EQUATORIAL TRADERS LIMITED
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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
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
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- EQUATORIAL TRADERS LIMITED 1991-08-13 → present
- DEGREEFRONT LIMITED 1991-06-14 → 1991-08-13
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 18 | 21 | |
| 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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.0% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.4% | 46.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.65x | 1.91x | |
| Interest cover | 1.09x | 9.23x |
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
- EQUATORIAL TRADERS LIMITED · parent
- Octagon Coffee Company GmbH 100%
- Equatorial Traders DMCC 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 October 2025, the Company allotted 3,179,853 bonus shares with a nominal value of $1.57 per share. Following this allotment, the nominal value of the Company's ordinary share capital increased to $20,000,000.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, the Company initiated the transfer of its shareholdings in Octagon Coffee GmbH and Commodified to Equatorial Traders Holdings Limited.”
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 | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-07 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-06-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-06-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2024-05-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-30 vs 2024-06-30
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Turnover
+98.5%
£62,622,193 £124,320,880
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Cash
-16.1%
£4,285,600 £3,594,857
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Net assets
+57.9%
£12,888,203 £20,349,621
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Employees
+16.7%
18 21
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Operating profit
+1,485.2%
£609,170 £9,656,658
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Profit before tax
+7,809.8%
£108,981 £8,620,204
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Wages
+148.4%
£1,011,310 £2,511,903
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