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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

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31
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 816
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

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
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 0.45x0.69x
Interest cover 4.02x5.31x

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

  1. VITACRESS KENT LIMITED 2003-12-24 → present
  2. LUSTICRESS LIMITED 1993-02-25 → 2003-12-24
  3. 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 PDF
2025-09-09 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-15 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-08 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-01-08 PSC09 persons-with-significant-control Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement PDF
2024-11-12 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-11-12 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-11-12 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-11-12 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-08 AP03 officers Appoint person secretary company with name date PDF
2024-07-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-07-08 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2024-04-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
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 PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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