E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-14 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-31
Watchouts
Cash
£0
-100% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-70.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£18M
-45.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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
- E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED 1995-10-05 → present
- APPEAREARLY LIMITED 1995-06-15 → 1995-10-05
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,210,526 | £4,790,956 | |
| Operating profit | £1,131,950 | £7,412,157 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,304,670 | £17,513,714 | |
| Net profit | £32,006,672 | £13,786,509 | |
| Cash | £741 | £0 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,711,638 | £8,140,104 | |
| Net assets | £27,711,638 | £8,140,104 | |
| Equity | £27,711,638 | £8,140,104 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 93.5% | 154.7% | |
| Net margin | 2644.0% | 287.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.1% | 91.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 1.4% | 77.7% | |
| Current ratio | 56.76x | 0.97x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is in a net current liabilities position, it is reliant on parental support to settle its liabilities as they fall due. A letter of support has been provided by ED&F Man Commodities Limited, the immediate parent company, for the period up to 31 May 2026. The Financial Statements are therefore prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- E D & F MAN COFFEE LIMITED · parent
- ED&F Man Volcafe Brasil Ltda 100%
- Volcafe Vietnam Co Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “In September 2024, the Company started trading coffee to supply the UK market.”
- “In the current year, $12.0 million before taxes was recognised in respect of Credit Rights proceeds received for losses and damages and earn out payments.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 33 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSEY, Gaynor Antigha | Secretary | 2007-09-28 | — | British |
| MURNANE, Phillip Anthony | Director | 2022-05-13 | Mar 1979 | Australian |
| WENGER WEBER, Melvin | Director | 2021-10-22 | Sep 1971 | Chilean |
Show 33 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, Peter Lawrence | Secretary | 1996-04-04 | 1998-11-03 |
| MOORE, Jane Alison | Secretary | 2000-04-10 | 2007-09-28 |
| PERMAN, Michael Stephen | Secretary | 1995-07-18 | 1996-04-04 |
| SHARP, Andrew James | Secretary | 1995-07-17 | 1995-07-18 |
| WAKEFIELD, Barry John | Secretary | 1998-11-03 | 2000-03-24 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-06-15 | 1995-07-18 |
| AINSWORTH, Sarah Helen | Director | 2009-09-25 | 2010-07-02 |
| CHRISTIANSEN, Natasha Asherina | Director | 2018-05-09 | 2019-08-27 |
| COUGHTRIE, John Alan | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2011-09-02 |
| DE CASTILHO, Jorge Manuel Prazeres | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1999-03-31 |
| DE JONG, Robert Jan | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2001-03-31 |
| EL KHAZINDAR, Tarek | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2005-10-31 |
| EUSTACE, John Gerard | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2001-02-02 |
| GANNING, Fred Walter | Director | 2002-07-16 | 2007-07-19 |
| HAYLEY, Alec William | Director | 2004-01-19 | 2009-09-30 |
| LAING, John Bernard Gordon | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2022-05-31 |
| LAING, John Bernard Gordon | Director | 2001-10-08 | 2004-01-19 |
| LAVOOIJ, Francois Jan | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2002-07-16 |
| MANDANA, Trishul Ganapathy Biddanda | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2019-08-27 |
| MARMION, Myles Columba | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2008-12-31 |
| MCGRATH, Harvey Andrew, Sir | Director | 1995-09-29 | 2000-03-24 |
| MCNOUGHER, Paul David | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2018-01-15 |
| PARNESS, Paul | Director | 2021-10-22 | 2022-05-13 |
| PHILLIPS, Richard John | Director | 1995-07-17 | 1995-09-29 |
| PICAUD, Geraldine Jeanne Marcelle | Director | 2008-12-19 | 2011-08-15 |
| RAYNER, David Clifford | Director | 2018-01-15 | 2018-05-09 |
| SEATON, Matthew | Director | 2019-08-27 | 2021-06-02 |
| SIMKIN, Itay | Director | 1995-09-29 | 1997-06-30 |
| SLACK, Thomas William | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2001-10-08 |
| STILLITANO, Anthony Bruno | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2002-07-16 |
| THOMPSON, Christopher John | Director | 2021-05-11 | 2021-10-28 |
| VAN DER WILD, Jan Kees | Director | 2011-10-24 | 2018-01-15 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-06-15 | 1995-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartree Partners Power & Gas Company (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-07-01 | Active |
| E D & F Man Intermediary Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-01-14 | Ceased 2025-07-01 |
| E D & F Man Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2021-01-14 |
| E D & F Man Commodities Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-04-15 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
| Agman Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 211 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-15 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2024-12-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2024-05-24 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-05-24 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2024-01-29 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-01-29 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+295.8%
£1,210,526 £4,790,956
-
Cash
-100%
£741 £0
-
Net assets
-70.6%
£27,711,638 £8,140,104
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+554.8%
£1,131,950 £7,412,157
-
Profit before tax
-45.8%
£32,304,670 £17,513,714
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