APPLESEED BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£1M
+9.3% vs 2024
Employees
1
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£173K
+199.7% first positive since 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,735,715 | £1,809,463 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£219,000 | -£479,191 | £337,502 | -£173,925 | £173,448 | |
| Net profit | — | -£54,000 | -£211,567 | £2,502 | -£220,925 | £129,948 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£973,000 | £12,209,882 | £13,050,844 | £10,890,532 | £9,111,662 | |
| Net assets | — | -£973,000 | -£1,183,593 | -£1,181,091 | -£1,402,016 | -£1,272,068 | |
| Equity | — | -£973,000 | -£1,183,593 | -£1,181,091 | -£1,402,016 | -£1,272,068 | |
| Average employees | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | — | — | £183,334 | £240,500 | £350,000 | £287,500 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+9.3%
-£1,402,016 -£1,272,068
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
+4.2%
£1,735,715 £1,809,463
-
Profit before tax
+199.7%
-£173,925 £173,448
first positive since 2024
-
Wages
-17.9%
£350,000 £287,500
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 15.9% | 19.9% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 0.91x | 1.11x |
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
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a 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 the financial statements.”
Group structure
- APPLESEED BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Medica Packaging Limited 100%
- F.G. Curtis Limited 100%
- 3D Creative Packaging Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The bank loan C was repaid on 2 September 2025, in advance of the scheduled repayment date of February 2027. The repayment value being £1,103,508.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOKES, Mark | Secretary | 2020-12-18 | — | — |
| AGNEW, James Douglas | Director | 2020-12-18 | Jun 1974 | British |
| BRADE, Jeremy James | Director | 2020-12-18 | Jan 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATH, John Roche | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2016-06-30 |
| GREASLEY, Keith | Director | 2014-11-11 | 2015-09-30 |
| SANDERS, Richard Barry | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2020-12-18 |
| TAMBERLIN, Layton Gwyn | Director | 2014-10-06 | 2020-12-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleseed Investments Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-05 |
| Appleseed Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 46 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-19 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-12-18 | 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
- 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.