ZATU LIMITED
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Cash
£411k
+18.8% vs 2025
Net assets
£115k
+166.9% first positive since 2025
Employees
99
+76.8% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£271k
+7,694.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,496,573 | £18,997,441 | £20,674,411 | +8.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £279,139 | £264,303 | £665,535 | +151.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £13,846 | £3,480 | £271,256 | +7,694.7% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£92,855 | -£90,119 | £285,957 | +417.3% | |
| Cash | £1,252,345 | £185,264 | £376,525 | £346,189 | £411,266 | +18.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £451,742 | £90,020 | -£265,745 | £8,737,735 | £9,111,504 | +4.3% | |
| Net assets | £448,077 | £23,740 | -£340,040 | -£171,335 | £114,622 | +166.9% | |
| Equity | £448,077 | £23,740 | -£340,040 | -£171,335 | £114,622 | +166.9% | |
| Average employees | 29 | 36 | 50 | 56 | 99 | +76.8% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,110,909 | £1,634,998 | £2,265,356 | +38.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £159,527 | £125,758 | £121,333 | -3.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £61,101 | £1,259 | -97.9% |
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 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.7% | 1.4% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.6% | -0.5% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 3.0% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.2% | 99.6% | 102.8% | 101.4% | 99.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.14x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.03x | 0.99x | 1.69x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- ZATU LIMITED 2016-04-10 → present
- BOARD GAME LIMITED 2016-02-15 → 2016-04-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Stephenson Smart (East Anglia) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director has assessed the performance of the company, and despite the net liability position, deems it to be a going concern.”
Group structure
- ZATU LIMITED · parent
- Toy Street Ltd 100%
- My Bear Shop Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In the prior year ended 31 March 2025 the company made a measurement error in the valuation of its directors loan held within creditors over one year, whereby it had not been accounted for in accordance with FRS 102 Section 11.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUDD, David | Director | 2025-04-02 | Aug 1981 | British |
| BUDD, Simon Paul James | Director | 2016-02-15 | Jan 1978 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUDD, Treena Margaret | Director | 2018-10-18 | 2024-12-03 |
| FARNAN, Kerrie Anne | Director | 2023-02-07 | 2025-01-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon Paul James Budd | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 50 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-11-14 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-09-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-02-20 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-14 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-11-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-13 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-11-10 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-10 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-09-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.