MELAN & COA LIMITED
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Cash
£2.7M
+1,292.1% vs 2024
Net assets
-£16M
+43.4% vs 2024
Employees
131
-19.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£4.6M
+41.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
We draw attention to note 2.4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net operating loss of £3,260,376 during the year ended 31 May 2025 and, as of that date, the group's net liabilities were £16,324,001. As stated in note 2.4, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.4, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-30 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,091,244 | £10,318,335 | -21.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | -£5,813,654 | -£3,260,376 | +43.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£7,937,972 | -£4,616,627 | +41.8% | |
| Net profit | — | -£14,957,426 | -£7,573,439 | -£4,605,252 | +39.2% | |
| Cash | — | — | £196,617 | £2,737,010 | +1,292.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,870,929 | £8,629,806 | £4,236,893 | £5,539,781 | +30.8% | |
| Net assets | -£431,978 | -£15,389,304 | -£28,819,061 | -£16,324,001 | +43.4% | |
| Equity | -£431,978 | -£15,389,304 | -£28,819,061 | -£16,324,001 | +43.4% | |
| Average employees | 84 | 0 | 162 | 131 | -19.1% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,860,241 | £4,701,886 | -3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £120,000 | £317,886 | +164.9% |
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 | 2021-12-30 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | -44.4% | -31.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -57.9% | -44.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -137.2% | -58.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.64x | 3.83x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -2.74x | -2.40x |
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
- MELAN & COA LIMITED 2020-10-22 → present
- DMWSL 937 LIMITED 2020-10-12 → 2020-10-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“We draw attention to note 2.4 in the financial statements, which indicates that the group incurred a net operating loss of £3,260,376 during the year ended 31 May 2025 and, as of that date, the group's net liabilities were £16,324,001. As stated in note 2.4, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.4, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDWOOD, Joseph | Secretary | 2024-09-02 | — | — |
| TAGUE, John Patrick | Director | 2024-08-20 | May 1965 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRON, Paul Thomas | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2020-10-21 |
| ELSARKY, Mohamed | Director | 2020-10-21 | 2022-02-17 |
| GILLO, Geoffrey Michael | Director | 2022-02-04 | 2024-08-20 |
| MORGAN, Clyde | Director | 2020-10-30 | 2022-02-04 |
| WEYNS, Anne Francoise | Director | 2020-10-30 | 2024-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bybrook Capital Hazelton Master Fund Lp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2024-06-12 | Ceased 2025-11-14 |
| Miss Anne Francoise Weyns | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-10-30 | Ceased 2024-06-12 |
| Erne Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2020-10-21 | Ceased 2022-12-01 |
| Dm Company Services (London) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-10-12 | Ceased 2020-10-21 |
| Polus Capital Management Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2020-10-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 54 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-06-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-14 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-06-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-06-04 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-10 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2024-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-31 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-27 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.