ZECOL THOMAS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2M
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.3M
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
561
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£8.1M
Period ending 2025-09-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-25 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,808,633 | £43,527,303 | £51,411,482 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,984,265 | £978,001 | £8,117,109 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,984,265 | £978,001 | £8,117,109 | — | |
| Net profit | £5,967,491 | £815,863 | £6,775,525 | — | |
| Cash | £2,413,088 | £1,585,120 | £1,243,943 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,963,271 | £3,612,247 | £5,938,537 | — | |
| Net assets | £3,173,641 | £1,489,504 | £3,265,029 | — | |
| Equity | £3,173,641 | £1,489,504 | £3,265,029 | — | |
| Average employees | 345 | 524 | 561 | — | |
| Wages | £9,127,569 | £11,703,960 | £13,410,458 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-25 | 2024-09-29 | 2025-09-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 2.2% | 15.8% | |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 1.9% | 13.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 176.2% | 27.1% | 136.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.23x | 0.49x |
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
- RSM UK Audit 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
- “Record revenue of £51.4m (FY24 £43.5m)”
- “Like for like (LFL) core Revenue growth Schloss's +1% (FY24 +3.0%)”
- “72.7% net promoter score (NPS), (FY24 73.0%)”
- “£1.2m Cash at bank, (FY24 £1.6m)”
- “The Albert's Schloss brand continued to grow both Revenue and EBITDA on a LFL basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Roy Edward | Director | 2017-06-05 | Sep 1962 | British |
| WOOLLEY, Michael Francis | Director | 2018-05-09 | Jun 1987 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2006-08-25 | 2019-08-14 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-08-25 | 2006-08-29 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-05 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-05 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2018-07-23 |
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Director | 2006-08-25 | 2019-08-14 |
| WINTER, Adelaide Louise | Director | 2006-08-25 | 2019-03-29 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-08-25 | 2006-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Mars Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.