VITACRESS KENT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£504K
-33.4% vs 2024
Employees
16
+100% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£125K
+13.7% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,212,593 | £1,378,648 | |
| Operating profit | £146,710 | £154,437 | |
| Profit before tax | £110,235 | £125,332 | |
| Net profit | £82,141 | £93,472 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £757,016 | £503,899 | |
| Net assets | £757,016 | £503,899 | |
| Equity | £202,408 | £295,880 | |
| Average employees | 8 | 16 | |
| Wages | £293,597 | £389,392 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+13.7%
£1,212,593 £1,378,648
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-33.4%
£757,016 £503,899
-
Employees
+100%
8 16
-
Operating profit
+5.3%
£146,710 £154,437
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Profit before tax
+13.7%
£110,235 £125,332
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Wages
+32.6%
£293,597 £389,392
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.8% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.4% | 30.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.1% | 37.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.45x | 0.69x | |
| Interest cover | 4.02x | 5.31x |
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
- VITACRESS KENT LIMITED 2003-12-24 → present
- LUSTICRESS LIMITED 1993-02-25 → 2003-12-24
- OBTAINEXPECT ENTERPRISES LIMITED 1993-01-25 → 1993-02-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In preparing the financial statements the Directors have had regard to the fact that the Company generated a pre-tax profit on continuing operations of £125,332 (2024: £110,235) in the financial year ended 31st December 2025. A key judgement is the appropriateness of using the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The Directors have received a letter of support from Vitacress Limited, it's intermediate parent Company, which confirms both its ability and intent to provide financial support if required for the period through to 30 June 2027. As at 31 December 2025, the Company shares two Directors with Vitacress Ltd, and through them, is appropriately informed on the wider Group's activities and is thereby assured of the dependability of this support. Accordingly, the Directors have formed a judgement, at the time of approving the financial statements, that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in business and meet its liabilities as they fall due for the foreseeable future, with the Directors reviewing the going concern assessment prepared for the period until 30 June 2027.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCRYSTAL, Lisa | Secretary | 2024-11-04 | — | — |
| JINKS, Christopher | Director | 2022-08-29 | Jun 1961 | English |
| MCCRYSTAL, Lisa | Director | 2024-11-04 | Jun 1978 | British |
| SOUTHORN, Philippa Susan | Director | 2010-01-11 | Apr 1974 | British |
| VAN POORTVLIET, Cornelis Antonie | Director | 2014-09-22 | Feb 1970 | Dutch |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOPER, Ashley | Secretary | 2018-11-01 | 2024-06-21 |
| DAVIS, John Nelder | Secretary | 1993-02-09 | 2003-01-31 |
| DUARTE, Oksana | Secretary | 2024-06-21 | 2024-11-04 |
| FAIRBRASS, Keith | Secretary | 2013-02-28 | 2015-06-19 |
| GIBBONS, Nicholas Richard Charles | Secretary | 2018-04-30 | 2018-11-01 |
| WILKINSON, Richard John | Secretary | 2015-06-19 | 2018-04-30 |
| WILSON, Mark Alastair, Mr. | Secretary | 2003-02-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1993-01-25 | 1993-02-09 |
| BRINSMEAD, Toby John | Director | 2013-11-01 | 2022-08-29 |
| CLIFTON, Dennis Hand | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2018-07-30 |
| CLIFTON, Nicola Jane | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2007-10-12 |
| COOPER, Ashley James | Director | 2018-10-05 | 2024-06-21 |
| DAVIS, John Nelder | Director | 1993-02-09 | 2003-01-31 |
| DUARTE, Oksana | Director | 2024-06-21 | 2024-11-04 |
| FAIRBRASS, Keith | Director | 2013-02-28 | 2015-06-19 |
| ISAAC, Malcolm John | Director | 1993-02-09 | 2004-01-01 |
| ROTHWELL, Steven Denis | Director | 1993-02-09 | 2023-02-28 |
| RUSHWORTH, Michael James Edward | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2014-05-31 |
| STENNING, Nicholas Julian Seymour | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2013-11-18 |
| STENNING, Nicholas Julian Seymour | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2004-01-01 |
| WILKINSON, Richard John | Director | 2015-06-19 | 2018-04-30 |
| WILSON, Mark Alastair, Mr. | Director | 2003-02-01 | 2013-02-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1993-01-25 | 1993-02-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitacress Salads | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-01-01 | Active |
| Vitacress Salads Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-15 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-12 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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