NEWCOLD LTD
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Cash
£1.1m
+14.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£2.4m
+23.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
175
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+26% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £43,937,850 | £45,832,954 | £43,431,905 | -5.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£700,658 | £692,327 | £916,918 | +32.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£494,049 | £915,375 | £1,153,454 | +26% | |
| Net profit | -£433,929 | £497,449 | £747,715 | +50.3% | |
| Cash | £3,558,571 | £962,732 | £1,103,002 | +14.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£3,663,042 | -£3,086,295 | -£2,182,422 | +29.3% | |
| Net assets | -£3,663,042 | -£3,165,593 | -£2,417,878 | +23.6% | |
| Equity | -£3,663,042 | -£3,165,593 | -£2,417,878 | +23.6% | |
| Average employees | 168 | 176 | 175 | -0.6% | |
| Wages | £6,058,282 | £6,815,328 | £6,830,767 | +0.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £359,860 | £158,395 | £248,087 | +56.6% |
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 | -1.6% | 1.5% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | 1.1% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 111.4% | 107.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.82x | 0.83x | 0.87x | |
| Interest cover | -22.18x | 19.57x | 27.78x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“we have not identified, and concur with the directors' assessment that there is not, a material uncertainty related to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the going concern period.”
Significant events
- “The Company is party to a financing arrangement held by NewCold UK B.V. due to the provision of cross guarantees. The financing arrangement held by NewCold UK B.V. is a £112,350,000 facility and is secured on the NewCold UK B.V. warehouse that is leased to the Company and with certain covenants.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAGE, Abraham Izaak Johannis | Director | 2013-09-03 | Apr 1963 | Dutch |
| RUSSELL, Richard Arthur | Director | 2023-03-06 | Jan 1969 | British |
| VAN RIJSWIJK, Adrianus Josephus Franciscus | Director | 2024-10-14 | May 1971 | Dutch |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHARAJ, Abhynesh Abhyash Narain | Director | 2024-06-05 | 2024-10-14 |
| MILES, Jonathon Robert | Director | 2019-03-26 | 2024-06-05 |
| RICHARDSON, David Harden | Director | 2013-09-03 | 2017-08-22 |
| NEWCOLD B.V. | Corporate Director | 2013-09-03 | 2019-03-26 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-03 | 2013-09-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.