PURATOS LIMITED
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Cash
£416k
+2.5% vs 2024
Net assets
-£3.8m
+13.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
115
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£637k
+481.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £62,877,986 | £73,058,298 | £73,056,216 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | £1,810,966 | £650,204 | £1,433,732 | +120.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,259,116 | £109,583 | £637,448 | +481.7% | |
| Net profit | £982,530 | -£52,160 | £577,984 | +1,208.1% | |
| Cash | £423,842 | £405,584 | £415,538 | +2.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,983,520 | £11,660,150 | £12,895,042 | +10.6% | |
| Net assets | -£4,360,627 | -£4,412,787 | -£3,834,803 | +13.1% | |
| Equity | -£4,360,627 | -£4,412,787 | -£3,834,803 | +13.1% | |
| Average employees | 112 | 116 | 115 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | £5,737,367 | £6,695,457 | £5,792,010 | -13.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £178,004 | £230,704 | £246,279 | +6.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £27,665 | £30,054 | £31,827 | +5.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £178,004 | £294,174 | £327,061 | +11.2% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 0.9% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | 1.6% | -0.1% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.1% | 5.6% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 121.5% | 118.4% | 111.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.74x | 1.26x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | 3.28x | 1.11x | 1.77x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PURATOS LIMITED 1989-08-29 → present
- ESSARESS PURATOS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1989-08-29
- ESSARESS FOODS LIMITED 1969-03-04 → 1977-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Puratos Group NV has provided a letter of support for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the prior year, the company undertook a strategic review of its operational footprint, resulting in the decision to close its Simonswood site, and consolidate production activities with its Buckingham production facility.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TILKENS, Olivier Luc Remy | Director | 2020-04-01 | Dec 1980 | Belgian |
| VAN BELLE, Eddy | Director | 2013-03-31 | May 1947 | Belgian |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANTHOURNOUT, Bertrand | Secretary | — | 2011-12-22 |
| AMEYE, Serge | Director | — | 1994-04-21 |
| ARMOUR, John | Director | — | 1995-10-06 |
| BLUMENTHAL, Michel | Director | 1994-04-21 | 1995-03-04 |
| BOUVY, Raymond Joseph Alphonse Ghislain | Director | — | 2011-05-05 |
| DARVILL, Julia Frances | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2026-06-30 |
| DE BOEVER, Gert Julien | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2013-03-31 |
| DEMANET, Michel Jean Pierre | Director | — | 2011-05-05 |
| DERIEMAEKER, Peter | Director | 1995-10-06 | 2014-09-10 |
| DUQUESNE, Jean-Francois | Director | 1996-02-08 | 2003-12-31 |
| KRUIT, Leo Karel | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2021-03-01 |
| LEWIS, Julian Benjamin | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2017-08-18 |
| OAKLEY, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2013-03-31 |
| SANDERS, Piet Herman Jozef | Director | 2014-09-10 | 2020-04-01 |
| VAN BELLE, Eddy | Director | — | 2011-05-05 |
| VANTHOURNOUT, Bertrand Auguste Yvon Andre | Director | 2011-05-05 | 2011-11-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-05-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-26 | RP04TM01 | officers | Second filing of director termination with name | |
| 2022-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.