VIBRANT BRANDS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7M
+34.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£71M
-91.9% vs 2023
Employees
380
-12.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£32M
+9.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £108,635,338 | £119,766,790 | +10.2% | |
| Operating profit | -£36,810,272 | -£31,911,849 | +13.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£35,337,246 | -£31,910,449 | +9.7% | |
| Net profit | -£35,977,743 | -£33,891,172 | +5.8% | |
| Cash | £2,748,447 | £3,706,504 | +34.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£36,894,374 | -£70,785,546 | -91.9% | |
| Net assets | -£36,894,374 | -£70,785,546 | -91.9% | |
| Equity | -£36,894,374 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 436 | 380 | -12.8% | |
| Wages | £15,951,630 | £13,374,854 | -16.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -33.9% | -26.6% | |
| Net margin | -33.1% | -28.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 148.1% | 221.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.61x | 0.40x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- VIBRANT BRANDS LIMITED 2021-08-31 → present
- EAST END FOODS LIMITED 2019-11-18 → 2021-08-31
- EAST END FOODS PLC 1994-10-07 → 2019-11-18
- EAST END FOODS (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1974-02-05 → 1994-10-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVINDASAMY, Kumaraguruparan | Director | 2024-01-11 | Aug 1978 | Singaporean |
| IDICULA, George, Dr | Director | 2025-04-08 | Jan 1959 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOUHRA, Jaswinder Singh | Secretary | 2007-01-07 | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Kuldip Singh | Secretary | — | 2013-12-01 |
| GUHA, Damian Sankar | Director | 2023-12-20 | 2025-04-18 |
| HALL, Michael Edward | Director | 2023-03-24 | 2024-01-11 |
| HUDSON, Jeremy Stuart | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2023-03-29 |
| PARMAR, Umesh Purshottam | Director | 2020-01-16 | 2023-03-24 |
| PIKE, Nicholas John | Director | 2023-03-24 | 2023-12-20 |
| SAMANI, Rohit | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2023-03-24 |
| WOUHRA, Dev Paul | Director | 1994-09-07 | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Devender Singh | Director | — | 2021-07-08 |
| WOUHRA, Gurdashan Singh | Director | — | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Jasbir Singh | Director | — | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Jaswinder Singh, Dr | Director | 2013-10-13 | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Jitendra Singh | Director | — | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Kuldip Singh | Director | — | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Paul Deep | Director | 1994-09-07 | 2019-11-26 |
| WOUHRA, Roger Deep | Director | 2013-10-13 | 2021-07-08 |
| WOUHRA, Trilok Singh | Director | — | 2004-01-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East End Foods Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 216 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.