ANIKIN LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
-82.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£11M
-438.5% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
128
+36.2% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9M
+20% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £19,557,902 | £25,794,469 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£10,717,313 | -£6,972,078 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£11,430,667 | -£9,141,912 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£9,042,000 | -£10,543,529 | -£9,003,962 | |
| Cash | £595,553 | £2,986,906 | £9,138,981 | £835,937 | £6,285,156 | £1,089,595 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £728,770 | £3,089,782 | £8,801,797 | — | £10,737,065 | -£5,993,038 | |
| Net assets | £674,391 | £3,061,747 | £8,801,797 | £3,571,889 | -£1,968,104 | -£10,598,277 | |
| Equity | £674,391 | £3,061,747 | £8,801,797 | — | -£1,968,104 | -£10,598,277 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 10 | 38 | 59 | 94 | 128 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £3,024,361 | £3,630,611 | £6,602,630 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £431,726 | £496,555 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+31.9%
£19,557,902 £25,794,469
-
Cash
-82.7%
£6,285,156 £1,089,595
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Net assets
-438.5%
-£1,968,104 -£10,598,277
lowest in 6 filed years
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Employees
+36.2%
94 128
highest in 6 filed years
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Operating profit
+34.9%
-£10,717,313 -£6,972,078
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Profit before tax
+20%
-£11,430,667 -£9,141,912
-
Wages
+81.9%
£3,630,611 £6,602,630
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -54.8% | -27.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -53.9% | -34.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -99.8% | 116.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.44x | 0.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -15.02x | -3.20x |
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
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- ANIKIN LTD · parent
- Anikin (US) Inc 100%
Significant events
- “In February 2025, the company issued a convertible loan note for consideration of £4,500,000 with a longstop date of 30 April 2026.”
- “In August 2025, the company obtained an equity funding round with the first tranche issue totalling £15,000,000. As part of the equity funding round, all outstanding convertible loan notes converted into equity in accordance with the terms of the underlying agreements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMPALIMAUD, Lopo Lindley | Director | 2021-12-14 | Jun 1972 | Portuguese |
| O'FARRELL, Brett Michael | Director | 2019-04-24 | Jun 1984 | British |
| WESTCOTT, Edward | Director | 2021-12-14 | Aug 1982 | British |
| AGROTIS GMBH | Corporate Director | 2025-09-17 | — | — |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Will | Director | 2024-11-19 | 2025-09-17 |
| HUNT, Rebecca | Director | 2020-09-08 | 2024-11-19 |
| O'FARRELL, Nikki | Director | 2019-06-01 | 2025-09-17 |
| SHMALBERG, Justin William | Director | 2024-08-19 | 2025-09-17 |
| WYNN, Andrew Thomas | Director | 2021-12-14 | 2025-09-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Nikki O'Farrell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-05-09 | Ceased 2020-09-08 |
| Mr Brett Michael O'Farrell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-04-24 | Ceased 2020-09-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 101 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-07 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-07 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-06 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-02 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-10-02 | AP02 | officers | Appoint corporate director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-06-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-05-15 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 9
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.