COOKE AQUACULTURE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£145k
-3.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
411
-46% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.7k
-100% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £221,705,000 | £232,000 | £232,077 | 0% | |
| Operating profit | £35,394,000 | £24,043,000 | £14,704 | -99.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £26,342,000 | £15,439,000 | £7,708 | -100% | |
| Net profit | £20,348,000 | — | £4,538 | — | |
| Cash | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £252,569,000 | £266,491,000 | £255,535 | -99.9% | |
| Net assets | £139,705,000 | £150,933 | £145,428 | -3.6% | |
| Equity | £139,705,000 | £150,933 | £145,428 | -3.6% | |
| Average employees | 378 | 761 | 411 | -46% | |
| Wages | £13,766,000 | £15,549,000 | £16,108,000 | +3.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £418,000 | £431,000 | £437,000 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,884 | £20,876 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £246,183 | £254,008 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.0% | — | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 9.2% | — | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.0% | 9.0% | 5.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 52.4% | 100.0% | 60.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.66x | 3.97x | 4.32x | |
| Interest cover | 3.47x | 2.41x | 1.50x |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COOKE AQUACULTURE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED 2014-05-02 → present
- MM&S (5785) LIMITED 2013-09-25 → 2014-05-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having done this, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- COOKE AQUACULTURE UK HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Limited
- Cooke Aquaculture Freshwater Limited
- The Orkney Salmon Company Limited
- Lakeland Cairndow Limited
- Northeast Nutrition Scotland Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRODIES SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-01-13 | — | — |
| BLAIR, Colin Ian | Director | 2015-06-22 | Dec 1960 | Scottish |
| COOKE, Glenn Bruce | Director | 2014-04-30 | Aug 1965 | Canadian |
| STEWART, Leonard William | Director | 2014-05-13 | Dec 1956 | Canadian |
| YOUNG, William | Director | 2015-06-22 | Aug 1974 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACLAY MURRAY & SPENS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2013-09-25 | 2015-01-13 |
| IRVING, Paul Barrie | Director | 2015-06-22 | 2022-06-29 |
| TRUESDALE, Christine | Director | 2013-09-25 | 2014-04-25 |
| VINDEX LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-25 | 2014-04-30 |
| VINDEX SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2013-09-25 | 2014-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooke Aquaculture Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-24 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 58 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-21 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2021-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.