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Cash

£4.3m

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£5.1m

highest in 4 filed years

Employees

13

highest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£83k

Period ending 2024-05-31

Accounts

4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31

Metric Trend 2021-05-312022-05-312023-05-312024-05-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £12,021,517
Operating profit -£72,142
Profit before tax £82,964
Net profit £64,368
Cash £650,895£435,998£4,582,121£4,334,511
Total assets less current liabilities £897,925£955,043£5,045,828£5,097,008
Net assets £861,601£926,969£5,026,873£5,087,169
Equity £861,601£926,969£5,026,873£5,087,169
Average employees 45713
Wages £856,927
Directors' remuneration £272,614

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 . Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2021-05-312022-05-312023-05-312024-05-31
Operating margin -0.6%
Net margin 0.5%
Return on capital employed -1.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 32.3%
Current ratio 3.04x

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
Consolidated group
Auditor
FLB Audit LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“As the Company has forecasted future profits and healthy liquidity, the directors consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on the going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. SMUDGE & FRIENDS PETCARE LIMITED · parent
    1. Scrumbles B.V. 100% · Netherlands · Pet food manufacturing and sales

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
GIBSON, Fiona Jane Director 2024-08-22 Mar 1975 British
SOOBROYEN, Aneisha Director 2015-12-11 Jan 1988 British
WALKER, Jack Director 2018-08-01 May 1987 British
Show 5 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BREHME, Michael Ian Director 2023-02-27 2023-08-10
COLES, Jess Director 2024-05-20 2024-08-21
HANDSCOMB, Peter Ewart Director 2020-07-04 2024-05-09
POLUNINA, Daria Director 2023-02-27 2023-09-18
SPEDDING, Daina Director 2023-09-19 2024-08-21

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Jack Walker Individual Shares 25–50% 2020-04-04 Active
Ms Aneisha Walker Individual Shares 25–50% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 58 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2023-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-03-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2023-03-09 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2025-12-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-12-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-02-19 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2024-12-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-08-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-08-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-08-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-06-18 RP04CS01 confirmation-statement Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date PDF
2024-05-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-05-22 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2023-12-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement
2023-09-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-09-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-09-20 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-03-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-03-09 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2023-03-09 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2023-03-09 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2023-03-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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