BIG K PRODUCTS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£392K
-64.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+10.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
107
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7M
-1.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Energy median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,004,570 | £34,726,238 | £36,357,094 | +4.7% | |
| Operating profit | £2,739,231 | £3,864,682 | £3,833,471 | -0.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,560,403 | £3,722,830 | £3,675,767 | -1.3% | |
| Net profit | £1,945,691 | £2,762,395 | £2,703,485 | -2.1% | |
| Cash | £5,877 | £1,097,442 | £392,051 | -64.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,998,836 | £11,760,158 | £12,904,786 | +9.7% | |
| Net assets | £9,772,626 | £11,402,021 | £12,634,806 | +10.8% | |
| Equity | £9,772,626 | £11,402,021 | £12,634,806 | +10.8% | |
| Average employees | 99 | 102 | 107 | +4.9% | |
| Wages | £4,000,701 | £4,351,123 | £4,742,714 | +9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £637,000 | £688,024 | £576,166 | -16.3% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.1% | 11.1% | 10.5% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 8.0% | 7.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.4% | 32.9% | 29.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 28.6% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.15x | 3.35x | |
| Interest cover | 15.32x | 27.24x | 24.31x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2026-06-30
- BIG K PRODUCTS UK LIMITED 2026-06-30 → present
- BIG K PRODUCTS U.K.LIMITED 2003-05-06 → 2026-06-30
- BIG K CHARCOAL MERCHANTS LIMITED 1981-03-10 → 2003-05-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Auditor
- Duncan & Toplis Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- BIG K PRODUCTS UK LIMITED · parent
- Carbo Namibia (Pty) Limited
Significant events
- “The company completed the extension of its facilities at its Kings Lynn site and continues to assess if further expansion is needed to meet the expected increases in future demand and the directors expect the year on year increases in sales and profitability to continue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLEANTHOUS, Christakis Theodorou | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BREMER, Melina | Director | 2014-12-22 | Apr 1979 | British |
| KLEANTHOUS, Christakis Theodorou | Director | — | Jul 1950 | British |
| KLEANTHOUS, Vivien Ann | Director | — | Aug 1951 | British |
| THEODOROU, Michael | Director | 2000-10-01 | Aug 1971 | British |
| WOOD, Simon Andrew | Director | 2021-10-01 | May 1966 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big K (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-08-21 | Active |
| Christakis Theodorou Kleanthous | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-08-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-06-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-08-15 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-08-15 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.