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Next accounts due

2027-03-31 (in 10mo)

Last filed for 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-09-12 (in 4mo)

Last made up 2025-08-29

Watchouts

2 items

Cash

£4M

-16.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£20M

+57.9% vs 2024

Employees

21

+16.7% vs 2024

Profit before tax

£9M

+7,809.8% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. EQUATORIAL TRADERS LIMITED 1991-08-13 → present
  2. DEGREEFRONT LIMITED 1991-06-14 → 1991-08-13

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30

Metric Trend 2024-06-302025-06-30
Turnover £62,622,193£124,320,880
Operating profit £609,170£9,656,658
Profit before tax £108,981£8,620,204
Net profit -£596,602£7,639,897
Cash £4,285,600£3,594,857
Total assets less current liabilities £13,938,659£20,755,290
Net assets £12,888,203£20,349,621
Equity £12,888,203£20,349,621
Average employees 1821
Wages £1,011,310£2,511,903

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 2024-06-302025-06-30
Operating margin 1.0%7.8%
Net margin -1.0%6.1%
Return on capital employed 4.4%46.5%
Current ratio 1.65x1.91x
Interest cover 1.09x9.23x

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
Price Bailey LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on this assessment, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. EQUATORIAL TRADERS LIMITED · parent
    1. Octagon Coffee Company GmbH 100% · Germany · Trade of coffee and related products
    2. Equatorial Traders DMCC 100% · UAE · Trade of raw coffee

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
MEHTA, Sona Secretary 2012-01-06
JOHAL, Manjinder Director 2026-01-01 Dec 1969 British
LENTON-BROOK, Jordan Alexander William Henry Director 2022-12-20 Apr 1989 British
SOOCHAK, Rupen Manherlal Director 1994-03-22 Apr 1971 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SOOCHAK, Manherlal Pradhan Secretary 1991-07-17 2012-01-06
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 1991-06-14 1991-07-17
BACHATENE, Salim Director 2022-12-20 2025-12-31
KOHLER, Reinhard Matthias Director 2022-12-20 2025-12-31
MADHAVJI, Jagdish Dullabhji Director 2022-12-20 2025-12-31
SOOCHAK, Chandrika Manherlal Director 1991-07-17 2021-01-31
SOOCHAK, Manherlal Pradhan Director 1991-07-17 2021-01-31
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 1991-06-14 1991-07-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Equatorial Traders Holdings Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2025-06-03 Active
Mr Rupen Manherlal Soochak Individual Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-06-03

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 180 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-01-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-01-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-01-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2025-12-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2025-11-07 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-10-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2025-09-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2025-09-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date
2025-06-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-06-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-06-03 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-06-03 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-04-03 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-10-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-06-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-06-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-05-24 MR05 mortgage Mortgage charge whole release with charge number PDF
2024-05-24 MR05 mortgage Mortgage charge whole release with charge number PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
14

last 12 months

Capital events
1

last 24 months

Officers appointed
1

last 12 months

Officers resigned
3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30

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

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