FLATFISH LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3m
+120.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£12m
+115.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
146
+5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£827k
-274.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples 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 | £39,876,876 | £47,044,178 | £52,456,662 | +11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £860,100 | £517,644 | £52,211 | -89.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,041,577 | -£220,959 | -£827,247 | -274.4% | |
| Net profit | £1,258,858 | -£320,362 | -£727,019 | -126.9% | |
| Cash | £631,667 | £1,041,272 | £2,292,755 | +120.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,927,641 | £5,706,682 | £11,879,435 | +108.2% | |
| Net assets | £5,739,820 | £5,419,458 | £11,692,439 | +115.7% | |
| Equity | £5,739,820 | £5,419,458 | £11,692,439 | +115.7% | |
| Average employees | 120 | 139 | 146 | +5% | |
| Wages | £4,031,359 | £4,712,952 | £5,222,953 | +10.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £471,635 | £502,020 | £463,037 | -7.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,163 | £12,921 | £58,281 | +351.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £183,138 | £195,091 | £197,835 | +1.4% |
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 | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | -0.7% | -1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 9.1% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 77.9% | 80.2% | 65.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.49x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 0.58x | 0.06x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due.”
Group structure
- FLATFISH LIMITED · parent
- Regal Fish Supplies Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Catherine Ann | Secretary | 2021-11-17 | — | — |
| GALLOU, Daniel | Director | 2019-04-30 | Jul 1958 | French |
| KURAISHI, Terutaka | Director | 2019-04-30 | Nov 1967 | Japanese |
| SATO, Naoto | Director | 2022-08-05 | Jun 1980 | Japanese |
| STANSFIELD, Reece James | Director | 2014-01-30 | Jan 1989 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Richard John | Director | 1997-10-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Steven David | Director | — | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANSFIELD, Steven David | Secretary | — | 2020-09-04 |
| VESSEY, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2020-09-04 | 2021-10-29 |
| ASAI, Masahide | Director | 2022-08-05 | 2025-05-14 |
| CLARKE, Nigel Colin | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| IEHARA, Tomoteru | Director | 2022-08-05 | 2023-07-20 |
| PERRIN, Hilda | Director | — | 1997-04-05 |
| PERRIN, Kenneth Boyd | Director | — | 1997-04-05 |
| ROSE, Edwin Jonathan | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2012-08-24 |
| SAKAI, Hisami | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2022-08-05 |
| STANSFIELD, Jennie | Director | — | 2010-01-28 |
| STOKES, Peter | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Joseph | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2021-05-31 |
| YOKOI, Ken | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2022-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissui Europe B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-30 | Active |
| Mr Steven David Stansfield | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 5
- 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.