PRIMULA LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-19 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£859
-2.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+19.8% vs 2023
Employees
141
+6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+1,216.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRIMULA LIMITED 2013-07-30 → present
- KAVLI LIMITED 1936-06-05 → 2013-07-30
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,062,345 | £30,725,992 | |
| Operating profit | £129,818 | £2,043,708 | |
| Profit before tax | £165,856 | £2,183,652 | |
| Net profit | £74,601 | £1,627,303 | |
| Cash | £881 | £859 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,705,591 | £10,143,429 | |
| Net assets | £7,484,291 | £8,966,094 | |
| Equity | £7,484,291 | £8,966,094 | |
| Average employees | 133 | 141 | |
| Wages | £4,102,922 | £4,577,633 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 20.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.4% | 50.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.07x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | 0.77x | 21.99x |
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
- UNW LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “A new piece of equipment was implemented during 2023 which has allowed the manufacture and sale of new products during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLATTEN, Hannah Victoria | Secretary | 2024-04-01 | — | — |
| BUTEL, Ralph Mark | Director | 2024-03-01 | Sep 1973 | British |
| HAMNES, Kenneth | Director | 2021-02-22 | Feb 1970 | Norwegian |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAGNALL, Michael Anthony | Secretary | — | 1994-03-15 |
| HAYES, Lynn | Secretary | 1999-10-05 | 2024-04-01 |
| STEWART, Peter | Secretary | 1994-03-15 | 1999-10-05 |
| BAGNALL, Michael Anthony | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| BERGESEN, Finn | Director | 1995-03-07 | 1998-11-25 |
| BONE, Peter John | Director | — | 2000-05-03 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Andrew Rolland | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2001-09-26 |
| DICKINSON, Robert Henry | Director | — | 2001-09-26 |
| DREYER, Olav Jacob | Director | — | 1996-06-24 |
| LEWNEY, Paul Robert | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2024-03-01 |
| ROBERTS, Henry William | Director | 1996-06-24 | 2008-10-31 |
| SMITH, David Reginald | Director | — | 2000-05-03 |
| STRATVEIT, Leif | Director | 1999-03-26 | 2005-02-09 |
| VOLDEN, Erik | Director | 2005-02-09 | 2021-02-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kavli Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 130 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-22 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2021-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+9.5%
£28,062,345 £30,725,992
-
Cash
-2.5%
£881 £859
-
Net assets
+19.8%
£7,484,291 £8,966,094
-
Employees
+6%
133 141
-
Operating profit
+1,474.3%
£129,818 £2,043,708
-
Profit before tax
+1,216.6%
£165,856 £2,183,652
-
Wages
+11.6%
£4,102,922 £4,577,633
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