NICOVENTURES RETAIL (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+1,610.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.1m
+124.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
7
-22.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£621k
-41.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £32,740,000 | £37,012,000 | £37,927,000 | +2.5% | |
| Operating profit | £1,547,000 | £903,000 | £618,000 | -31.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,588,000 | £1,069,000 | £621,000 | -41.9% | |
| Net profit | £1,562,000 | £1,039,000 | — | — | |
| Cash | £18,053,000 | £895,000 | £15,313,000 | +1,610.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£17,630,000 | -£16,591,000 | £4,060,000 | +124.5% | |
| Net assets | -£17,630,000 | -£16,591,000 | £4,060,000 | +124.5% | |
| Equity | -£17,630,000 | -£16,591,000 | £4,060,000 | +124.5% | |
| Average employees | 113 | 9 | 7 | -22.2% | |
| Wages | £1,666,000 | £367,000 | £244,000 | -33.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £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 | 4.7% | 2.4% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 2.8% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 15.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 163.6% | 166.8% | 82.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.52x | 0.50x | 1.00x | |
| Interest cover | 44.20x | — | — |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- NICOVENTURES RETAIL (UK) LIMITED 2017-05-11 → present
- NICOVENTURES RETAIL LIMITED 2017-04-03 → 2017-05-11
- 3740TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2016-06-16 → 2017-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 14 October 2025, the Company issued and allotted 20,000,000 new £1 ordinary shares by way of an equity injection from its parent undertaking Nicoventures Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-09-03 | — | — |
| FERRIS, Robert Everett | Director | 2025-10-17 | Jun 1986 | American |
| KILIC, Arif Tolga | Director | 2026-05-01 | Nov 1972 | Turkish |
| MADDISON, Annabelle Charlotte | Director | 2026-03-02 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES, Jessica | Secretary | 2018-07-26 | 2020-04-03 |
| KERR, Sophie Louise Edmonds | Secretary | 2017-04-03 | 2018-07-26 |
| MEHTA, Shital | Secretary | 2020-10-27 | 2024-09-03 |
| SISEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-06-16 | 2017-04-03 |
| CORRAL, Miguel Carlos | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2018-12-20 |
| DE IESU, Susanna | Director | 2023-04-24 | 2026-05-01 |
| GARSVAITE, Joana | Director | 2019-08-22 | 2022-08-03 |
| GHERGU, Denisa | Director | 2024-05-28 | 2025-10-17 |
| HARDY, Nigel Graeme | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| HAWTHORNE, Edward | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2026-05-01 |
| HAYMES, Donald Ewan | Director | 2017-05-11 | 2018-12-20 |
| HILL, William Richard Darvell | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-08-30 |
| JONES, Nathan Michael | Director | 2019-08-30 | 2022-01-24 |
| KOLPAKOV, Alexander | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2019-08-22 |
| LE GRYS, Frances Claire | Director | 2016-06-16 | 2017-04-03 |
| MACHADO, Renata Moraes | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-06-28 |
| MONTEIRO, Frederico Pinto | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-06-28 |
| OZMEN ERYAVUZ, Zeliha Ceren | Director | 2022-08-03 | 2024-05-28 |
| SVENSSON, Carl Fredrik Saman | Director | 2020-02-01 | 2023-04-24 |
| WEBB, Gemma Bridget | Director | 2018-06-27 | 2020-04-17 |
| WHEATON, Kingsley | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-12-31 |
| WOLF, Terkel Juul | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2018-06-28 |
| LOVITING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-06-16 | 2017-04-03 |
| SERJEANTS' INN NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-06-16 | 2017-04-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicoventures Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-04-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.