SILVERFISH UK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.8m
+0.6% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£2m
-256.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
47
-2.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.4m
+19.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors acknowledge these facts currently represent a material uncertainty that, if they were not addressed, would have the potential to cast doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern at the date of approval.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,043,349 | £11,980,146 | £11,974,796 | £11,636,885 | -2.8% | |
| Operating profit | £144,716 | -£1,786,257 | -£1,751,113 | -£1,386,524 | +20.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £33,255 | -£1,642,978 | -£1,783,748 | -£1,431,745 | +19.7% | |
| Net profit | £62,037 | -£1,613,219 | -£1,783,748 | -£1,431,745 | +19.7% | |
| Cash | £458,141 | £2,008,735 | £2,816,869 | £2,832,789 | +0.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,878,645 | £2,650,906 | -£559,077 | -£1,990,822 | -256.1% | |
| Net assets | £2,837,890 | £1,224,671 | -£559,077 | -£1,990,822 | -256.1% | |
| Equity | £2,837,890 | £1,224,671 | -£559,077 | -£1,990,822 | -256.1% | |
| Average employees | 50 | 52 | 48 | 47 | -2.1% | |
| Wages | £1,791,428 | £1,749,320 | £1,799,432 | £1,827,861 | +1.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £248,761 | £433,632 | £381,257 | £393,355 | +3.2% |
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 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | -14.9% | -14.6% | -11.9% | |
| Net margin | 0.4% | -13.5% | -14.9% | -12.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | -67.4% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.14x | 0.85x | 0.83x | |
| Interest cover | 1.30x | -14.80x | -19.91x | -15.77x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors acknowledge these facts currently represent a material uncertainty that, if they were not addressed, would have the potential to cast doubt on the entity's ability to continue as a going concern at the date of approval.”
Significant events
- “Liquidity risk is managed through regularly updated short and long range cash flow forecasts. These forecasts identified the need for additional financing in late 2025, leading to the sale and leaseback of the Saltash premises, which was completed in October 2025 and contributed approximately £1.5 million to the Group's cash balance.”
- “In the year ending October 2025, the company used more complex derivative options as part of its foreign exchange risk mitigation for the first time to support an improvement in the average hedging rate and allow greater participation in any foreign exchange rate upside.”
- “The directors are also mindful of the bank loan maturity date of December 2026. An extension has been requested and will be formally reviewed in 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDINER, Edward Grenville | Director | 2023-02-17 | Jan 1978 | British |
| MABBOTT, Darren Graham | Director | 2000-09-20 | Sep 1971 | British |
| METCALFE, Alexander Peter | Director | 2023-02-17 | Oct 1980 | British |
| OSBORNE, Matthew James Henry | Director | 2021-12-23 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MABBOTT, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2000-09-20 | 2021-12-23 |
| BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 |
| MABBOTT, Sarah Jane | Director | 2000-09-20 | 2021-12-23 |
| DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-20 | 2000-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silverfish Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-01-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-01-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-01-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.