PEREGRINE LIVEFOODS LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-26
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£66K
-0.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£218K
-33.9% vs 2024
Employees
165
-0.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£47K
-116.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-26.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,781,675 | — | £20,790,898 | £20,015,524 | £20,467,514 | £20,378,686 | |
| Operating profit | £616,586 | — | £96,002 | £108,174 | £483,879 | £160,652 | |
| Profit before tax | £585,082 | — | £44,160 | -£58,131 | £277,724 | -£46,664 | |
| Net profit | £502,936 | — | £16,330 | -£91,389 | £226,985 | -£46,652 | |
| Cash | £354,560 | — | £38,978 | £102,937 | £66,649 | £66,119 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,643,482 | — | £671,849 | £1,113,426 | £1,084,105 | £874,086 | |
| Net assets | £1,552,749 | — | £321,208 | £162,319 | £329,304 | £217,652 | |
| Equity | £1,552,749 | £1,137,359 | £321,208 | £162,319 | £329,304 | £217,652 | |
| Average employees | 161 | — | 186 | 166 | 166 | 165 | |
| Wages | £3,694,121 | — | £4,628,390 | £4,397,047 | £4,617,907 | £4,909,037 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £196,958 | — | £206,807 | £167,859 | £246,000 | £246,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
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Turnover
-0.4%
£20,467,514 £20,378,686
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Cash
-0.8%
£66,649 £66,119
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Net assets
-33.9%
£329,304 £217,652
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Employees
-0.6%
166 165
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Operating profit
-66.8%
£483,879 £160,652
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Profit before tax
-116.8%
£277,724 -£46,664
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Wages
+6.3%
£4,617,907 £4,909,037
highest in 5 filed years
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 | 2020-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | 2022-05-31 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | — | 0.5% | 0.5% | 2.4% | 0.8% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | — | 0.1% | -0.5% | 1.1% | -0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.5% | — | 14.3% | 9.7% | 44.6% | 18.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 93.7% | 95.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.96x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 19.57x | — | 1.85x | 0.65x | 2.35x | 0.77x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Edmund Carr LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 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.”
Significant events
- “The year ended 31 May 2025 was one of consolidation and cost management following the strong recovery of the prior year. Turnover reduced slightly by 0.4% to £20.38 million (2024: £20.47 million) amid continued challenges in consumer spending and a flat reptile-keeping market. Despite this, the business demonstrated resilience through efficiency improvements and disciplined cost control.”
- “As revenue and gross profit remained relatively stable, yet administrative and overhead expenses increased throughout the year, the Board decided to implement a series of cost-cutting measures. These included reducing the Company's delivery fleet and streamlining operational headcount towards the end of the financial year. As a result, the business enters the 2025/26 financial year with a leaner cost base, reduced overheads, and improved operational efficiency.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DANIEL, Joanne | Director | 2023-04-03 | Feb 1973 | British |
| JONES, Christopher Marc | Director | 2017-09-13 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREEN, Timothy Wilfred Vincent | Secretary | 2002-05-03 | 2021-06-18 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-04-12 | 2002-04-18 |
| BEATTIE, Robert | Director | 2023-04-03 | 2025-11-24 |
| BOVIS, David Roy | Director | 2021-09-02 | 2022-08-17 |
| BURTON, Richard David | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2019-10-01 |
| GREEN, Timothy Wilfred Vincent | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2021-06-18 |
| MORGAN, Peter Sidney | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2006-05-31 |
| PERRY, David Charles | Director | 2002-05-03 | 2021-06-18 |
| TEDDER, Kingsley John | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2021-06-18 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-04-12 | 2002-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peregrine Livefoods Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-06-21 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Wilfred Vincent Green | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-28 | Ceased 2017-06-21 |
| Mr David Charles Perry | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-28 | Ceased 2017-06-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-01 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-06-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.