EX ANIMO FOODS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+48.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£976k
-4.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,018
-2.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£38k
+96.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £40,776,222 | £40,988,698 | £43,736,791 | +6.7% | |
| Operating profit | £187,607 | -£640,777 | £208,964 | +132.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£144,822 | -£974,667 | -£37,800 | +96.1% | |
| Net profit | -£107,949 | -£739,134 | -£32,746 | +95.6% | |
| Cash | £2,574,865 | £1,467,659 | £2,173,546 | +48.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,804,729 | £4,109,097 | £3,050,674 | -25.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,788,524 | £1,024,390 | £975,644 | -4.8% | |
| Equity | £1,788,524 | £1,024,390 | £975,644 | -4.8% | |
| Average employees | 1,103 | 1,048 | 1,018 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £10,844,459 | £11,840,234 | £12,443,370 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £27,657 | £29,525 | £30,845 | +4.5% |
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 | 0.5% | -1.6% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | -0.3% | -1.8% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.2% | -15.6% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 83.0% | 88.4% | 89.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.79x | 0.54x | 0.51x | |
| Interest cover | 0.56x | -1.92x | 0.85x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Townends Accountants LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operation for at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The acquisition of a new store in September 2025 was the primary reason for the increase in sales.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VENTURA, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 2022-07-25 | Sep 1985 | British |
| VENTURA, Francesco | Director | 2017-05-12 | Mar 1970 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Ventura | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-05-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 24 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2018-05-23 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2018-05-23 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares |
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.