BESANA UK LIMITED
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Cash
£823K
-35.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.6M
+7.2% vs 2024
Employees
69
+3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£420K
+106% highest in 3 filed years
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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £55,823,256 | £52,289,867 | £64,216,640 | +22.8% | |
| Operating profit | -£271,908 | £314,477 | £482,833 | +53.5% | |
| Profit before tax | -£359,144 | £203,725 | £419,731 | +106% | |
| Net profit | -£269,375 | £148,466 | £307,594 | +107.2% | |
| Cash | £1,563,013 | £1,283,252 | £823,184 | -35.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £20,953,365 | £4,274,339 | £8,066,733 | +88.7% | |
| Net assets | £17,472,643 | £4,274,339 | £4,581,933 | +7.2% | |
| Equity | £17,472,643 | £4,274,339 | £4,581,933 | +7.2% | |
| Average employees | 70 | 67 | 69 | +3% | |
| Wages | £1,996,211 | £2,021,870 | £2,319,625 | +14.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £60,000 | — | — | — |
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 | -0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | 0.3% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | 7.4% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.3% | 73.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.46x | 1.24x | 2.03x | |
| Interest cover | -2.11x | 1.49x | 4.37x |
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
- BESANA UK LIMITED 1990-07-24 → present
- BATCHADD LIMITED 1990-05-31 → 1990-07-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors believe that forecasts accurately represent economic uncertainty and trading performance. It has been determined that the company has sufficient funds available to meet liabilities as they fall due and has access to overdraft facilities, though not anticipated to be required.”
Significant events
- “Transformed product portfolio to new demand and lifestyle and active new product development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCAGNI, Riccardo | Director | 2020-09-02 | Aug 1973 | Italian |
| PONS CASAÑ, Eva Maria | Director | 2020-09-02 | Mar 1971 | Spanish |
| PONS CASAÑ, Juan Antonio | Director | 2020-09-02 | Aug 1973 | Spanish |
| PONS SANCHO, Maria Desamparados | Director | 2020-09-02 | May 1974 | Spanish |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALCAGNI, Barbara | Secretary | — | 2008-12-30 |
| MELIK, Simon Mark Albert | Secretary | 2008-12-30 | 2020-09-02 |
| RANCE, Pamela May | Secretary | 1993-02-19 | 1993-06-25 |
| SURINI, Elisa | Secretary | — | 1992-09-10 |
| CALCAGNI, Barbara | Director | 1994-01-26 | 2003-02-10 |
| CALCAGNI, Giuseppe | Director | 2015-06-10 | 2024-06-20 |
| CALCAGNI, Giuseppe | Director | — | 2008-12-30 |
| CALCAGNI, Marco | Director | — | 1996-03-31 |
| CALCAGNI, Riccardo | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2008-12-30 |
| CANGIANO, Giancarlo | Director | 1996-04-01 | 2003-02-10 |
| HOWES, Toby Charles | Director | 2003-02-10 | 2004-01-09 |
| MAENDLY, Michel | Director | 2009-07-13 | 2015-06-10 |
| MELIK, Simon Mark Albert | Director | 2015-06-25 | 2020-09-02 |
| NETTI, Marcella Maria | Director | 2008-12-06 | 2015-07-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Riccardo Calcagni | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-08-06 | Active |
| Uncle Vincent Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-29 | Ceased 2024-12-04 |
| Mr Giuseppe Calcagni | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2018-10-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 172 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-12-13 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-13 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-12-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-24 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-08-09 | ANNOTATION | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-11 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.