ORIENTAL MERCHANT (EUROPE) LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  -7.4%

  £9,502,647 → £8,795,130

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  -39.1%

  £269,739 → £164,368

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +2.8%

  £4,409,609 → £4,534,889

• Employees

  +12.5%

  8 → 9

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  -22.3%

  £479,854 → £372,936

• Profit before tax

  -94.1%

  £2,811,995 → £164,956

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  -1.2%

  £352,103 → £347,920

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

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.

1. ORIENTAL MERCHANT (EUROPE) LIMITED 2002-03-21 → present
2. EAST-WEST DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2001-09-24 → 2002-03-21
3. ZEPHYRPRIZE LIMITED 2001-08-21 → 2001-09-24

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Shinewing Wilson Accountancy Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which contemplates the continuity of normal business activity, realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities at the amounts recorded in the financial statements in the ordinary course of business: At the balance sheet date, 31 December 2025, the company had net current assets of £2.09 million and net assets of £4.53 million. The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

1. ORIENTAL MERCHANT (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
   1. Kai Tak Company B.V. 100% · The Netherlands · Importer, wholesaler and distributor

Significant events

• “Total turnover declined 7.4% to approximately £8.8 million (2024: declined by 8.0% to approximately £9.5 million) due to lower volume of sales. Total net profit after tax decreased 95.4% to approximately £125,280, mainly because there was no dividend income from the company's subsidiary and decreased turnover this year.”
• “A dispute is ongoing between the company including its subsidiary, Kai Tak Company B.V. and Associated British Foods Plc regarding an alleged infringement of the 'Red Dragon' trademark. The dispute is still ongoing and under current situation the obligation cannot be reliably estimated, accordingly no provision has been made.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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