PURATOS LIMITED

1. PURATOS LIMITED 1989-08-29 → present
2. ESSARESS PURATOS LIMITED 1977-12-31 → 1989-08-29
3. ESSARESS FOODS LIMITED 1969-03-04 → 1977-12-31

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

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Puratos NV has provided a letter of support for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. The directors report that, having reviewed the current performance and forecasts, to include those of Puratos NV, have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval, with the support of its parent company. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Since the financial year end, Puratos Limited has been granted approval to extend the existing production plant in Buckingham. It is the intention of the business to complete construction in 2025 and relocate ongoing operations from the Simonswood manufacturing plant accordingly.”

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

  +16.2%

  £62,877,986 → £73,058,298

• Cash

  -4.3%

  £423,842 → £405,584

• Net assets

  -1.2%

  -£4,360,627 → -£4,412,787

• Employees

  +3.6%

  112 → 116

• Operating profit

  -64.1%

  £1,810,966 → £650,204

• Profit before tax

  -91.3%

  £1,259,116 → £109,583

• Wages

  +16.7%

  £5,737,367 → £6,695,457

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