PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2M
-68.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.2M
-16.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
83
+5.1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.4M
-26.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £11,527,644 | £12,070,396 | £11,525,575 | -4.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,302,564 | £3,103,962 | £2,230,774 | -28.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,527,738 | £3,268,373 | £2,404,183 | -26.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,386,209 | £3,358,134 | £2,353,521 | -29.9% | |
| Cash | £6,618,989 | £7,128,856 | £2,227,739 | -68.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | £8,249,165 | -16.6% | |
| Net assets | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | £8,249,165 | -16.6% | |
| Equity | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | £8,249,165 | -16.6% | |
| Average employees | 79 | 79 | 83 | +5.1% | |
| Wages | £4,370,185 | £4,025,582 | £4,368,543 | +8.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £123,336 | £198,331 | £182,772 | -7.8% |
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 | 20.0% | 25.7% | 19.4% | |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 27.8% | 20.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 24.1% | 31.4% | 27.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 24.5% | 28.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.88x | 3.96x | 3.33x |
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
- PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2013-12-18 → present
- THE PELICAN BUYING COMPANY LIMITED 1989-07-26 → 2013-12-18
- HEMPINE LIMITED 1989-03-31 → 1989-07-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (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.”
Significant events
- “On 6 October 2025, the company entered into a five-year lease for office premises (with a break option after three years) at an annual rent of £153,450 (excluding VAT and service charges). As the lease was entered into after the reporting date, it is treated as a non-adjusting subsequent event and has not been recognised in the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-27 | — | — |
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Director | 2021-05-31 | Dec 1976 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Ian John | Director | 2022-04-13 | Jan 1965 | British |
| MURPHY, Ian Christopher, Mr. | Director | 2023-05-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Secretary | 2020-11-20 | 2024-06-27 |
| CHITTENDEN, Christopher Andrew Marlow | Secretary | — | 2001-03-01 |
| DEASY, Mary-Ann | Secretary | 2017-05-05 | 2019-05-01 |
| HANCOCK, Linda Margaret Murray | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2004-08-04 |
| MIAH, Shakamal | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | 2020-11-20 |
| STIMPSON, Christine Anne | Secretary | 2004-08-04 | 2017-05-05 |
| ARAVENA BAEZ, Monica Andrea | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2019-08-26 |
| CAREW, Henry | Director | — | 1992-05-08 |
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| COOPER, John Clive | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2022-12-31 |
| GLEESON, Frank Michael | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-05-13 |
| GOLDACRE, Adrian Mark | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-06-26 |
| HANCOCK, Linda Margaret Murray | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2012-11-30 |
| HANCOCK, March Oliver | Director | — | 2017-05-05 |
| HANCOCK, Sebastian Oliver | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2017-05-05 |
| HEFFER, Victoria Patty | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2017-05-05 |
| MELLIDES, Amy Lynn | Director | 2022-04-12 | 2025-09-04 |
| MOHAMMED, Shabaz | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| MULRYAN, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-07-31 |
| SCANNELLA, Francesco | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| SCHAEFER, Klaus Wolfram | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2022-03-15 |
| SIZER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-12-17 |
| STIMPSON, Christine Anne | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-10-25 |
| ZELKOWICZ, John Yoram | Director | — | 1991-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramark Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-05-05 | Active |
| Mr March Oliver Hancock | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.