BLACK TOMATO LTD
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Cash
£1.4m
+184.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.3m
+77.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
54
+25.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.2m
+5.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-16.
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,493,627 | £12,374,967 | £13,350,617 | +7.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,090,420 | £3,094,847 | £3,234,813 | +4.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £961,044 | £3,054,868 | £3,232,201 | +5.8% | |
| Net profit | £379,109 | £2,260,715 | £2,389,787 | +5.7% | |
| Cash | £1,982,709 | £504,418 | £1,434,555 | +184.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,493,963 | £3,307,163 | £5,692,902 | +72.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,874,772 | £2,995,487 | £5,327,157 | +77.8% | |
| Equity | £1,874,772 | £2,995,487 | £5,327,157 | +77.8% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 43 | 54 | +25.6% | |
| Wages | £7,034,716 | £5,336,806 | £6,044,238 | +13.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,944,166 | £847,000 | £980,000 | +15.7% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £423,500 | £490,000 | +15.7% |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.5% | 25.0% | 24.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.3% | 18.3% | 17.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 43.7% | 93.6% | 56.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.44x | 1.87x | |
| Interest cover | 8.43x | 51.70x | — |
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
- BLACK TOMATO LTD 2005-04-11 → present
- THE EXTRA MILE LIMITED 2003-09-02 → 2005-04-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- White Hart Associates (London) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Group management and the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least the following 12 months from the signing of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- BLACK TOMATO LTD · parent
- Black Tomato Inc. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEGARTY, Kerri | Secretary | 2012-09-01 | — | — |
| MARCHANT, Thomas William | Director | 2006-04-27 | Oct 1978 | British |
| MERRETT, James Nicholas | Director | 2004-02-19 | Jun 1978 | British |
| SMITH, Matthew Peter | Director | 2006-04-27 | Apr 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREWER, Suzanne | Secretary | 2003-09-02 | 2003-09-02 |
| JOHNS, Dannielle | Secretary | 2005-07-13 | 2005-09-30 |
| MARCHANT, Raili Orvokki | Secretary | 2003-09-02 | 2005-07-12 |
| TENNANT, Caroline Louise | Secretary | 2009-03-02 | 2012-08-31 |
| WILKINSON, Lianne | Secretary | 2005-10-03 | 2009-03-02 |
| BREWER, Kevin Michael | Director | 2003-09-02 | 2003-09-02 |
| MARCHANT, James | Director | 2003-09-02 | 2005-02-01 |
| MARCHANT, Peter Courteney | Director | 2009-11-25 | 2012-06-22 |
| MARCHANT, Peter Courteney | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2008-04-16 |
| MARCHANT, Thomas William | Director | 2003-09-02 | 2005-03-08 |
| ROSATI, Arianna | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| SANAI, Darius | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| SLESINGER, Katherine Sara | Director | 2010-07-01 | 2014-03-14 |
| SMITH, Matthew | Director | 2005-01-03 | 2005-03-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Nicholas Merrett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Matthew Peter Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Thomas William Marchant | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-07-20 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-20 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-29 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-17 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2021-11-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
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.