - Fresh and Cooked Meat
BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST · updated 24 September 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
BCCET In-house Catering Services - Fresh and Cooked Meat
BISHOP CHADWICK CATHOLIC EDUCATION TRUST · updated 24 September 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
4 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.