THE CHEEKY PANDA LIMITED
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Cash
£2.9m
-17.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.4m
-5.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
28
-9.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£270k
+65.7% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,673,000 | £13,291,000 | £13,768,000 | +3.6% | |
| Operating profit | £317,000 | -£523,000 | £63,000 | +112% | |
| Profit before tax | £145,000 | -£787,000 | -£270,000 | +65.7% | |
| Net profit | £146,000 | -£798,000 | -£276,000 | +65.4% | |
| Cash | £3,717,000 | £3,573,000 | £2,947,000 | -17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £4,307,000 | £3,648,000 | £3,438,000 | -5.8% | |
| Equity | £4,307,000 | £3,648,000 | £3,438,000 | -5.8% | |
| Average employees | 28 | 31 | 28 | -9.7% | |
| Wages | £1,593,000 | £1,774,000 | £1,706,000 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £493,000 | £615,000 | £407,000 | -33.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.5% | -3.9% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -6.0% | -2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 42.4% | 57.9% | 57.6% | |
| Current ratio | 6.44x | 1.71x | 1.71x | |
| Interest cover | 1.09x | -2.04x | 0.21x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the strength of the Group's balance sheet, cash reserves, cash projections covering 48 months to Dec 2030 and access to funding, the directors are satisfied that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- THE CHEEKY PANDA LIMITED · parent
- The Cheeky Panda (Ireland) Limited 100%
- The Cheeky Panda LLC 100%
- The Cheeky Panda Co. Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMAN, Faiz, Mr. | Secretary | 2020-05-28 | — | — |
| CHEN, Jingyan, Ms. | Director | 2016-01-05 | Jul 1981 | Chinese |
| FORBES, Christopher, Mr. | Director | 2016-01-05 | Nov 1975 | British |
| MITCHELL, Thomas Charles, Mr. | Director | 2022-08-16 | Sep 1986 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOK, Giles Thomas Turner | Director | 2021-09-07 | 2024-06-07 |
| CARTER, David Michael | Director | 2022-05-23 | 2025-07-03 |
| DUFFY, Simon Joseph, Mr. | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2025-04-24 |
| GARDEN, Andrew Stephen Alan, Mr. | Director | 2020-02-21 | 2023-03-23 |
| HAMID, Khurram | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2020-01-31 |
| HAWKINS, Clive Joseph | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2023-10-02 |
| JARY, Caroline Ruth, Mrs. | Director | 2023-09-28 | 2024-12-16 |
| MCCORMACK, Kieren James | Director | 2020-05-01 | 2021-09-01 |
| MORE, Sophie | Director | 2021-09-23 | 2022-09-22 |
| SMITH, Edward | Director | 2016-03-01 | 2017-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Jingyan Chen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Christopher Allen Forbes | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-18 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-18 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-01-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.