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PALICO LIMITED

#02832113 · Active · Group / consolidated · Incorporated 1993-07-01 (33y 3m) · Last filing 2026-09-29 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 96090 · S Other Service Activities · Group accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 12 months) · Confirmation due 2027-07-15 (in 9 months) · 1 watchout

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Cash

£8m

-18.2% vs 2024

Net assets

-£7.5m

+12.9% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

2,745

-2% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£3.4m

+7% highest in 3 filed years

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-292025-12-28 Δ vs prior
Turnover £116,965,045£115,495,174£115,699,666 +0.2%
Operating profit £821,767£3,663,107£3,744,906 +2.2%
Profit before tax £191,302£3,161,124£3,382,932 +7%
Net profit -£1,344,312£863,631£1,157,771 +34.1%
Cash £5,276,723£9,741,103£7,964,472 -18.2%
Total assets less current liabilities -£1,231,251£35,229£1,673,719 +4,651%
Net assets -£9,421,641-£8,558,010-£7,455,239 +12.9%
Equity -£9,421,641-£8,558,010-£7,455,239 +12.9%
Average employees 2,9892,8002,745 -2%
Wages £34,929,187£35,621,109£34,979,196 -1.8%
Directors' remuneration £87,230£25,000£25,000 0%

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 2023-12-312024-12-292025-12-28
Operating margin 0.7%3.2%3.2%
Net margin -1.1%0.7%1.0%
Return on capital employed ——223.7%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 130.6%128.4%124.5%
Current ratio 0.32x0.52x0.74x
Interest cover 1.21x6.27x7.24x

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

  1. PALICO LIMITED 2002-10-11 → present
  2. MSG HOLDINGS LIMITED 1993-07-01 → 2002-10-11

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Consolidated group
Auditor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The director believes it is reasonable to assume that the group and company will have adequate resources for a period of 12 months (the "Assessment Period") from the date of the approval of the financial statements to discharge its obligations as they fall due.”

Group structure

  1. PALICO LIMITED · parent
    1. Hertford Heath Ltd 100%
    2. Hertford Heath Realty Ltd 51%
    3. Capital Pizza Ltd 100%
    4. PSR Services Ltd 100%
    5. Bramford Ltd 100%
    6. East London Pizza Ltd 100%
    7. D.P.K. Foods Ltd 90.1%
    8. Pizzaness Ltd 90.1%
    9. DP Peterborough Ltd 100%
    10. HH Bow Ltd 100%
    11. HH Wapping Ltd 100%

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 4 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ANSWERBUY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 1997-07-16 — —
GREWAL, Harpal Singh Director 2002-10-01 Aug 1979 British
Show 4 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
WISE, Simon James Southam Secretary 1993-07-01 1997-07-16
GEARY, Robert David Director 1993-07-01 1997-07-16
WISE, Simon James Southam Director 1993-07-01 1997-07-16
BANSOLS DIRECTORS LIMITED Corporate Director 1997-07-16 2004-01-02

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Harpal Singh Grewal Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 95 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2026-07-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-10-02 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-07-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-07-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-17 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-07-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-10-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2021-07-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-03-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2020-10-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2020-10-21 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2020-07-17 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-02-10 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2019-10-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2019-07-25 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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