OCEAN FISH (RETAIL) LIMITED
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Cash
£4.5k
-95.9% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£1.3m
-25.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
86
+28.4% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£455k
-441.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £19,439,277 | £26,771,048 | £23,949,648 | -10.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£507,963 | £171,809 | -£454,939 | -364.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£582,360 | £132,977 | -£454,643 | -441.9% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£531,785 | £117,575 | -£439,241 | -473.6% | |
| Cash | £32,232 | £984,099 | £471,385 | £108,638 | £4,497 | -95.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,599,389 | £1,732,366 | £1,295,187 | -25.2% | |
| Net assets | £1,830,369 | £2,213,135 | £1,599,389 | £1,716,964 | £1,277,723 | -25.6% | |
| Equity | £1,830,369 | £2,213,135 | £1,599,389 | £1,716,964 | £1,277,723 | -25.6% | |
| Average employees | 38 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 86 | +28.4% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,771,073 | £2,051,969 | £2,559,166 | +24.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £125,000 | £58,346 | £64,545 | +10.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £30,000 | £18,500 | £17,000 | -8.1% |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -2.6% | 0.6% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -2.7% | 0.4% | -1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -31.8% | 9.9% | -35.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.5% | 54.8% | 73.2% | 75.2% | 83.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.27x | 1.22x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -6.83x | 4.42x | -10.36x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- OCEAN FISH (RETAIL) LIMITED 2023-01-31 → present
- S. RIDDLER LIMITED 1986-10-01 → 2023-01-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks and that the Company has adequate capacity to continue its operations for the future. Accordingly, the Directors' have continued to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of these accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 25 November 2025, Ocean Fish Group Limited was acquired by Fortuna Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENGE, Leigh Geoffrey Head | Director | 2015-03-05 | Jan 1981 | British |
| GOLDTHORPE, Jonathan Michael | Director | 2026-01-20 | Oct 1966 | British |
| ROWLAND, Barry Alan | Director | 2025-11-25 | Aug 1961 | British |
| WALLACE, James Barrett | Director | 2025-11-25 | Nov 1980 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEMAN, Edward James | Secretary | 2009-09-08 | 2025-11-25 |
| RIDDLER, Eric | Secretary | — | 2007-01-03 |
| RIDDLER, Oliver Samuel John | Secretary | 2007-01-03 | 2009-09-08 |
| LAKEMAN, Edward James | Director | 2009-09-08 | 2025-11-25 |
| LAKEMAN, John Andrew | Director | 2009-09-08 | 2025-11-25 |
| PITKIN, Anthony William | Director | 1995-06-06 | 2007-01-03 |
| RIDDLER, Eric | Director | — | 2012-10-19 |
| RIDDLER, Samuel William Walter | Director | — | 1996-05-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Fish (Wholesale) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.