ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Cash
£196k
+85.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£7.1m
+1.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
47
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3m
+6.9% highest in 6 filed years
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 | £15,171,003 | £14,561,526 | £16,137,198 | £20,713,981 | £18,244,914 | £18,625,663 | +2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £851,464 | £1,776,934 | £2,645,534 | £1,949,267 | £2,889,856 | £3,066,010 | +6.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £797,520 | £1,732,974 | £2,567,842 | £1,721,056 | £2,779,414 | £2,970,313 | +6.9% | |
| Net profit | £630,389 | £1,365,117 | £2,069,416 | £1,268,507 | £2,037,387 | £2,129,393 | +4.5% | |
| Cash | £55 | £481 | £370,311 | £188,258 | £105,609 | £196,348 | +85.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,457,309 | £3,146,406 | £7,003,669 | £6,806,966 | £7,876,549 | £8,098,309 | +2.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,365,956 | £3,031,073 | £6,180,910 | £5,949,417 | £6,986,804 | £7,116,197 | +1.9% | |
| Equity | £2,365,956 | £3,031,073 | £6,180,910 | £5,949,417 | £6,986,804 | £7,116,197 | +1.9% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 47 | 47 | 0% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,122,104 | £2,173,428 | £2,461,503 | +13.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £319,061 | £333,587 | £381,953 | +14.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £25,785 | £27,868 | £28,865 | +3.6% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £190,692 | £171,023 | £201,042 | +17.6% |
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 | 5.6% | 12.2% | 16.4% | 9.4% | 15.8% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | 9.4% | 12.8% | 6.1% | 11.2% | 11.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 34.7% | 56.5% | 37.8% | 28.6% | 36.7% | 37.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 68.8% | 56.5% | 42.3% | 45.1% | 32.8% | 36.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.59x | 2.35x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 15.58x | 40.37x | 33.05x | 8.44x | 19.22x | 31.97x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- ESSENTIA PROTEIN SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2015-02-13 → present
- BHJ INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED 2012-12-18 → 2015-02-13
- BHJ UK PROTEIN FOODS LIMITED 2003-10-02 → 2012-12-18
- DANEXPORT PROTEIN FOODS LIMITED 1999-02-19 → 2003-10-02
- PROTEIN FOODS (U.K.) LIMITED 1969-01-23 → 1999-02-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- 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...”
Significant events
- “ASF (African Swine Fever) in the Catalonia area of Spain has resulted in delays of blood products into the UK, however the product is heat treated and therefore cleared for import into UK & Ireland.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRISTOW-MCGHEE, Rachel Mary | Secretary | 2021-07-28 | — | — |
| COOKE, Thomas Gregory | Director | 2016-03-14 | Mar 1975 | British |
| HANSEN, Thorbjørn Ueland | Director | 2024-03-20 | Mar 1967 | Danish |
| JACOBSEN, Asger | Director | 2005-11-29 | Oct 1968 | Danish |
| PARNELL, Richard | Director | 2005-11-29 | Jul 1961 | British |
| WHILEY, Graham Leonard | Director | 2002-02-01 | Apr 1959 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, Lynn | Secretary | 2008-04-15 | 2021-07-28 |
| PARNELL, Richard | Secretary | 2006-12-04 | 2008-04-15 |
| SLATER, Rosemary Joy | Secretary | — | 2006-12-04 |
| HALD-CHRISTENSEN, Vilhelm | Director | — | 2024-03-20 |
| HEAL, Stephen John | Director | 2000-02-25 | 2001-11-09 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Peter | Director | — | 1998-11-13 |
| KROGH, Svend | Director | — | 1997-04-29 |
| PEDERSEN, Jens Peder | Director | 1999-08-24 | 2009-06-25 |
| PEDERSEN, Niels Aage | Director | 1997-04-29 | 2001-11-29 |
| SLATER, Rosemary Joy | Director | 2005-11-29 | 2006-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lgi Denmark Aps | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-07-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.