COSTA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-27 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£92M
-8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£32M
-12% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COSTA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2003-07-23 → present
- THE COLONIAL TEA COMPANY LIMITED 1988-08-18 → 2003-07-23
- COSTA COLONIAL TEA COMPANY LIMITED 1979-02-23 → 1988-08-18
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,391,000 | £23,786,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£29,016,000 | -£32,314,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£28,846,000 | -£32,314,000 | |
| Net profit | -£32,766,000 | -£36,597,000 | |
| Cash | £279,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £100,602,000 | £91,990,000 | |
| Net assets | £99,830,000 | £91,879,000 | |
| Equity | £99,830,000 | £91,879,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | -119.0% | -135.9% | |
| Net margin | -134.3% | -153.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -28.8% | -35.1% | |
| Current ratio | 33.51x | 15.16x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence, supported by a letter of support from its ultimate parent, The Coca-Cola Company, committing to support for 12 months from approval date. Thus, accounts are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COSTA INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Costa China Holdings Limited 100%
- Costa Beijing Limited 100%
- Costa Coffee M.E.N.A DMCC 100%
- Costa Coffee (Shanghai) Co Limited 100%
- Costa Coffee (Beijing) Co Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WERNER, Suzanne | Secretary | 2025-07-10 | — | — |
| CAPON, Benjamin William James | Director | 2025-07-23 | Jul 1979 | British |
| OTARID, Mounsef | Director | 2023-02-13 | Apr 1982 | American |
| SCHAILLEE, Philippe Dirk M. | Director | 2023-04-11 | Oct 1970 | Belgian |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUXTON SMITH, Maria Rita | Secretary | 1998-02-13 | 2002-09-25 |
| COSTA, Yolanda | Secretary | — | 1995-10-01 |
| FAIRHURST, Russell William | Secretary | 2015-04-16 | 2021-05-14 |
| FENTON, Nicola Jane | Secretary | 1995-10-09 | 1998-02-13 |
| LOWRY, Daren Clive | Secretary | 2003-08-12 | 2018-11-27 |
| SAVJANI, Sunita | Secretary | 2021-04-23 | 2024-11-29 |
| THORPE, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2002-09-25 | 2004-01-30 |
| WEEKS, Stuart William | Secretary | 2004-01-30 | 2005-09-08 |
| D & H B SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1995-10-01 | 1995-10-09 |
| BARRATT, Simon Charles | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2003-08-12 |
| BENNETT, Jo Mary | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2016-10-13 |
| BENTLEY, Clive | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2017-01-31 |
| CLEWLEY, Robert Richard | Director | 1995-10-09 | 1997-02-24 |
| COOK, Adrian Ernest | Director | 2023-02-13 | 2023-10-20 |
| CORNELLA, Robert Leo | Director | 2021-07-14 | 2022-04-30 |
| COSTA, Sergio Giorgio | Director | — | 1995-10-09 |
| COSTA, Yolanda | Director | — | 1995-10-01 |
| COTTA, Jason Anthony | Director | 2015-06-15 | 2019-06-30 |
| CROOKALL, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2020-03-11 | 2025-10-10 |
| DERKACH, John | Director | 2006-06-06 | 2012-07-19 |
| FAIRHURST, Russell William | Director | 2003-02-19 | 2003-08-12 |
| FOWLER, James Dominic | Director | 2003-08-12 | 2004-09-20 |
| HARDY, Helen | Director | 2010-11-24 | 2014-02-13 |
| HIGHFIELD, Sarah Louise | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2020-08-31 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Andrew | Director | 1995-10-09 | 1998-02-13 |
| LAKE, Neil | Director | 2019-06-18 | 2020-03-18 |
| MARSHALL, Andrew John | Director | 2005-09-29 | 2015-06-15 |
| MCDONALD, Gillian Clare | Director | 2019-12-02 | 2022-07-31 |
| MOWAT, Gordon Peter | Director | 2020-06-23 | 2024-02-29 |
| PAUL, Dominic James | Director | 2016-06-20 | 2019-11-29 |
| PHILLIPS, Mark Randall | Director | 2003-08-12 | 2006-06-30 |
| PRICE, Matthew John | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2014-02-28 |
| ROGERS, Christopher Charles Bevan | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2016-06-20 |
| SELJEFLOT, Katherine Joanna | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2020-03-11 |
| SIMPSON, Richard Barry | Director | 1995-10-09 | 1998-02-13 |
| WILKINS, Christopher James | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2003-08-12 |
| WILLIAMS, Nicholas John | Director | 2003-08-12 | 2007-08-31 |
| WOODHOUSE, Loraine | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2008-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 210 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-21 | RP04AP03 | officers | Second filing of secretary appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
-2.5%
£24,391,000 £23,786,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-8%
£99,830,000 £91,879,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-11.4%
-£29,016,000 -£32,314,000
-
Profit before tax
-12%
-£28,846,000 -£32,314,000
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