CARAVELA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-26 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
USD 6,243,015
+18.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
USD 10,111,411
-0.7% vs 2023
Employees
234
-11.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£572K
USD 764,605
-68.5% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £39,578,897 | £37,947,548 | |
| Operating profit | — | £3,392,568 | £2,371,781 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,815,181 | £571,582 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,138,817 | £224,905 | |
| Cash | — | £3,946,146 | £4,666,977 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £8,030,421 | £8,567,155 | |
| Net assets | — | £7,614,505 | £7,558,803 | |
| Equity | £13,304,717 | £7,614,505 | £7,558,803 | |
| Average employees | — | 265 | 234 | |
| Wages | — | £4,557,367 | £4,590,573 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £559,794 | £512,821 |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-4.1%
£39,578,897 £37,947,548
-
Cash
+18.3%
£3,946,146 £4,666,977
-
Net assets
-0.7%
£7,614,505 £7,558,803
-
Employees
-11.7%
265 234
-
Operating profit
-30.1%
£3,392,568 £2,371,781
-
Profit before tax
-68.5%
£1,815,181 £571,582
-
Wages
+0.7%
£4,557,367 £4,590,573
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 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.6% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.9% | 0.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 42.2% | 27.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 69.7% | 69.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.32x | 1.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | 2.07x | 1.31x |
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
“The directors expect with reasonable certainty that their current borrowing facilities will be available for a minimum period of at least one year from the date of approval of these financial statements and do not have any concerns over meeting its financial covenants attached to its borrowing facilities. 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.”
Group structure
- CARAVELA LIMITED · parent
- Caravela Colombia S.A.S 99.41%
- Caravela Coffee LLC 100%
- Caravela Coffee Australia Pacific Pty Ltd 100%
- Caravela Mesoamerica S.A de C.V 100%
- Caravela Nicaragua S.A 99.73%
- Caravela-Ecuador S.A. 99.75%
- Caravela Peru S.A.C. 100%
- Agroalimentos Caravela de Mexico S.A. de C.V. 100%
- Caravela Asia Limited 100%
- Caravela Guatemala S.A. 100%
- Caravela Europe B.V. 100%
- Caravela Coffee Europe Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 11 June 2024 all C Ordinary shares were cancelled.”
- “During the year, the Group disposed of its 29% holding in Tropicalia Coffee Co SAS, an associate registered in Calle 81 A 23, Bogota, for total consideration of 666 million Colombian Peso (approximately USD 166 thousand).”
- “On 21 February 2025 the Group renewed one of its financing facilities used for the purchase of parchment coffee in Peru and Mexico as referred to in note 29 of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CADENA, Alejandro | Secretary | 2004-10-01 | — | Colombian |
| CADENA, Alejandro | Director | 2002-04-30 | Nov 1974 | Colombian |
| GHIRETTI, Giancarlo | Director | 2000-05-18 | Apr 1975 | Italian |
| GREEN, Jacqueline | Director | 2020-07-05 | Jul 1973 | British |
| HECTOR, Jaime | Director | 2006-01-02 | Jan 1966 | Spanish |
Show 9 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 |
| 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 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2023-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-05 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-08-08 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-07-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares redemption statement of capital | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.