NORTH WEST COFFEE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
+168.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£1.5m
+7.4% vs 2024
Employees
227
-8.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£109k
+209.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,530,137 | £15,200,674 | £15,552,162 | +2.3% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£255,289 | £116,274 | £260,648 | +124.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£498,506 | -£100,378 | £109,464 | +209.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£549,995 | -£76,598 | £120,360 | +257.1% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £695,928 | £481,413 | £1,291,745 | +168.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £106 | £106 | £106 | £106 | -£1,159,151 | £657,927 | +156.8% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£1,555,195 | -£1,631,793 | -£1,511,433 | +7.4% | |
| Equity | £106 | £106 | £106 | — | -£1,631,793 | -£1,511,433 | +7.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 | 227 | -8.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £4,159,185 | £4,312,050 | £4,211,787 | -2.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -1.6% | 0.8% | 1.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -3.5% | -0.5% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 39.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 133.6% | 141.0% | 128.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.55x | 0.32x | 0.70x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -1.05x | 0.53x | 1.72x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Notwithstanding these accumulated losses, the Directors consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Group structure
- NORTH WEST COFFEE LIMITED · parent
- Sim Trava Limited 100%
- Sim Trava Coffee Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Marc Talbot was appointed as Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2026, bringing extensive industry experience to lead the company through its next phase of growth. Simon Vardy has now moved to the role of Executive Chairman.”
- “Since the Year End we have relocated our store in the St Georges Shopping Centre in Preston and we have acquired a store from Costa Equity in South Manchester while closing 2 underperforming stores.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VARDY, Simon Mark | Director | 2008-10-16 | Oct 1969 | British |
| VARDY, Tracy Anne | Director | 2015-01-01 | Mar 1975 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sim Trava Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-11-07 | Active |
| Sim Trava Holdings 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-09-19 | Ceased 2024-11-07 |
| Sim Trava Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-06 | Ceased 2024-09-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-19 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-10-03 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-19 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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.