E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED
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Cash
£49k
USD 66,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£47m
USD 63,016,000
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£50m
USD 67,877,000
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,213,675 | £4,803,419 | £19,661,836 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,134,894 | £16,344,110 | £50,358,231 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £32,388,703 | £17,559,272 | £50,447,417 | — | |
| Net profit | £32,089,929 | £13,822,371 | £48,021,553 | — | |
| Cash | £743 | £0 | £49,052 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,783,724 | £8,161,278 | £46,834,634 | — | |
| Net assets | £27,783,724 | £8,161,278 | £46,834,634 | — | |
| Equity | £27,783,724 | £8,161,278 | £46,834,634 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.743 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 93.5% | — | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 200.3% | 107.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.4% | 77.7% | 22.6% | |
| Current ratio | 56.76x | 0.97x | 3.77x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED 1995-10-05 → present
- APPEAREARLY LIMITED 1995-06-15 → 1995-10-05
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts and the support from the parent company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the going concern period. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED · parent
- ED&F Man Volcafe Brasil Ltda 100%
- Volcafe Vietnam Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “The company changed its accounting reference date to align with the financial year end of Hartree Partners Holdings (Jersey) Limited.”
- “In the current year, a final settlement of $3.3 million before taxes was recognised in respect of Credit Rights proceeds received for losses and damages and earn out payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSEY, Gaynor Antigha | Secretary | 2007-09-28 | — | British |
| MURNANE, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2022-05-13 | Mar 1979 | Australian |
| WENGER WEBER, Melvin | Director | 2021-10-22 | Sep 1971 | Chilean |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Peter Lawrence | Secretary | 1996-04-04 | 1998-11-03 |
| MOORE, Jane Alison | Secretary | 2000-04-10 | 2007-09-28 |
| PERMAN, Michael Stephen | Secretary | 1995-07-18 | 1996-04-04 |
| SHARP, Andrew James | Secretary | 1995-07-17 | 1995-07-18 |
| WAKEFIELD, Barry John | Secretary | 1998-11-03 | 2000-03-24 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-15 | 1995-07-18 |
| AINSWORTH, Sarah Helen | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2010-07-02 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, Natasha Asherina | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2019-08-27 |
| COUGHTRIE, John Alan | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2011-09-02 |
| DE CASTILHO, Jorge Manuel Prazeres | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1999-03-31 |
| DE JONG, Robert Jan | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2001-03-31 |
| EL KHAZINDAR, Tarek | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| EUSTACE, John Gerard | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2001-02-02 |
| GANNING, Fred Walter | Director | 2002-07-16 | 2007-07-19 |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2009-09-30 |
| LAING, John Bernard Gordon | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2022-05-31 |
| LAING, John Bernard Gordon | Director | 2001-10-08 | 2004-01-19 |
| LAVOOIJ, Francois Jan | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2002-07-16 |
| MANDANA, Trishul Ganapathy Biddanda | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2019-08-27 |
| MARMION, Myles Columba | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2008-12-31 |
| MCGRATH, Harvey Andrew, Sir | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2000-03-24 |
| MCNOUGHER, Paul David | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2018-01-15 |
| PARNESS, Paul | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2022-05-13 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard John | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1995-09-29 |
| PICAUD, Geraldine Jeanne Marcelle | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2011-08-15 |
| RAYNER, David Clifford | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2018-05-09 |
| SEATON, Matthew | Director | 2019-08-27 | 2021-06-02 |
| SIMKIN, Itay | Director | 1995-09-29 | 1997-06-30 |
| SLACK, Thomas William | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-10-08 |
| STILLITANO, Anthony Bruno | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-07-16 |
| THOMPSON, Christopher John | Director | 2021-05-11 | 2021-10-28 |
| VAN DER WILD, Jan Kees | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2018-01-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-15 | 1995-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartree Partners Power & Gas Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| E D & F Man Intermediary Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-01-14 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| E D & F Man Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2021-01-14 |
| E D & F Man Commodities Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
| Agman Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 214 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-05-24 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.