BETTER FISH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-07-31 (in 2mo)
Last filed for 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+50.4% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+7.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
254
-0.8% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+26.2% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £10,827,215 | £8,570,311 | £12,133,500 | £12,871,004 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,410,819 | £1,275,956 | £1,775,821 | £2,207,842 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,410,368 | £1,346,644 | £1,801,381 | £2,273,538 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,214,282 | £1,030,411 | £1,390,974 | £1,666,366 | |
| Cash | — | £1,181,185 | £1,179,122 | £1,842,633 | £2,771,161 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £6,148,059 | £6,773,121 | £8,512,219 | £9,163,406 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,941,433 | £6,471,844 | £8,084,360 | £8,675,726 | |
| Equity | £5,227,151 | £5,941,433 | £6,471,844 | £8,084,360 | £8,675,726 | |
| Average employees | — | 289 | 273 | 256 | 254 | |
| Wages | — | £3,711,120 | £3,709,506 | £4,128,508 | £4,483,229 |
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 | 2018-10-31 | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.0% | 14.9% | 14.6% | 17.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.2% | 12.0% | 11.5% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 22.9% | 18.8% | 20.9% | 24.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.44x | 3.94x | |
| Interest cover | — | 910.21x | 769.11x | — | 924.94x |
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
- BHP LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “During February 2025 there was a full refurbishment of the Wakefield site at a cost of £741K as part of the rolling re-investment programme”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, Phillip Edward | Secretary | — | — | British |
| MURPHY, Phillip Edward | Director | — | Jun 1943 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, Janine Elizabeth | Director | — | 2024-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy (Yorkshire) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2023-05-02 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-03-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-10-31 vs 2023-10-31
-
Turnover
+6.1%
£12,133,500 £12,871,004
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+50.4%
£1,842,633 £2,771,161
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+7.3%
£8,084,360 £8,675,726
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-0.8%
256 254
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+24.3%
£1,775,821 £2,207,842
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+26.2%
£1,801,381 £2,273,538
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+8.6%
£4,128,508 £4,483,229
highest in 4 filed years
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers