CARAVELA LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
USD 5,467,051
-18.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6m
USD 8,059,939
-25.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
206
-12% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.2m
USD -1,652,908
-301.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £41,551,319 | £40,403,084 | £35,956,183 | -11% | |
| Operating profit | £3,561,637 | £2,525,255 | £560,997 | -77.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,905,641 | £608,568 | -£1,226,648 | -301.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,195,570 | £239,458 | -£1,457,980 | -708.9% | |
| Cash | £4,142,803 | £4,968,971 | £4,057,181 | -18.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,430,618 | £9,121,524 | £6,629,279 | -27.3% | |
| Net assets | £7,993,975 | £8,047,923 | £5,981,402 | -25.7% | |
| Equity | £7,993,975 | £8,047,923 | £5,981,402 | -25.7% | |
| Average employees | 265 | 234 | 206 | -12% | |
| Wages | £4,784,484 | £4,887,623 | £4,519,083 | -7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £587,692 | £546,004 | £667,135 | +22.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £1,351 | £981 | £640 | -34.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £264,187 | £251,347 | £312,973 | +24.5% |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.742 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.6% | 6.3% | 1.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.9% | 0.6% | -4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 42.2% | 27.7% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.7% | 69.4% | 78.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.32x | 1.34x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 2.07x | 1.31x | 0.31x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CARAVELA LIMITED 2015-11-19 → present
- VIRMAX LIMITED 2000-05-18 → 2015-11-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these forecasts and action plans, the directors consider it appropriate for the Group and Company financial statements to be prepared on the going concern basis. 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 or the 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.”
Group structure
- CARAVELA LIMITED · parent
- Caravela Coffee Australia Pacific Pty Ltd 100%
- Caravela Coffee LLC 100%
- Caravela Colombia S.A.S 99.41%
- Caravela Guatemala S.A. 100%
- Caravela Mesoamerica S.A. de C.V. 100%
- Caravela Nicaragua S.A 99.73%
- Caravela Peru S.A.C 100%
- Caravela-Ecuador S.A. 99.75%
- Agroalimentos Caravela de Mexico S.A. de C.V. 100%
- Caravela Asia Limited 100%
- Caravela Coffee Europe Ltd 100%
- Caravela Europe BV 100%
- I Love Caturra Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Climate Change together with the geopolitical scenery is one of coffee's greatest risks to our business, therefore PECA is fundamental in working together with coffee producers to provide them with the tools and the training necessary to withstand and hopefully overcome this major threat.”
- “The EU Anti-Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) regulation exists already in law, but mandatory enforcement has been delayed until 30 December 2026, which will have an impact on coffee (among other products) imports into the EU. Starting on this date all coffee imported into the EU must be sourced from deforestation free farms.”
- “Caravela has full traceability of 100% of the coffee we source. We started the process of confirming the geo-location of each farm that supplies to us with the aim of being EUDR before the regulation is in force.”
- “On 11 March 2026, the Group renewed one of its Financing facilities, used for the purchase of parchment coffee in Peru and Mexico. The facility amount was renewed for $2,500,000, of which $2m is being used at the renewal date. Under the revised agreement, the loan is to be repaid in tranches to reduce the balance to the following outstanding amounts at each given date; $1.25m by 1 March 2027, $625k by 1 April 2027 and $nil by 1 May 2027.”
- “In March 2026, Caravela Europe B.V. was liquidated.”
- “The wholly owned subsidiary Caravela Asia Limited is in the process of liquidation.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADENA, Alejandro | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | — | Colombian |
| BAYTER, Juan Pablo | Director | 2026-06-15 | Nov 1967 | Colombian |
| CADENA, Alejandro | Director | 2002-04-30 | Nov 1974 | Colombian |
| GHIRETTI, Giancarlo | Director | 2000-05-18 | Apr 1975 | Italian |
| JACQUES PRENEY, Arnaud Paul | Director | 2026-06-15 | Jul 1979 | French |
| WRIGHT, Matthew William | Director | 2026-06-15 | Jan 1963 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHIRETTI, Giancarlo | Secretary | 2000-05-18 | 2004-10-01 |
| ADRIAANSE, Jos | Director | 2011-03-15 | 2019-04-29 |
| BOGERS, Ellen | Director | 2011-05-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| BRENES, Diego | Director | 2014-06-15 | 2020-05-31 |
| DE BEDOUT, Gaby Maria | Director | 2000-05-18 | 2000-10-24 |
| GREEN, Jacqueline | Director | 2020-07-05 | 2026-08-05 |
| HECTOR, Jaime | Director | 2006-01-02 | 2026-06-15 |
| KELEHER, Thomas | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2019-07-09 |
| MCANENA, Fiona | Director | 2019-07-09 | 2023-09-26 |
| URDANETA, Diego | Director | 2000-10-24 | 2003-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Matthew William | Director | 2023-09-26 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Cadena | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-29 |
| Giancarlo Ghiretti | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-06-26 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2024-06-19 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-01-25 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-12-12 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-11-08 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-10-11 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.