LAKSHMI & SON'S LIMITED
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Cash
£18k
-83.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
-£44m
-21.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
318
+2.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£7.6m
+24.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £51,819,402 | £52,552,389 | £42,792,000 | £45,637,000 | £50,693,000 | +11.1% | |
| Operating profit | £3,495,418 | £242,204 | -£17,836,000 | -£10,085,000 | -£7,413,000 | +26.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,076,466 | £31,198,167 | — | -£10,085,000 | -£7,598,000 | +24.7% | |
| Net profit | £2,734,584 | £31,425,653 | -£17,836,000 | -£10,085,000 | -£7,598,000 | +24.7% | |
| Cash | £3,487,810 | — | £284,000 | £111,000 | £18,000 | -83.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,773,035 | £8,747,884 | -£25,951,000 | -£36,036,000 | -£43,449,000 | -20.6% | |
| Net assets | £22,375,645 | £8,747,884 | -£25,951,000 | -£36,036,000 | -£43,634,000 | -21.1% | |
| Equity | £22,375,645 | £8,747,884 | — | — | -£43,634,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 267 | 203 | 290 | 311 | 318 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £6,068,511 | £5,527,053 | — | — | £2,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £25,112 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 0.5% | -41.7% | -22.1% | -14.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 59.8% | -41.7% | -22.1% | -15.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.7% | 2.8% | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 47.9% | — | 216.0% | 201.3% | 185.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.46x | 0.49x | 0.53x | |
| Interest cover | 8.34x | 1.40x | — | — | -40.07x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- LAKSHMI & SON'S LIMITED 2010-08-03 → present
- COFRESH SNACK FOODS LIMITED 2002-03-21 → 2010-08-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors therefore consider it appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRITTAIN, Alexander Shoji | Director | 2024-05-08 | Aug 1980 | British |
| HALAI, Ketan | Director | 2023-10-12 | Feb 1979 | British |
| STAVROU, Cassandra | Director | 2023-06-01 | Jan 1984 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, Priyesh Dineshbhai | Secretary | 2002-03-21 | 2021-11-22 |
| WAYNE, Harold | Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-21 | 2002-03-21 |
| GUNTON, James Michael | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2022-08-10 |
| HUDSON, Jeremy Stuart | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2022-07-29 |
| MOORE, Kevin Raymond George | Director | 2018-06-30 | 2020-06-29 |
| PAGE, David Anthony | Director | 2012-11-01 | 2018-06-30 |
| PARMAR, Umesh Purshottam | Director | 2020-06-29 | 2022-07-29 |
| PATEL, Arun | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2020-06-29 |
| PATEL, Dhirajlal | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2020-06-29 |
| PATEL, Dineshbhai | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2020-06-29 |
| PATEL, Minesh Dineshbhai | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2020-06-29 |
| PATEL, Priyesh Dineshbhai | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2021-11-22 |
| PHILLIPS, James William | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2023-06-01 |
| SAMANI, Rohit | Director | 2021-07-08 | 2022-07-29 |
| SCHULZE-MELANDER, Christoph Wolfgang | Director | 2022-07-29 | 2023-10-24 |
| WAYNE, Yvonne | Nominee Director | 2002-03-21 | 2002-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eat Real Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-29 | Active |
| Vibrant Foods Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-06-29 | Ceased 2022-07-29 |
| Narottam Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2020-06-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-08 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2022-08-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.