ZERO PROOF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
-4.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.1m
-31.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
38
-26.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£12m
-20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | — | — | — | £13,782,622 | £15,146,982 | £16,610,156 | +9.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£18,433,645 | -£9,886,477 | -£11,906,912 | -20.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£18,998,795 | -£10,061,310 | -£12,095,510 | -20.2% | |
| Net profit | -£1,667,139 | -£3,438,179 | -£7,031,431 | -£18,998,795 | -£10,061,310 | -£12,095,510 | -20.2% | |
| Cash | £688,823 | £1,399,946 | £5,806 | £3,156,555 | £1,767,846 | £1,685,588 | -4.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,578,113 | £27,494,878 | £26,179,246 | £7,751,261 | £5,421,963 | £3,495,501 | -35.5% | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £7,751,261 | £4,582,983 | £3,149,106 | -31.3% | |
| Equity | — | — | £26,179,246 | £7,751,261 | £4,582,983 | £3,149,106 | -31.3% | |
| Average employees | 4 | 6 | 7 | 76 | 52 | 38 | -26.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,203,986 | £4,401,610 | £4,365,025 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £557,293 | £207,383 | £99,996 | -51.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £14,667 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £241,301 | £107,387 | £99,996 | -6.9% |
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 | — | — | — | -133.7% | -65.3% | -71.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -137.8% | -66.4% | -72.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -237.8% | -182.3% | -340.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 49.4% | 60.4% | 68.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.75x | 1.60x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -53.85x | -61.65x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company and operating subsidiaries will continue to trade. The group is financed principally through equity.”
Group structure
- ZERO PROOF INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Zero Proof UK Limited 100%
- Zero Proof Australia Pty Ltd 100%
- Zero Proof USA Inc 100%
- Zero Proof EU BV 100%
- Zero Proof South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Zero Proof Middle East DWC LLC 100%
- Zero Proof SEA Pte Ltd 100%
- Zero Proof Canada Inc 100%
- Zero Proof International Foodstuff Trading LLC 100%
- Zero Proof APAC Pty Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADLER, Dan | Director | 2024-12-02 | May 1985 | British |
| GROSSMAN, Daniel | Director | 2023-04-26 | Oct 1987 | British |
| HARTMANN, Carl Fane | Director | 2023-08-30 | Oct 1983 | Australian |
| SELLARS, Rainey | Director | 2023-04-26 | Dec 1962 | American |
| SMIRNOVS, Nikolajs | Director | 2023-04-26 | Dec 1985 | Latvian |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATIJAS, Darko | Secretary | 2018-10-29 | 2020-11-24 |
| BEST, Christopher Simon | Secretary | 2019-04-02 | 2023-04-01 |
| MORGAN, Kathryn | Secretary | 2023-04-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| BUNDY, Gregory | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2024-12-02 |
| HARTMANN, Carl Fane | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2023-06-13 |
| HIPWELL, Guy Marc | Director | 2019-12-03 | 2019-12-03 |
| LIVINGS, Mark Seymour | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Dan Adler | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-07-11 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Brett Matthew Grossman | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-07-11 | Active |
| Mark Seymour Livings | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2019-05-01 | Ceased 2019-12-05 |
| Michael Vincent Hall | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2019-05-01 | Ceased 2019-12-05 |
| Carl Fane Hartmann | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-27 | Ceased 2019-05-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2026-01-06 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-05 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-05 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-13 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares consolidation | |
| 2024-06-11 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.