PRITT & CO.,LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
-12.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£115m
-1.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
195
-11% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£174k
+95.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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 | £133,024,000 | £110,976,000 | £98,341,000 | -11.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,947,000 | -£1,519,000 | £2,273,000 | +249.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,144,000 | -£4,215,000 | -£174,000 | +95.9% | |
| Net profit | -£2,074,000 | -£5,232,000 | -£1,126,000 | +78.5% | |
| Cash | £6,794,000 | £5,666,000 | £4,967,000 | -12.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £160,494,000 | £160,404,000 | £160,233,000 | -0.1% | |
| Net assets | £119,624,000 | £117,454,000 | £115,266,000 | -1.9% | |
| Equity | £119,624,000 | £117,454,000 | £115,266,000 | -1.9% | |
| Average employees | 235 | 219 | 195 | -11% | |
| Wages | £17,407,000 | £16,557,000 | £16,302,000 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £74,333 | £76,000 | £92,274 | +21.4% |
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 | 1.5% | -1.4% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | -1.6% | -4.7% | -1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.2% | -0.9% | 1.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.3% | 38.3% | 36.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.89x | 3.79x | 6.58x | |
| Interest cover | 0.63x | -0.56x | 0.93x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Anstey Bond LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“An assessment of the Group's ability to continue as a going concern was executed, taking into account all available information about the future... No events have been identified nor conditions were found which may cast significant doubt upon the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- PRITT & CO.,LIMITED · parent
- Pembro Limited 100%
- Pritt Intertrade Limited 100%
- Metals International B.V. 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQUASS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-08 | — | — |
| CAVAS, Burzin Daruwala | Director | 2014-02-25 | Nov 1963 | British |
| MULLER, Christophe | Director | 2026-02-05 | Feb 1967 | Swiss |
| POINSITT, Robert, Mr. | Director | 2024-01-31 | Jan 1977 | Austrian |
| SHAH, Rajnikant | Director | 2026-02-05 | May 1948 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WM BROWN (REGISTRARS) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 2020-10-08 |
| BRAME, Sidney Reginald | Director | — | 1994-10-03 |
| CAMPBELL, John Edward | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2024-11-07 |
| CHIVERS, Leonard George | Director | 1994-10-03 | 2003-12-03 |
| D'CRUZ, Winston Victor | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| NARENDRAN, Padmanabhan | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-01-21 |
| QUINN, Edward | Director | 2008-03-03 | 2017-11-10 |
| RICHARDSON, Rex Hanson | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2007-01-07 |
| SHANKAR, Narayan | Director | — | 2001-03-26 |
| VAN ES, Adrianus Johannes | Director | 2017-11-10 | 2026-02-05 |
| VENKATESHA, Subrahmanyan | Director | — | 1997-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devinlop Trust Reg | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-01 | Active |
| Intermin S.A. | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-03-01 |
| Edward Quinn | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-10 |
| Burzin Daruwala Cavas | Individual | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 245 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.