SONAE ARAUCO (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-08 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£248K
-75.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2M
+1.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
5
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£32K
-54.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- SONAE ARAUCO (UK) LIMITED 2017-06-19 → present
- SONAE INDUSTRIA (UK) LIMITED 2009-11-25 → 2017-06-19
- SONAE (UK) LIMITED 1998-08-28 → 2009-11-25
- DOLLARANGE FINANCE LIMITED 1988-01-11 → 1998-08-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,133,199 | £23,304,100 | |
| Operating profit | — | £462,936 | £229,450 | |
| Profit before tax | £92,099 | £70,551 | £32,264 | |
| Net profit | £92,099 | £70,551 | £32,264 | |
| Cash | £1,849,422 | £1,002,704 | £247,559 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,801,303 | £6,826,469 | £3,841,959 | |
| Net assets | £1,598,706 | £1,669,257 | £1,701,521 | |
| Equity | £1,598,706 | £1,669,257 | £1,701,521 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Wages | — | £308,842 | £343,446 |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.8% | 1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 6.8% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 87.6% | 85.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.03x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.18x | 1.16x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Management assessed the Group's capacity to keep on as a going concern using all relevant financial, commercial and other information, facts and circumstances, including subsequent events which were available at the date of issue of these consolidated financial statements. As a result of this assessment and in accordance with the treasury forecast prepared for the forthcoming months, Management concluded that the Company has adequate resources to keep its activities and that there is no intention to cease activities at short term, therefore considering adequate the preparation of these financial statements under a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYES, Brian | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | — | — |
| BERGER, Joao Lemos De Meneses Gentil | Director | 2016-10-11 | Nov 1972 | Portuguese |
| GONCALVES CORREIA, Rui Manuel | Director | 2012-12-31 | Jun 1968 | Portuguese |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOX, Alastair Joseph Mairs | Secretary | 2001-10-15 | 2012-12-31 |
| KNOX, Alastair Joseph Mairs | Secretary | 1995-10-23 | 2001-05-08 |
| MCGINTY, Francis Patrick | Secretary | 2001-05-08 | 2001-10-15 |
| RIBEIRO, Joaquim Fernando De Castro | Secretary | 1993-01-28 | 1995-10-23 |
| MFK LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | — | 1993-01-28 |
| BIANCHI DE AGUIAR, Carlos Francisco | Director | 1995-10-23 | 1998-07-30 |
| DE MIRANDA GUEDES BIANCHI DE AGUIAR, Carlos Francisco | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2011-07-28 |
| DOS SANTOS PINTO, Joao Paulo | Director | 2011-07-28 | 2013-10-31 |
| ESTEVES PEREIRA NUNES DOS SANTOS, Antonio | Director | 2001-05-08 | 2002-05-16 |
| FORD, Adrian Perrins | Director | 1993-01-28 | 1995-10-23 |
| GONZALES ANDION, Sergio | Director | 1998-07-30 | 2002-05-16 |
| GRAHAM, Laurance Nigel | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| HACKNEY, Anthony Malcolm | Director | 2002-10-14 | 2008-10-31 |
| HYMAN, Harry Abraham | Director | — | 1992-09-21 |
| LAWRIE, George Christopher | Director | 2013-10-31 | 2016-10-11 |
| POMBO LIRIA, Manuel | Director | 1999-12-08 | 2001-05-11 |
| POMBO LIRIA, Manuel | Director | 1998-07-30 | 1999-02-17 |
| RIBEIRO, Joaquim Fernando De Castro | Director | 1993-01-28 | 1998-07-30 |
| ROBUS, Leslie Christopher Edward | Director | 1998-07-30 | 2000-12-31 |
| ROBUS, Leslie Christopher Edward | Director | — | 1993-01-28 |
| ROCHA MOREIRA DA SILVA, Carlos Antonio | Director | 2003-10-03 | 2005-04-05 |
| SCHWARZ, Christian Gunther | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2007-12-31 |
| TEIXEIRA DE AZEVEDO, Nuno Miguel | Director | 2002-05-16 | 2003-10-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Josefina Adalgisa Angelini Rossi | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-11 | Active |
| Roberto Angelini Rossi | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-11 | Active |
| Maria Margarida Carvalhais Teixeira De Azevedo | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Maria Claudia Teixeira De Azevedo | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Nuno Miguel Teixeira De Azevedo | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Paulo Duarte Teixeira De Azevedo | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-01 | Ceased 2018-01-01 |
| Maria Noseda Zambra | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2016-05-31 |
| Roberto Angelini Rossi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2016-05-31 |
| Patricia Josefina Adalgisa Angelini Rossi | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-05-31 | Ceased 2016-05-31 |
| Belmiro Mendes De Azevedo | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-11-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-29 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-01 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-31 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2021-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-14 | DISS16(SOAS) | dissolution | Dissolved compulsory strike off suspended | |
| 2021-04-13 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2020-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-09-30 | 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-10.8%
£26,133,199 £23,304,100
-
Cash
-75.3%
£1,002,704 £247,559
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+1.9%
£1,669,257 £1,701,521
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
0%
5 5
-
Operating profit
-50.4%
£462,936 £229,450
-
Profit before tax
-54.3%
£70,551 £32,264
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+11.2%
£308,842 £343,446
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