COTESI (UK) LIMITED
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Cash
£213k
+25.6% vs 2024
Net assets
-£888k
-72.5% vs 2024
Employees
5
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£373k
-66% vs 2024
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 Staples 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 | £6,589,968 | £6,682,031 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£224,694 | -£373,108 | -66.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£224,734 | -£373,108 | -66% | |
| Net profit | -£224,734 | -£373,108 | -66% | |
| Cash | £169,785 | £213,285 | +25.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£514,612 | -£887,720 | -72.5% | |
| Net assets | -£514,612 | -£887,720 | -72.5% | |
| Equity | -£514,612 | -£887,720 | -72.5% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 0% | |
| Wages | £362,697 | £369,936 | +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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | -5.6% | |
| Net margin | -3.4% | -5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 123.9% | 136.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.81x | 0.73x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- COTESI (UK) LIMITED 1999-08-19 → present
- MOREP CHANDLERY LIMITED 1988-04-20 → 1999-08-19
- GUISESPIN LIMITED 1988-02-02 → 1988-04-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Matravers & Co Accountants & Business Advisers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company receives the continued support of the parent company, as such preparation of financial statements, thus going concern is deemed appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARQUES, Rui | Secretary | 2015-12-15 | — | — |
| MARQUES, Rui | Director | 2015-12-15 | May 1960 | Portuguese |
| SA, Pedro | Director | 2005-12-01 | Jun 1966 | Portuguese |
| VIOLAS, Manuel Soares De Oliveira | Director | 1996-06-19 | Jul 1958 | Portuguese |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDING, John Percival Burleigh | Secretary | 1996-06-19 | 1998-12-31 |
| HALL, Michael John | Secretary | 1999-01-01 | 2004-11-19 |
| RUCK, Michael | Secretary | 2005-03-01 | 2015-12-15 |
| SLATER, Mark | Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2005-03-01 |
| WELLS, Robert | Secretary | — | 1996-06-14 |
| FERREIRA, Edgar Alves | Director | 1996-06-19 | 2005-10-25 |
| GOLDING, John Percival | Director | — | 1996-06-19 |
| GOLDING, John Percival Burleigh | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| RUCK, Michael | Director | 2005-03-01 | 2015-12-15 |
| SLATER, Mark | Director | — | 2005-03-01 |
| SUTCLIFFE, Peter | Director | — | 1998-12-31 |
| WELLS, Robert | Director | — | 1996-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotesi Companhia De Texteis Sinteticos Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-12-03 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small |
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.