BIOREN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-10 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£498K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2M
Equity attributable
Employees
254
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£1M
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-09 | 2023-08-26 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £8,360,052 | £30,120,783 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£845,376 | -£979,445 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£920,715 | -£1,240,433 | |
| Net profit | — | -£920,715 | -£1,240,433 | |
| Cash | — | £493,880 | £498,129 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | -£920,714 | -£1,981,147 | |
| Net assets | — | -£920,714 | -£2,161,147 | |
| Equity | £0 | -£920,714 | -£2,161,147 | |
| Average employees | — | 266 | 254 | |
| Wages | — | £2,104,650 | £5,813,977 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £73,221 |
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 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-26
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-09 | 2023-08-26 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -10.1% | -3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | -11.0% | -4.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 91.8% | 49.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 128.2% | 168.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.74x | 0.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | -11.18x | -3.74x |
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
- BIOREN LIMITED 2023-04-20 → present
- AGHOCO 2255 LIMITED 2023-03-10 → 2023-04-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- HW Fisher Audit
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which the directors consider to be appropriate... In the event that financial support is required, Covent Garden Estates Holdings Limited, the parent company, and its subsidiary have provided letters of support confirmation their intention to financially support this company, if required, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements...”
Significant events
- “The company opened its first new store, post administration, in Notting Hill, in November 2024 and surrendered its licence at 42 Westbourne Grove, historically Planet Organic's first store.”
- “On 31 January 2025, the Spitalfields store was closed, and the company is no longer operating from this location.”
- “Between 19 September 2024 and 22 November 2024, the company assigned two lease agreements relating to two store locations.”
- “On 16th September 2024, the company commenced a license to occupy agreement relating to head office space, with a term of 1 year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROOMFIELD, Mark | Director | 2024-05-13 | Sep 1965 | British |
| CHAKRABORTY, Bishu Debabrata | Director | 2023-07-19 | Oct 1967 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Peter John Marsden | Director | 2023-07-19 | Oct 1955 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADATIA, Eric | Secretary | 2023-07-19 | 2023-11-03 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-10 | 2023-04-19 |
| ELLIOTT, Brian Kenneth | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2025-08-21 |
| ELLIOTT, Renee Jeanne | Director | 2023-04-19 | 2025-08-21 |
| HART, Roger | Director | 2023-03-10 | 2023-04-19 |
| A G SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-03-10 | 2023-04-19 |
| INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2023-03-10 | 2023-04-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covent Garden Estates Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-19 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Marsden Williams | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-04-24 | Ceased 2023-07-19 |
| Inhoco Formations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-10 | Ceased 2023-04-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 33 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-28 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2023-07-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.