SEAFAST COLD-CHAIN LOGISTICS LIMITED
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Cash
£3.1m
+61% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£3.3m
+5% vs 2024
Employees
45
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£140k
-42% first positive since 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,460,760 | £3,484,860 | £6,578,585 | £8,056,878 | £7,667,068 | £8,770,382 | +14.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£53,526 | -£707,288 | — | £818,528 | £179,406 | £79,681 | -55.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£53,526 | -£707,149 | -£2,404,244 | £818,528 | £241,464 | £139,946 | -42% | |
| Net profit | -£53,526 | -£747,911 | -£2,509,205 | £618,384 | £328,308 | £174,008 | -47% | |
| Cash | £61 | £10 | £586,723 | £2,774,614 | £1,906,435 | £3,069,103 | +61% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,204,822 | -£1,911,971 | -£4,316,216 | -£3,570,027 | -£3,256,224 | -£3,116,278 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | -£1,204,822 | -£1,952,733 | -£4,461,939 | -£3,843,555 | -£3,515,247 | -£3,341,239 | +5% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | -£3,843,555 | -£3,515,247 | -£3,341,239 | +5% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 24 | 53 | 56 | 43 | 45 | +4.7% | |
| Wages | £375,549 | £656,322 | £1,166,644 | £1,496,559 | £1,418,230 | £1,491,361 | +5.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £101,160 | £99,902 | £94,886 | £94,374 | £101,633 | £100,146 | -1.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £2,201 | £2,201 | £2,201 | 0% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-06-30 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.2% | -20.3% | — | 10.2% | 2.3% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | -2.2% | -21.5% | -38.1% | 7.7% | 4.3% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 673.5% | 246.1% | 291.4% | 178.1% | 186.1% | 162.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.45x | 0.41x | 0.52x |
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 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-06
- SEAFAST COLD-CHAIN LOGISTICS LIMITED 2025-03-06 → present
- SEAFAST COLD-CHAIN LOGISTICS PLC 2014-04-02 → 2025-03-06
- SEAFAST CELSIUS PLC 2009-04-16 → 2014-04-02
- SEAFAST TCF PLC 2009-02-19 → 2009-04-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- THP Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts, sensitivities, terms of support and the supporting entity's ability to provide that support, the directors consider that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going-concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 6 March 2025 the company re-registered from a public company (PLC) to a private limited company (LTD).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKS, Nicholas Kevin | Secretary | 2019-07-31 | — | — |
| BAKER, David Anthony | Director | 2009-02-19 | Jun 1963 | British |
| LIDDELL, Iain Robert | Director | 2022-09-21 | Jun 1963 | British |
| PLAYER, Gareth Edward Paul Peter | Director | 2025-11-07 | Jul 1984 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHULK, Nicos | Secretary | 2009-02-19 | 2012-10-17 |
| HURD, Dean | Secretary | 2012-10-17 | 2018-11-21 |
| TUCK, Barry George | Secretary | 2018-11-21 | 2019-07-31 |
| BOWDEN, David Alan Jason | Director | 2009-02-19 | 2012-11-05 |
| CLARK, Carl Paul | Director | 2009-02-19 | 2009-09-30 |
| GEORGE, Lee Paul | Director | 2009-02-19 | 2010-10-19 |
| HALLIDAY, David Jonathan | Director | 2009-03-13 | 2025-11-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seafast Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-06 RR02 Reregistration public to private company
- 2025-03-06 CERT10 Certificate re registration public limited company to private
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-06 | RR02 | change-of-name | Reregistration public to private company | |
| 2025-03-06 | CERT10 | change-of-name | Certificate re registration public limited company to private | |
| 2025-03-06 | MAR | incorporation | Re registration memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2022-09-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.