IMPORTO LIMITED
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Cash
£14m
-3.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£23m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
19
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.3m
-30.3% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £86,515,000 | £81,468,000 | £87,677,000 | +7.6% | |
| Operating profit | £6,791,000 | £5,794,000 | £4,391,000 | -24.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,460,000 | £6,122,000 | £4,270,000 | -30.3% | |
| Net profit | £4,941,000 | £4,720,000 | £3,239,000 | -31.4% | |
| Cash | £7,738,000 | £14,767,000 | £14,204,000 | -3.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,799,000 | £19,519,000 | £22,758,000 | +16.6% | |
| Net assets | £14,799,000 | £19,519,000 | £22,758,000 | +16.6% | |
| Equity | £14,799,000 | £19,519,000 | £22,758,000 | +16.6% | |
| Average employees | 21 | 19 | 19 | 0% | |
| Wages | £468,000 | £484,000 | £533,000 | +10.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £317,980 | — | — |
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 | 7.8% | 7.1% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.7% | 5.8% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 45.9% | 29.7% | 19.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.3% | 40.3% | 32.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.60x | 2.48x | 3.04x | |
| Interest cover | 20.52x | 30.66x | 16.63x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- IMPORTO LIMITED · parent
- Mostell Meats Limited 100%
- Border Sausage Limited 100%
- Baraka Products Limited 100%
- Locharbriggs Coldstore Limited 100%
- Fenton Barns (Scotland) Limited 100%
- Borders Gourmet Limited 100%
- PW Foods Limited 100%
- Mostell Limited 100%
- Foodpro (Manufacturing) Limited 100%
- Halls Products Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, the Border Sausage Co Limited was demerged from the Group This company was dormant and no longer trading”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GODFREY, Wayne | Director | 2013-06-13 | Oct 1971 | British |
| WOOD, Thomas | Director | 2024-01-08 | Sep 1964 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWIE, Allan Russell | Director | 2022-06-06 | 2023-11-30 |
| CLARK, Nicholas Rodger | Director | 2020-11-02 | 2022-06-03 |
| GODFREY, Susan Mary | Director | 2013-06-13 | 2018-06-11 |
| HILL, Alan George | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2020-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Food Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.