PANINI UK LIMITED
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Cash
£566k
-61.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£33m
+8.4% vs 2024
Employees
33
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4m
+1,877.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £54,468,014 | £43,279,575 | -20.5% | |
| Operating profit | £301,794 | £4,305,678 | +1,326.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £199,753 | £3,950,512 | +1,877.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,268,448 | £2,526,421 | +99.2% | |
| Cash | £1,471,736 | £565,700 | -61.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £222,731,127 | £132,085,128 | -40.7% | |
| Net assets | £30,122,726 | £32,649,147 | +8.4% | |
| Equity | £30,122,726 | £32,649,147 | +8.4% | |
| Average employees | 33 | 33 | 0% | |
| Wages | £3,233,514 | £1,973,124 | -39% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £37,800 | £238,999 | +532.3% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.6% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.1% | 3.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 87.5% | 84.3% | |
| Current ratio | 13.75x | 2.74x | |
| Interest cover | 2.96x | 12.12x |
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
- PANINI UK LIMITED 1996-01-10 → present
- PANINI PUBLISHING LIMITED 1986-12-05 → 1996-01-10
- MINICARDS LIMITED 1976-12-31 → 1986-12-05
- BEZWELL LIMITED 1976-09-03 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making these enquiries the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least for the next twelve months from the approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARAVECCHIA, Giorgio Alberto | Director | 2022-12-01 | Mar 1967 | Italian |
| ATAIDE FARIA, Ivam | Director | 2025-05-06 | Mar 1963 | Brazilian |
| CLOVER, Christopher Paul | Director | 2025-01-01 | Apr 1981 | British |
| RIDDELL, Michael Thomas | Director | 2001-01-01 | Jul 1956 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMERFORD, Carolyn Marie | Secretary | 1997-12-31 | 2005-03-29 |
| DOBSON, Paul | Secretary | 2005-03-29 | 2018-10-12 |
| HARRIS, John Peter | Secretary | 1993-05-18 | 1997-12-31 |
| RIDDELL, Michael Thomas | Secretary | — | 1993-06-05 |
| BARNES, Robert Bruce | Director | 1992-11-09 | 1993-07-31 |
| EDWARD STEVENS HOARE, Miles | Director | 2000-06-01 | 2000-12-31 |
| GUILD, David William | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| HARRIS, John Peter | Director | 1997-12-31 | 2022-11-30 |
| IPPOLITO, Francesco | Director | 1992-11-09 | 1994-05-23 |
| MARTINS, Jose Eduardo Severo | Director | 1994-05-23 | 1996-05-31 |
| MASKELL, Richard Charles | Director | 1992-11-27 | 2000-05-31 |
| RIDDELL, Michael Thomas | Director | — | 1992-11-09 |
| SALLUSTRO, Aldo Hugo | Director | 1992-11-09 | 2025-04-21 |
| ZIRPOLI, Luigi | Director | 1996-06-01 | 1997-12-31 |
| ZOMERDIJK, Frank | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Anna Baroni | Individual | Significant influence | 2025-04-21 | Active |
| Mr Aldo Hugo Sallustro | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-04-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 177 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.