EDEN SPRINGS UK LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5M
+306.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-54.3% vs 2023
Employees
211
-0.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£28M
-257.5% vs 2023
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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,492,000 | £24,949,000 | -9.2% | |
| Operating profit | £20,064,000 | -£27,088,000 | -235% | |
| Profit before tax | £17,865,000 | -£28,135,000 | -257.5% | |
| Net profit | £16,550,000 | -£28,117,000 | -269.9% | |
| Cash | £1,119,000 | £4,544,000 | +306.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,115,000 | £10,411,000 | -63% | |
| Net assets | £17,463,000 | £7,981,000 | -54.3% | |
| Equity | £17,463,000 | £7,981,000 | -54.3% | |
| Average employees | 213 | 211 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | £6,600,000 | £7,921,000 | +20% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 73.0% | -108.6% | |
| Net margin | 60.2% | -112.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 71.4% | -260.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.51x | 0.81x | |
| Interest cover | 9.12x | -25.87x |
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
- EDEN SPRINGS UK LIMITED 2004-12-29 → present
- CHATEAUD'EAU UK LIMITED 2000-10-02 → 2004-12-29
- CROSSCO (503) LIMITED 2000-09-01 → 2000-10-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- WBG (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and do not foresee any material uncertainties in relation to going concern. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- EDEN SPRINGS UK LIMITED · parent
- Kafevend Holdings Ltd 100%
- Kafevend Group Ltd 100%
- Garraways Ltd 100%
- The Shakespeare Coffee Company Ltd 100%
- Hydropure Distribution Ltd 100%
- Pure Choice Watercoolers Ltd 100%
- Water Coolers (Scotland) Ltd 100%
- Old WCS (Bottlers) Ltd 100%
- Wax Water Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The sale was subsequently completed on 11th April 2025.”
- “During the current financial year, the company identified a material error in the recording of fixed assets in prior periods. In accordance with IAS 8, the error has been corrected retrospectively. Comparative figures have been restated, and the opening balance of retained earnings has been adjusted accordingly.”
- “In November 2024 the company sold its investments in Decantae Mineral Wate Limited and Fonthill Waters Limited resulting in a Loss on Disposal of £2,117,000.”
- “Subsequent to the year end the company sold the above companies to Primo Water Holdings Uk Limited except for Wax Water Limited.”
- “On 11th April 2025 the entire share capital was sold to BWT UK Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Richard David | Director | 2025-04-11 | Apr 1975 | British |
| WICKS, Jonathan | Director | 2025-04-11 | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER, Martin | Secretary | 2000-09-27 | 2001-11-28 |
| DENTONS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2025-04-11 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-28 | 2004-05-20 |
| DICKINSON DEES | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-27 |
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-01 | 2018-02-27 |
| SF SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-20 | 2013-09-01 |
| AUSHER, Jason Robert | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2025-04-11 |
| AZERA, Richard | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2003-07-23 |
| BRINDLEY, Philippa Lucy | Director | 2006-09-30 | 2007-09-21 |
| CARE, Timothy James | Nominee Director | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-27 |
| CUNIA, Gadi | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2008-12-22 |
| DUFFY, Claire | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2023-06-13 |
| FRIEMAN, Ron Zev | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2020-08-12 |
| GRISON, Bruno | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2002-12-19 |
| GUTTINGER, Antoine Jean Yves | Director | 2003-07-23 | 2006-04-30 |
| HARRISON, Simon John | Director | 2021-07-26 | 2022-12-08 |
| HECKER, Michael | Director | 2004-01-29 | 2004-04-23 |
| HOWIE, William | Director | 2008-03-04 | 2008-10-03 |
| JACOB, Philippe Loic | Director | 2002-12-19 | 2004-01-29 |
| KITCHING, Steven | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2022-10-27 |
| KITLEY, Robert Gowan | Director | 2007-02-12 | 2008-04-25 |
| MACPHERSON, Brian Richard | Director | 2010-06-03 | 2020-08-12 |
| PERKEY, Shane | Director | 2018-05-18 | 2023-06-13 |
| PLOUVIN, Olivier | Director | 2007-09-21 | 2018-05-18 |
| SHAPIRA, Yariv | Director | 2008-12-22 | 2018-05-18 |
| SHAPIRA, Yariv | Director | 2004-04-23 | 2007-02-12 |
| SOLTIS, Brian Macey | Director | 2023-06-13 | 2025-04-11 |
| THERON, Jean Michel | Director | 2000-09-27 | 2002-12-19 |
| VERNON, Matthew James | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2021-07-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bwt Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-11 | Active |
| Primo Water Corporation | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-08-02 | Ceased 2025-04-11 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 196 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-01-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-25 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2024-01-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.