SEAFOOD TRADING LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-29

Confirmation statement due

2026-03-24

Overdue

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1 item

Cash

£971K

+83.2% vs 2023

Net assets

£6M

-14.7% vs 2023

Employees

355

-10.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£1M

-28.5% vs 2023

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

Confirmation statement overdue

Due 2026-03-24.

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

SEAFOOD TRADING LIMITED 2009-11-24 → present
THE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT (PADSTOW) LIMITED 1995-03-10 → 2009-11-24

Net assets

3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

SEAFOOD TRADING LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=5592

Accounts

3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-29

Metric	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-29
Turnover	£22,594,000	£20,206,000	£18,878,000
Operating profit	—	-£939,000	-£1,152,000
Profit before tax	—	-£892,000	-£1,146,000
Net profit	—	-£932,000	-£1,081,000
Cash	£5,313,000	£530,000	£971,000
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£7,621,000	£6,483,000
Net assets	—	£7,352,000	£6,271,000
Equity	—	£7,352,000	£6,271,000
Average employees	416	398	355
Wages	£7,579,000	£7,726,000	£7,775,000

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	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-29
Operating margin	—	-4.6%	-6.1%
Net margin	—	-4.6%	-5.7%
Return on capital employed	—	-12.3%	-17.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	34.4%	39.6%
Current ratio	—	2.18x	1.94x
Interest cover	—	-939.00x	-1152.00x

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: Consolidated group
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Board is confident that in the current circumstances the group will generate sufficient net internal cash flows and have adequate undrawn bank facilities to meet all of its needs for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. At 29 December 2024 the company had £3m of available headroom within its existing revolving credit facility.”

Significant events

“Regulatory costs - Increases in the living wage, business rates discount being removed, taxation, auto enrolment pensions and the apprenticeship levy;”
“The impact of political policy - Increase in import taxes, reduction tourism from Europe and it is challenging to recruit staff from the EU;”
“Competition from other hospitality providers, new concepts and lower price alternatives;”
“People - Being able to retain a strong executive team and recruit and retain local managers, chefs and employees with the right skills and experience. Recruitment of chefs continues to be challenging, valuable investment in L&D requires sufficient cashflow and time;”
“Supply chain - Being able to obtain consistent fresh and quality produce for our restaurants without delays, price stability and continuity of supply;”
“Seasonality of the business - Pressure on cash flows and staffing considerations;”
“Cost pressures on energy, food, beverages, wages and overheads due to inflation; and”
“Reliance on systems infrastructure and security - Cyber/IT security.”

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

People

9 active · 5 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
FITZGERALD, Ian	Secretary	2020-06-03	—	—
COXHEAD, Katherine	Director	2023-12-01	Jun 1984	British
FITZGERALD, Ian	Director	2020-06-03	Apr 1969	British
HIXON, Mark Anthony, Dr	Director	2021-09-01	Oct 1961	British
STEIN, Charles William	Director	2020-06-03	Sep 1985	British
STEIN, Christopher Richard	Director	1995-03-10	Jan 1947	British
STEIN, Edward	Director	2020-06-03	Jan 1979	British
STEIN, Jack	Director	2020-06-03	Oct 1980	British
STEIN, Jill	Director	1995-03-10	Mar 1947	British

Show 5 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
MCLEOD, Neil John	Secretary	2010-07-20	2020-04-27
STEIN, Jill	Secretary	1995-03-10	2010-07-20
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1995-03-10	1995-03-10
BANKS, Richard Lee	Director	2021-08-31	2025-03-30
MCLEOD, Neil John	Director	2014-07-18	2020-04-27

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Ms Jill Stein	Individual	Shares 25–50%, ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2017-03-10	Active
Mr Christopher Richard Stein	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2017-03-10	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 113 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-09-23	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-05-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-03-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-18	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-05-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-10-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-13	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-05-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-12-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-04-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-01-05	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-08-31	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-05-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-01-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2020-06-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-06-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-06-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2020-06-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
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 2024-12-29 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-6.6%

£20,206,000 £18,878,000

lowest in 3 filed years
Cash

+83.2%

£530,000 £971,000
Net assets

-14.7%

£7,352,000 £6,271,000
Employees

-10.8%

398 355

lowest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

-22.7%

-£939,000 -£1,152,000
Profit before tax

-28.5%

-£892,000 -£1,146,000
Wages

+0.6%

£7,726,000 £7,775,000

highest in 3 filed years

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

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