BUCCANEER VENTURES INC LTD
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Cash
£1.6M
+229.3% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£14M
+113.3% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
40
+37.9% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£9.6M
+63.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,320,080 | — | — | — | £40,859,593 | £62,873,762 | +53.9% | |
| Operating profit | £209,039 | — | — | — | £5,900,178 | £9,627,145 | +63.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £209,039 | — | — | — | £5,896,063 | £9,618,382 | +63.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £4,598,811 | £7,213,787 | +56.9% | |
| Cash | £46,985 | £63,976 | £102,849 | £365,872 | £482,114 | £1,587,392 | +229.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £169,323 | £512,759 | £895,029 | £1,766,763 | £6,365,574 | £13,579,361 | +113.3% | |
| Net assets | £169,323 | £512,759 | £895,029 | £1,766,763 | £6,365,574 | £13,579,361 | +113.3% | |
| Equity | £169,323 | £512,759 | £895,029 | £1,766,763 | £6,365,574 | £13,579,361 | +113.3% | |
| Average employees | 10 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 40 | +37.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £874,158 | £1,298,654 | +48.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £167,000 | £210,000 | +25.7% |
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 15.8% | — | — | — | 14.4% | 15.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 11.3% | 11.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 123.5% | — | — | — | 92.7% | 70.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.75x | 3.92x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- BUCCANEER VENTURES INC LTD 2024-09-24 → present
- XIMEX LIMITED 2019-01-04 → 2024-09-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The Company strongly believes that it will only succeed by working with its suppliers and customers. This is particularly the case at this time, where society faces issues as complex and challenging as climate change and the cost of living crisis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOFFE, Marilyn Ann | Director | 2019-01-04 | Mar 1950 | English |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Marilyn Ann Joffe | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-01-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-24 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-04-02 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-26 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2023-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2022-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-04 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.