PUNJANA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£30K
-63.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
+6.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£257K
-16.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,625,390 | — | £11,656,588 | £13,413,350 | |
| Operating profit | — | £691,851 | — | £335,087 | £307,867 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £675,654 | — | £308,097 | £257,189 | |
| Net profit | — | £516,544 | — | £199,933 | £162,518 | |
| Cash | -£1,271 | £43,525 | £26,834 | £81,773 | £30,043 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,455,537 | — | £5,393,969 | £5,876,549 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,602,258 | — | £4,572,598 | £4,753,381 | |
| Equity | £3,453,446 | £4,602,258 | £4,602,258 | £4,572,598 | £4,753,381 | |
| Average employees | — | 48 | — | 45 | 48 | |
| Wages | — | £1,742,548 | — | £1,616,974 | £1,774,603 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £331,982 | — | £324,668 | £352,635 |
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 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
+15.1%
£11,656,588 £13,413,350
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-63.3%
£81,773 £30,043
-
Net assets
+4%
£4,572,598 £4,753,381
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+6.7%
45 48
-
Operating profit
-8.1%
£335,087 £307,867
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-16.5%
£308,097 £257,189
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+9.7%
£1,616,974 £1,774,603
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 | 2021-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 6.5% | — | 2.9% | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.9% | — | 1.7% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 12.7% | — | 6.2% | 5.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.94x | 1.90x | |
| Interest cover | — | 42.63x | — | 12.29x | 6.03x |
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
- Sumer Auditco NI Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are therefore confident that the company has adequate resources to continue its normal business for the foreseeable future, and accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- PUNJANA LIMITED · parent
- Thompson's Family Teas Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, Graeme William Peter | Secretary | — | — | — |
| KANE, Graeme William Peter | Director | 2001-12-14 | May 1966 | British |
| MCWHINNEY, Jonathan James | Director | 2025-01-02 | Nov 1982 | British |
| THOMPSON, Barbara Elizabeth | Director | — | Feb 1961 | British |
| THOMPSON, Camille Mary Joy | Director | 2023-02-28 | Sep 1988 | British |
| THOMPSON, David James | Director | — | Oct 1953 | British |
| THOMPSON, James Ross Gaston | Director | 2023-02-28 | Dec 1988 | British |
| THOMPSON, James Hazelton Ross | Director | — | Apr 1955 | British |
| THOMPSON, Rosamund Frances | Director | — | Sep 1960 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARL, Gregory Richard Henry | Director | 2018-09-11 | 2021-02-26 |
| SKINNER, Lindsay Rea | Director | — | 2021-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Punjana Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2023-02-28 | Active |
| David James Thompson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
| James Hazelton Ross Thompson | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 201 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-07 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-03 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2020-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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.