PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+7.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+3.8% vs 2023
Employees
79
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+29.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2013-12-18 → present
- THE PELICAN BUYING COMPANY LIMITED 1989-07-26 → 2013-12-18
- HEMPINE LIMITED 1989-03-31 → 1989-07-26
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £11,527,644 | £12,070,396 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,302,564 | £3,103,962 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,527,738 | £3,268,373 | |
| Net profit | — | £2,386,209 | £3,358,134 | |
| Cash | — | £6,618,989 | £7,128,856 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | |
| Net assets | — | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | |
| Equity | £7,151,301 | £9,537,510 | £9,895,644 | |
| Average employees | — | 79 | 79 | |
| Wages | — | £4,370,185 | £4,025,582 |
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 | 2022-10-01 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 20.0% | 25.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 20.7% | 27.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 24.1% | 31.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.88x | 3.96x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- PELICAN PROCUREMENT SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Aramark Investments Limited
- Aramark Inc.
Significant events
- “During the year Shaw Gibbs (Audit) Limited were appointed as auditor and Deloitte Ireland LLP have resigned.”
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOSMITHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-27 | — | — |
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Director | 2021-05-31 | Dec 1976 | British |
| HOLLIDAY, Ian John | Director | 2022-04-13 | Jan 1965 | British |
| MURPHY, Ian Christopher, Mr. | Director | 2023-05-01 | Sep 1982 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Secretary | 2020-11-20 | 2024-06-27 |
| CHITTENDEN, Christopher Andrew Marlow | Secretary | — | 2001-03-01 |
| DEASY, Mary-Ann | Secretary | 2017-05-05 | 2019-05-01 |
| HANCOCK, Linda Margaret Murray | Secretary | 2001-03-01 | 2004-08-04 |
| MIAH, Shakamal | Secretary | 2019-05-01 | 2020-11-20 |
| STIMPSON, Christine Anne | Secretary | 2004-08-04 | 2017-05-05 |
| ARAVENA BAEZ, Monica Andrea | Director | 2018-12-17 | 2019-08-26 |
| CAREW, Henry | Director | — | 1992-05-08 |
| CARROLL, Matthew William | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-08-01 |
| COOPER, John Clive | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2022-12-31 |
| GLEESON, Frank Michael | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2022-05-13 |
| GOLDACRE, Adrian Mark | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-06-26 |
| HANCOCK, Linda Margaret Murray | Director | 1993-06-01 | 2012-11-30 |
| HANCOCK, March Oliver | Director | — | 2017-05-05 |
| HANCOCK, Sebastian Oliver | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2017-05-05 |
| HEFFER, Victoria Patty | Director | 2012-11-30 | 2017-05-05 |
| MELLIDES, Amy Lynn | Director | 2022-04-12 | 2025-09-04 |
| MOHAMMED, Shabaz | Director | 2010-10-15 | 2018-07-31 |
| MULRYAN, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2017-05-05 | 2018-07-31 |
| SCANNELLA, Francesco | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-05-31 |
| SCHAEFER, Klaus Wolfram | Director | 2021-05-31 | 2022-03-15 |
| SIZER, Paul Joseph | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-12-17 |
| STIMPSON, Christine Anne | Director | 2012-08-01 | 2017-10-25 |
| ZELKOWICZ, John Yoram | Director | — | 1991-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aramark Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-05-05 | Active |
| Mr March Oliver Hancock | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-03 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+4.7%
£11,527,644 £12,070,396
-
Cash
+7.7%
£6,618,989 £7,128,856
-
Net assets
+3.8%
£9,537,510 £9,895,644
-
Employees
0%
79 79
-
Operating profit
+34.8%
£2,302,564 £3,103,962
-
Profit before tax
+29.3%
£2,527,738 £3,268,373
-
Wages
-7.9%
£4,370,185 £4,025,582
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