HENRY COLBECK LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2M
+413.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£13M
+6.2% vs 2024
Employees
158
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.2M
-5.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-02-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,658,543 | £83,988,975 | -0.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,228,971 | £1,117,076 | -9.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,266,359 | £1,202,171 | -5.1% | |
| Net profit | £914,337 | £908,810 | -0.6% | |
| Cash | £433,864 | £2,229,397 | +413.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,168,681 | £13,073,195 | +7.4% | |
| Net assets | £11,940,651 | £12,681,811 | +6.2% | |
| Equity | £11,940,651 | £12,681,811 | +6.2% | |
| Average employees | 158 | 158 | 0% | |
| Wages | £5,734,017 | £6,143,560 | +7.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £434,333 | £532,926 | +22.7% |
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 | 2024-02-29 | 2025-02-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.1% | 8.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.39x | 2.20x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- S&W Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Whilst, as a whole, prices were lower across the 2024/25 Financial Year than the previous year, we experienced price inflation in three of the financial quarters, most notably on Frozen at Sea Fish where prices increased by almost 20% across the year. Ongoing reduction in quotas of Barents Sea Cod further squeezed supply in 2025 with prices continuing to rise with record high prices experienced in each quarter from April 2025 onwards.”
- “During the year, the business invested £1.3m in additions to assets, all of which was financed out of working capital. There are plans for additional investments in capital projects and system upgrades to further enhance efficiency and service levels and to facilitate future growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLIDAY, Paul David | Secretary | 2019-01-01 | — | — |
| COLBECK, Douglas William | Director | 2000-09-07 | Sep 1967 | British |
| COLBECK, Georgina Samantha | Director | 2010-09-16 | Oct 1967 | British |
| COLBECK, Isobel | Director | — | Sep 1936 | British |
| COLBECK, William Henry | Director | — | Aug 1936 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Paul David | Director | 2006-11-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
| O'BRIEN, Hugh Terence | Director | 2018-04-13 | Jul 1967 | British |
| WORSNOP, Matthew George | Director | 2021-12-10 | Sep 1994 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGONIGLE, John James | Secretary | — | 1991-09-27 |
| NAYLOR, Andrew Mark | Secretary | — | 2018-12-31 |
| MCLEAN, Duncan | Director | — | 2018-04-13 |
| MCMANUS, Joseph Denis | Director | 1993-05-21 | 1993-09-30 |
| MURDOCH, David | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2019-09-06 |
| NAYLOR, Andrew Mark | Director | 1993-05-02 | 2018-12-31 |
| SHONE, Michael | Director | 2003-12-10 | 2023-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Douglas William Colbeck | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-01-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-01-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
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.