SHANA FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£967k
+57.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£4.9m
+6.7% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
17
+41.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£679k
-63% vs 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,201,380 | £7,062,541 | £12,848,107 | £13,719,208 | £13,152,254 | -4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £902,046 | £198,960 | £2,549,882 | £1,837,880 | £679,309 | -63% | |
| Profit before tax | £901,947 | £199,265 | £2,549,882 | £1,837,880 | £679,309 | -63% | |
| Net profit | £737,981 | £161,155 | £1,946,038 | £1,379,163 | £509,481 | -63.1% | |
| Cash | £967,070 | £274,846 | £2,144,779 | £613,130 | £967,031 | +57.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,934,602 | £1,698,662 | £3,742,602 | £4,619,116 | £4,925,496 | +6.6% | |
| Net assets | £1,517,175 | £1,678,330 | £3,724,315 | £4,603,478 | £4,912,959 | +6.7% | |
| Equity | £1,517,175 | £1,678,330 | £3,724,315 | £4,603,478 | £4,912,959 | +6.7% | |
| Average employees | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 17 | +41.7% | |
| Wages | £708,223 | £675,839 | £873,554 | £1,141,166 | £1,075,123 | -5.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £60,000 | £79,999 | £335,200 | £465,498 | £310,496 | -33.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £4,056 | £9,315 | £9,300 | -0.2% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £335,200 | £311,083 | £159,999 | -48.6% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 2.8% | 19.8% | 13.4% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 2.3% | 15.1% | 10.1% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 46.6% | 11.7% | 68.1% | 39.8% | 13.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 54.0% | 25.0% | — | — | 27.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.44x | 2.22x | 3.60x |
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
- SHANA FOODS LIMITED 2002-03-20 → present
- RUBICON FOODS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1995-01-25 → 2002-03-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sterling Audit Services Limited t/a Sterling
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are satisfied that the company has sufficient resources to remain as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have ben no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAGRECHA, Neel Naresh | Secretary | 2010-04-23 | — | — |
| GAGNEJA, Radha Nagrecha | Director | 2017-11-01 | May 1982 | British |
| KHIMANI, Davendra Parbat | Director | 2011-09-19 | Aug 1972 | British |
| NAGRECHA, Jagdish | Director | 2017-11-01 | Oct 1952 | British |
| NAGRECHA, Neel | Director | 2011-09-19 | Oct 1980 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BHARDWAJ, Ashok | Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-25 | 1995-01-25 |
| SHAH, Divyesh Mohanlal | Secretary | 1995-01-25 | 2001-02-07 |
| VEKARIA, Vishram Manji | Secretary | 2001-02-01 | 2010-04-23 |
| DATTANI, Anjalee | Director | 2011-12-27 | 2019-03-12 |
| KUMAR, Ashok | Director | 1995-01-25 | 1995-01-25 |
| NAGRECHA, Naresh Gordhandas | Director | 1995-01-25 | 2011-09-19 |
| SHAH, Divyesh Mohanlal | Director | 1995-01-25 | 2001-02-07 |
| SHAH, Jayesh | Director | 2004-07-15 | 2010-04-23 |
| SHAH, Kamalkant Zaverchand | Director | 1995-11-02 | 2013-03-31 |
| VEKARIA, Vishram Manji | Director | 1995-06-01 | 2010-04-23 |
| BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-01-25 | 1995-01-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narvee Brands Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-04-05 | Active |
| Mrs Veena Nagrecha | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-25 | Ceased 2023-04-05 |
| Mr Nareshchandra Gordhandas Nagrecha | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-01-25 | Ceased 2023-04-05 |
| Mr Davendra Khimani | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-25 | Ceased 2017-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-06-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-06 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type unaudited abridged | |
| 2021-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
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.