OSPREA LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-09-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-17 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-03
Watchouts
Cash
£869K
-75.1% vs 2022
Net assets
£15M
+2% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
17
0% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£375K
+1,144.4% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-09-30.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2023-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £15,865,237 | £16,850,203 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £57,946 | £375,118 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£35,921 | £375,148 | |
| Net profit | -£186,171 | -£45,215 | -£169,027 | — | -£30,430 | £296,367 | |
| Cash | £670,948 | £639,041 | £625,180 | £796,228 | £3,493,611 | £868,670 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£88,392 | -£133,607 | -£302,634 | -£896,428 | £15,773,269 | £16,069,636 | |
| Net assets | -£88,392 | -£133,607 | -£302,634 | — | £15,142,816 | £15,439,183 | |
| Equity | -£88,392 | -£133,607 | -£302,634 | -£896,428 | £15,142,816 | £15,439,183 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 60 | 1 | 17 | 17 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £0 | £2,165,658 | £1,585,308 | |
| 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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-09-30 vs 2022-09-30
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Turnover
+6.2%
£15,865,237 £16,850,203
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Cash
-75.1%
£3,493,611 £868,670
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Net assets
+2%
£15,142,816 £15,439,183
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
0%
17 17
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Operating profit
+547.4%
£57,946 £375,118
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Profit before tax
+1,144.4%
-£35,921 £375,148
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Wages
-26.8%
£2,165,658 £1,585,308
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 | 2018-09-30 | 2019-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -0.2% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 0.4% | 2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 31.4% | 29.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.51x | 3.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 0.78x | — |
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
- OSPREA LOGISTICS LIMITED 2008-01-29 → present
- SMITHFIELD FOODS (UK) LIMITED 2002-01-24 → 2008-01-29
- MEMBRANE FILTERS LIMITED 1999-09-27 → 2002-01-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore Green
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. The director and management consider the group to be a going concern on the basis that:- Contracts were secured to produce a substantial quantity of products which could realise sales in excess of $14,000,000 and generate significant profits. Within the group the level of stock holding is significant due to these pending sales and the substantial liabilities at the balance sheet date would be capable of being repaid in full. We have now developed direct contacting with the US Government which will ease our tendering processes and allow direct awards from the government, The first of these was awarded on 30/09/2023. Key management have given certain personal guarantees over various group liabilities. Key management are constantly reviewing the group cash flow position since contracts can take several years to fulfil resulting in income arising a considerable time after the expenditure is incurred.”
Group structure
- OSPREA LOGISTICS LIMITED · parent
- Osprea Logistics USA LLC 100%
- Osprea Logistics SA Proprietary Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year-end Osprea Logistics SA (Pty) Ltd was closed down and all of its operations moved to the other companies within the group.”
- “The only valuable assets of Osprea Logistics SA PTY ltd are the Trademarks on the Mamba, Ratel and other names we have registered in various countries. They will all be processed for hiving up to the UK parent, Osprea Logistics Ltd. We will also be looking at hiving up the IP for the Mamba parts of which are held in the name of Osprea Logistics SA PTY Ltd. Both these matters will be subject to South African Reserve Bank Exchange Control approval.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEARS, Khalila Ama | Director | 2008-02-20 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDT, Peter Augustus | Secretary | 1999-09-27 | 2018-08-29 |
| MEARS, Khalila | Secretary | 2008-02-20 | 2008-03-19 |
| QA REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-09-27 | 1999-09-27 |
| BEAZLEY, Raymond | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2002-03-15 |
| BRANDT, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2008-03-19 |
| BRANDT, Peter Augustus | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2008-03-19 |
| INGLESON, Lloyd John | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2002-03-15 |
| MCLINTOCK, Andrew Thomson | Director | 1999-09-27 | 2002-03-15 |
| QA NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-09-27 | 1999-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nicholas Brandt | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-05-10 | Active |
| Goldex Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2016-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 100 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-31 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-31 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.