COGENT BREEDING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-06-16 (in 1mo)

Last made up 2025-06-02

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-8.1% vs 2023

Net assets

£13M

+5.6% vs 2023

Employees

231

+3.6% vs 2023

Profit before tax

-£233K

-117.7% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

COGENT BREEDING LIMITED 1998-12-16 → present
BELGRAVE FARM LIMITED 1992-11-11 → 1998-12-16
VERSEPOWER LIMITED 1992-09-28 → 1992-11-11

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

COGENT BREEDING LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=662

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£27,412,000	£26,421,000
Operating profit	£1,311,000	-£233,000
Profit before tax	£1,320,000	-£233,000
Net profit	£507,000	-£149,000
Cash	£1,857,000	£1,706,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£12,428,000	£13,214,000
Net assets	£12,129,000	£12,807,000
Equity	£12,129,000	£12,807,000
Average employees	223	231
Wages	£8,053,000	£8,644,000

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	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	4.8%	-0.9%
Net margin	1.8%	-0.6%
Return on capital employed	10.5%	-1.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	29.0%	35.9%
Current ratio	2.74x	2.30x
Interest cover	1311.00x	-233.00x

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: Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Upon review of the results to date, along with the forecast to 31 December 2026, and considering the reasonable possible changes in trading activity the directors are satisfied that sufficient resources will be available to the Company to meet its financial liabilities as they fall due. ... Based upon their considerations and enquiries, the directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt over the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern for the period to 31 December 2026 and the directors accordingly have continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of these financial statements.”

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

People

3 active · 31 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
BEVIER, Gregg Webber, Mr.	Director	2017-10-05	Jul 1953	American
MORENO, Juan Fernando, Mr.	Director	2017-10-05	Jan 1966	American
ROACH, Mark Anthony	Director	2019-02-12	Dec 1959	British

Show 31 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CHADWICK, Geoffrey Murray, Mr.	Secretary	2013-03-19	2017-10-05
EVINGTON, Mark Ian	Secretary	2001-07-12	2008-05-22
FERGUSON, Kerry Ann	Secretary	2010-06-07	2013-03-19
GRIMES, David Peter Justus	Secretary	2000-05-01	2001-07-12
JERVIS, Elizabeth Jane	Secretary	2008-05-22	2010-06-07
LORD, Susan Mary	Secretary	1992-10-19	2000-05-01
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1992-09-28	1992-10-19
ALVIS, John	Director	2004-04-29	2016-11-02
BAISON, Richard Paul	Director	2005-09-28	2008-05-22
BRIGSTOCKE, Timothy David Alexander	Director	2003-03-01	2010-06-07
COWARD, Norman	Director	2002-01-01	2005-09-28
DARE, Andrew Rodney	Director	2002-01-01	2002-12-18
DOYLE, Peter Lawrence	Director	2009-09-18	2016-11-02
EVINGTON, Mark Ian	Director	2001-07-12	2014-11-30
HAGGER, Jonathan Osborne	Director	1992-10-19	2008-12-31
HAMILTON, John Ian	Director	2013-01-21	2017-10-05
HEYWOOD, Timothy James	Director	1992-10-19	1994-01-06
HEYWOOD, Timothy James	Director	1992-10-19	2004-05-28
JALLANDS, Stephen	Director	1999-02-01	1999-12-09
KENDALL, William Bruce	Director	2010-02-10	2011-09-20
KERR, John	Director	2002-01-01	2005-09-28
MOULSON, Richard Anthony	Director	2014-09-22	2016-11-11
MUIR, Alasdair Rankin	Director	2004-02-09	2005-06-22
PAWLAK, Chad	Director	2016-03-01	2017-03-17
RAMSBOTTOM, Graham Paul	Director	2012-06-19	2019-02-12
ROACH, Mark Anthony	Director	2017-01-24	2017-10-05
ROACH, Mark Anthony	Director	1999-02-01	2005-09-28
TOWNSHEND, James Reginald	Director	2003-03-01	2005-09-28
TURNER, Andrew Berry	Director	2014-03-01	2016-11-30
WILKINSON, Philip James	Director	2016-09-01	2017-10-05
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1992-09-28	1992-10-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Stgenetics Worldwide Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2019-12-31	Active
Deva Group Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-10-05

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 166 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-01-15	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2025-12-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2025-06-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-06-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-03-19	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2023-11-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-30	PSC02	persons-with-significant-control	Notification of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-11-30	PSC09	persons-with-significant-control	Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement	PDF
2022-10-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-11-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-07-01	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2020-11-27	SH01	capital	Capital allotment shares	PDF
2020-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2019-10-01	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2019-07-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-03-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 3
Capital events: 1
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

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

-3.6%

£27,412,000 £26,421,000
Cash

-8.1%

£1,857,000 £1,706,000
Net assets

+5.6%

£12,129,000 £12,807,000
Employees

+3.6%

223 231
Operating profit

-117.8%

£1,311,000 -£233,000
Profit before tax

-117.7%

£1,320,000 -£233,000
Wages

+7.3%

£8,053,000 £8,644,000

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

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