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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

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
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 265234
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

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 2023-01-012023-12-312024-12-31
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 1.32x1.34x
Interest cover 2.07x1.31x

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

  1. CARAVELA LIMITED 2015-11-19 → present
  2. 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

  1. CARAVELA LIMITED · parent
    1. Caravela Colombia S.A.S 99.41% · Colombia · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    2. Caravela Coffee LLC 100% · United States · Import and distribution of coffees
    3. Caravela Coffee Australia Pacific Pty Ltd 100% · Australia · Import and distribution of coffees
    4. Caravela Mesoamerica S.A de C.V 100% · El Salvador · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    5. Caravela Nicaragua S.A 99.73% · Nicaragua · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    6. Caravela-Ecuador S.A. 99.75% · Ecuador · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    7. Caravela Peru S.A.C. 100% · Peru · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    8. Agroalimentos Caravela de Mexico S.A. de C.V. 100% · Mexico · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    9. Caravela Asia Limited 100% · Taiwan · Import and distribution of coffees
    10. Caravela Guatemala S.A. 100% · Guatemala · Purchase of parchment coffee, milling and export of green coffee
    11. Caravela Europe B.V. 100% · The Netherlands · Import and distribution of coffees
    12. Caravela Coffee Europe Ltd 100% · Ireland · Import and distribution of coffees

Significant events

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 PDF
2025-12-20 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-08-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-04-11 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-12-13 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
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 PDF
2023-09-26 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
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

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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