ESKENAZI LIMITED

1. ESKENAZI LIMITED 1989-07-24 → present
2. SERILEX LIMITED 1960-07-07 → 1989-07-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“After making enquiries, 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 adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”

Significant events

• “During the year the company held two exhibitions which contributed to an improved turnover performance.”
• “a decision was made to reassess the value of the stock at the year end in light of the new laws introduced by both the EU and the US, together with recent auction results. This resulted in material provisions being made against the value of some items of stock which contributed to the overall gross trading loss.”
• “due to adverse movements in currency exchange rates, the company also suffered substantial exchange losses of £1,733,352”
• “The new EU regulation which took effect in June 2025, requiring proof of legal export from the country of origin for cultural goods including antiques, has made selling to Europe extremely difficult.”
• “The introduction of tariffs for antiques imported into the US has also made trading with that country more costly for most buyers.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +80.9%

  £5,726,109 → £10,356,741

• Cash

  +91.2%

  £15,122,748 → £28,911,429

• Net assets

  -5%

  £67,458,426 → £64,059,905

• Employees

  +14.3%

  7 → 8

• Operating profit

  -682.6%

  -£639,192 → -£5,001,999

• Profit before tax

  -461.6%

  £956,138 → -£3,456,922

• Wages

  -1.7%

  £948,169 → £932,156

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