FLATFISH LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-24 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+64.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
-5.6% vs 2023
Employees
139
+15.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£221K
-121.2% vs 2023
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 | £39,876,876 | £47,044,178 | |
| Operating profit | £860,100 | £517,644 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,041,577 | -£220,959 | |
| Net profit | £1,258,858 | -£320,362 | |
| Cash | £631,667 | £1,041,272 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,927,641 | £5,706,682 | |
| Net assets | £5,739,820 | £5,419,458 | |
| Equity | £5,739,820 | £5,419,458 | |
| Average employees | 120 | 139 | |
| Wages | £4,031,359 | £4,712,952 |
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 | 2.2% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.2% | -0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.7% | 9.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.67x | 0.49x | |
| Interest cover | 1.03x | 0.58x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the difficulties faced in 2023 and 2024, the directors continue to develop and pursue a strategy that they are confident will continue to generate positive cash flows for the foreseeable future and as a result, the going concern basis of accounting has been adopted.”
Group structure
- FLATFISH LIMITED · parent
- Regal Fish Supplies Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “With regard to the current ongoing war in Ukraine, this has had limited direct financial impact upon the company to date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARR, Catherine Ann | Secretary | 2021-11-17 | — | — |
| GALLOU, Daniel | Director | 2019-04-30 | Jul 1958 | French |
| KURAISHI, Terutaka | Director | 2019-04-30 | Nov 1967 | Japanese |
| SATO, Naoto | Director | 2022-08-05 | Jun 1980 | Japanese |
| STANSFIELD, Reece James | Director | 2014-01-30 | Jan 1989 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Richard John | Director | 1997-10-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| STANSFIELD, Steven David | Director | — | Feb 1962 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STANSFIELD, Steven David | Secretary | — | 2020-09-04 |
| VESSEY, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2020-09-04 | 2021-10-29 |
| ASAI, Masahide | Director | 2022-08-05 | 2025-05-14 |
| CLARKE, Nigel Colin | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| IEHARA, Tomoteru | Director | 2022-08-05 | 2023-07-20 |
| PERRIN, Hilda | Director | — | 1997-04-05 |
| PERRIN, Kenneth Boyd | Director | — | 1997-04-05 |
| ROSE, Edwin Jonathan | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2012-08-24 |
| SAKAI, Hisami | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2022-08-05 |
| STANSFIELD, Jennie | Director | — | 2010-01-28 |
| STOKES, Peter | Director | 2004-05-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| WILLIAMS, Peter Joseph | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2021-05-31 |
| YOKOI, Ken | Director | 2019-04-30 | 2022-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nissui Europe B.V. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-04-30 | Active |
| Mr Steven David Stansfield | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-31 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-10-29 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-11 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-11 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-11-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-03 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-31 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-29 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+18%
£39,876,876 £47,044,178
-
Cash
+64.8%
£631,667 £1,041,272
-
Net assets
-5.6%
£5,739,820 £5,419,458
-
Employees
+15.8%
120 139
-
Operating profit
-39.8%
£860,100 £517,644
-
Profit before tax
-121.2%
£1,041,577 -£220,959
-
Wages
+16.9%
£4,031,359 £4,712,952
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