COOKSON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-06 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-23
Watchouts
Cash
£58K
+13.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+52.4% vs 2023
Employees
85
+6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£424K
+17.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Outstanding charges registered
One or more mortgages or charges remain undischarged on the Companies House register.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £20,880,230 | £24,222,774 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £408,002 | £465,677 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £360,087 | £423,654 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £285,354 | £316,470 | |
| Cash | — | — | £51,247 | £57,989 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,169,004 | £1,447,295 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £699,429 | £1,065,899 | |
| Equity | £32,490 | — | £699,429 | £1,065,899 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 80 | 85 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,188,203 | £2,525,010 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £146,974 | £224,410 |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
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Turnover
+16%
£20,880,230 £24,222,774
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Cash
+13.2%
£51,247 £57,989
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Net assets
+52.4%
£699,429 £1,065,899
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Employees
+6.3%
80 85
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Operating profit
+14.1%
£408,002 £465,677
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Profit before tax
+17.7%
£360,087 £423,654
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Wages
+15.4%
£2,188,203 £2,525,010
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 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.0% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 34.9% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.09x | 1.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 8.05x | 10.35x |
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
- Crossley & Davis Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- COOKSON HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Sharrocks Fresh Produce Limited 0.9%
Significant events
- “The management buy-out by Cookson Holdings Ltd of the Sharrocks Fresh Produce Limited, has continued in line with agreements reached in August 2020.”
- “During the period, and after the year end, investment in fixed assets has continued, which has strengthened the Group's ability to process, store and distribute product, and support sales growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKSON, Luke Martin | Director | 2020-07-24 | Jun 1988 | British |
| COOKSON, Martin | Director | 2020-07-24 | Apr 1965 | British |
| COOKSON, Ryan Mark | Director | 2020-07-24 | May 1994 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ryan Mark Cookson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-24 | Active |
| Mr Luke Martin Cookson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-24 | Active |
| Mr Martin Cookson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 13 of 13 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-17 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2021-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-24 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
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.