BENECOL LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£62m
-1.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
20
-9.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£9.6m
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £41,702,000 | £42,835,000 | £43,963,000 | +2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £8,348,000 | £9,206,000 | £9,574,000 | +4% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,417,000 | £9,256,000 | £9,610,000 | +3.8% | |
| Net profit | £6,407,000 | £6,919,000 | £7,222,000 | +4.4% | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £70,453,000 | £69,394,000 | £69,567,000 | +0.2% | |
| Net assets | £64,300,000 | £62,319,000 | £61,641,000 | -1.1% | |
| Equity | £64,300,000 | £62,319,000 | £61,641,000 | -1.1% | |
| Average employees | 18 | 22 | 20 | -9.1% | |
| Wages | £1,372,000 | £1,378,000 | £1,568,000 | +13.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 20.0% | 21.5% | 21.8% | |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 16.2% | 16.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.8% | 13.3% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.6% | 17.0% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.84x | 1.55x | 1.54x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of this report. For this reason, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end other than the acceptance of our Enforcement Undertaking (EU) by the Environment Agency in March 2026. The EU donation that has been accepted is £275,000 excluding costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINDQVIST, Mikko Olavi | Director | 2023-04-18 | Aug 1978 | Finnish |
| SAARINEN, Mika Markus | Director | 2021-09-22 | Apr 1973 | Finnish |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELEVUORI, Antti Juhani | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2018-10-31 |
| LAAVAINEN, Mikko Matti Juhani | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2016-03-08 |
| LAURILA, Mikko | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2018-10-31 |
| LUMME, Merja Sisko | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2019-04-01 |
| MUSTONEN, Olli Ensio | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2018-05-03 |
| POUJARDIEU, Vincent Marie Alberic Francois | Director | 2016-03-15 | 2018-02-01 |
| POUJARDIEU, Vincent Marie Alberic Francois | Director | 2014-05-29 | 2015-03-02 |
| RANNIKKO, Toni Juhani | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| WESTER, Iiro Tapio | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2023-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raisio Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-22 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-11 | 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.