UNICORN INGREDIENTS LTD
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Cash
£1.4m
+21.9% vs 2025
Net assets
£2.6m
+32.1% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
19
+5.6% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£2.7m
+168.4% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £30,855,264 | £33,766,362 | £35,853,360 | £35,982,989 | £38,601,021 | £44,282,834 | +14.7% | |
| Operating profit | £790,917 | £744,499 | -£248,025 | £2,039,736 | £1,218,997 | £2,928,786 | +140.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £682,072 | £673,259 | -£435,690 | £1,784,201 | £1,018,563 | £2,733,592 | +168.4% | |
| Net profit | £550,040 | £545,056 | — | £1,442,794 | £770,276 | £2,052,124 | +166.4% | |
| Cash | £2,268,954 | £1,790,284 | £1,451,342 | £1,234,984 | £1,147,008 | £1,398,151 | +21.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,906,639 | £3,284,124 | £1,233,130 | £2,152,169 | £2,679,351 | £3,311,241 | +23.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,164,842 | £1,348,578 | £551,749 | £1,613,646 | £1,983,459 | £2,619,657 | +32.1% | |
| Equity | £1,164,842 | £1,348,578 | £551,749 | £1,613,646 | £1,983,459 | £2,619,657 | +32.1% | |
| Average employees | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | +5.6% | |
| Wages | £706,742 | £635,026 | £684,333 | £687,349 | £782,032 | £913,674 | +16.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,256 | £17,256 | £17,256 | £17,256 | £17,256 | £17,256 | 0% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £70,000 | £110,000 | £118,500 | +7.7% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | 2.2% | -0.7% | 5.7% | 3.2% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | 1.6% | — | 4.0% | 2.0% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.2% | 22.7% | -20.1% | 94.8% | 45.5% | 88.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.7% | 89.3% | 95.8% | 87.9% | 86.8% | 82.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.19x | 1.21x | 1.29x | |
| Interest cover | 7.24x | 10.43x | -1.27x | 7.68x | 5.21x | 12.41x |
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
- Wellden Turnbull Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that the Company has sufficient resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these Financial Statements and the Directors consider it appropriate to prepare the Financial Statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- UNICORN INGREDIENTS LTD · parent
- Unicorn Ingredients GmbH & Co. KG 100%
- Unicorn Ingredients Verwaltungs GmbH 100%
- Unicorn Ingredients Private Limited 96.67%
- Unicorn Ingredients USA LLC 50%
Significant events
- “We anticipate volumes to be similar to last year and expect turnover to match 2025-26 levels. We have noticed customers turning to us in confidence that contracts will be honoured and fulfilled as agreed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORAN, Sally Claire | Secretary | 2008-03-28 | — | — |
| DIVERS, Nicola Janice | Director | 2009-03-28 | Nov 1960 | British |
| HORAN, Francis James | Director | 2008-03-28 | Sep 1962 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni Holdings 1 Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-26 | Active |
| Ms Nicola Janice Divers | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-26 |
| Mr Francis James Horan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-07-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-10 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-09 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-03-07 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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.