NECTAR HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9M
+32.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£12M
+18% vs 2023
Employees
218
-11.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.8M
+129.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £16,211,958 | £14,940,807 | -7.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£9,219,724 | £3,603,906 | +139.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£9,421,768 | £2,791,353 | +129.6% | |
| Net profit | -£9,201,427 | £1,416,368 | +115.4% | |
| Cash | £2,152,292 | £2,858,236 | +32.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £39,333,058 | £40,833,153 | +3.8% | |
| Net assets | £10,326,935 | £12,187,486 | +18% | |
| Equity | £10,326,935 | £12,187,486 | +18% | |
| Average employees | 246 | 218 | -11.4% | |
| Wages | £3,379,221 | £2,936,846 | -13.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £377,295 | £381,199 | +1% |
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 | -56.9% | 24.1% | |
| Net margin | -56.8% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -23.4% | 8.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 78.5% | 74.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.33x | |
| Interest cover | -20.07x | 3.67x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- NECTAR HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Nectar (East Africa) Limited 100%
- Nectar Mozambique Ltda 75%
- Nectar Coal Handling (Mozambique) Ltda 75%
- Oakguild Limited 100%
- Nectar (West Africa) Nigeria Limited 99.99%
- Nectar Ghana Limited 100%
- Nectar Sierra Leone Bulk Terminal Limited 100%
- Nectar Bulk Handling Guinea 100%
- Nectar Cargo Handling Belgium 100%
- Nectar Group Limited 100%
- Nat Shipping Bagging Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Discussions have been ongoing with the Sierra Leone Ports and Harbours Authority for several months which has led to an agreement being reached to extend the Group's concession to operate the bulk and break-bulk terminal in Freetown by an additional 10 years. The Concession will now run until 2046 with an optional 7 year extension period.”
- “Following the Group's decision to seek purchasers for the handling equipment in Guinea an agreement has been reached for the sale of some items of equipment which will help to strengthen the Group's cash position.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNHILL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-02-29 | — | — |
| BOUGHTON, Christopher John | Director | 2006-10-24 | Jul 1964 | British |
| KEANE, James Richard | Director | 2024-04-11 | Mar 1971 | British |
| OZTURK, Mustafa Saruhan | Director | 2006-10-24 | Jul 1962 | British |
| WILKES, Guy | Director | 2006-10-24 | Mar 1974 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUGHTON, Christopher John | Secretary | 2006-10-24 | 2016-02-29 |
| 7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-10-24 | 2006-10-24 |
| CAVAGNARO, Luca Maria | Director | 2020-05-05 | 2024-08-06 |
| GRATER, Adam Abraham | Director | 2022-11-21 | 2024-08-06 |
| PLATINI, Frederic Robert Vincent | Director | 2018-03-13 | 2024-08-06 |
| PLUMER, David Hugh | Director | 2014-12-17 | 2017-01-01 |
| RICKWOOD, Martin Alistair | Director | 2017-01-04 | 2018-03-09 |
| RUTH, Olivier Claude | Director | 2022-11-21 | 2024-04-11 |
| YOUNES, Pascale Mitri | Director | 2017-01-04 | 2022-11-21 |
| 7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-10-24 | 2006-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Richard Keane | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2024-06-21 | Active |
| Pascale Mitri Younes | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2017-01-04 | Ceased 2024-06-21 |
| Christopher John Boughton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-04 |
| Mr Guy Wilkes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-04 |
| Mustafa Saruhan Ozturk | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-01-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 107 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-02-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-12 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-07 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2023-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.