POTS&CO LTD
Trading as Pots & Co, the company manufactures handmade desserts sold in glass pots to supermarkets and airlines, with backing from the investment arm of General Mills.
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Cash
£1.3M
-7.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£1.1M
-66.2% first positive since 2021
Employees
30
-52.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2.3M
-119.8% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £11,151,062 | £9,047,048 | -18.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£990,556 | -£2,271,879 | -129.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£1,031,087 | -£2,266,766 | -119.8% | |
| Net profit | -£1,914,572 | -£2,336,571 | -£4,046,343 | -£956,909 | -£2,292,505 | -139.6% | |
| Cash | £1,207,789 | £1,055,067 | £683,499 | £1,413,748 | £1,307,998 | -7.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,836,909 | — | — | £3,292,858 | £1,103,010 | -66.5% | |
| Net assets | £1,163,365 | -£1,173,206 | -£278,308 | £3,260,368 | £1,103,010 | -66.2% | |
| Equity | £1,163,365 | — | — | £3,260,368 | £1,103,010 | -66.2% | |
| Average employees | 71 | 78 | 80 | 63 | 30 | -52.4% | |
| Wages | £3,233,205 | £3,226,122 | £2,101,789 | £1,210,862 | £1,410,460 | +16.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £241,392 | £419,841 | +73.9% |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -8.9% | -25.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -8.6% | -25.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -30.1% | -206.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.38x | 1.37x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -18.59x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Gravita Audit II Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed forecasts for the year ended 31 December 2025 as part of their assessment of the basis of preparation of these financial statements. These forecasts include sensitivity analysis of potential downside sales conditions. The inflows from share issues, coupled with existing banking facilities are sufficient to enable the group to continue to operate as a going concern throughout those projections. The company has confirmation of continuing support from its investors to continue to fund the company for at least twelve months from the approval of these financial statements, so that the company and group can continue to pay its debts as they fall due. As a result, at the time of approving these financial statements, the directors have reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- POTS&CO LTD · parent
- Pots & Co Corporation 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 March 2025 the Company allotted 120,000 C Ordinary shares of £0.01 each for non cash consideration, being the surrender of existing share options.”
- “On 24 April 2025 the Company allotted 36,935 Ordinary shares of £0.01 each for cash consideration of £5.81 per share.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYER, Saba | Secretary | 2016-04-26 | — | — |
| DYER, Julian Ralph | Director | 2012-06-15 | Aug 1967 | British |
| ESCOLME, Mark Irving | Director | 2019-09-26 | Mar 1966 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMP, Simon Nicholas | Director | 2016-11-03 | 2024-12-10 |
| PHELPS, Marc | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| THEOCHARIDES, Alexandros | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2024-10-31 |
| THOMSON, Fraser | Director | 2023-01-09 | 2024-08-30 |
| WOTHERSPOON, John Scott | Director | 2020-11-30 | 2021-10-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acg Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2022-01-25 | Active |
| Mr Julian Ralph Dyer | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-03-11 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-03-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-04-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-03-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-03-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-28 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-01-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 2
- 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.