YAKULT UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-44.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-33.2% vs 2023
Employees
21
+5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£385K
+1.4% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,409,560 | £22,215,549 | |
| Operating profit | £315,236 | £327,388 | |
| Profit before tax | £379,914 | £385,356 | |
| Net profit | £301,212 | £281,404 | |
| Cash | £4,113,599 | £2,270,817 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,388,880 | £2,930,681 | |
| Net assets | £4,388,449 | £2,929,853 | |
| Equity | £4,388,449 | £2,929,853 | |
| Average employees | 20 | 21 | |
| Wages | £1,005,315 | £1,273,757 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.2% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.58x | 2.16x | |
| Interest cover | 1843.49x | 356.63x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts covering 21 months from the approval date of these financial statements. These forecasts consider potential downsides, including a scenario where the current subdued trading activity of the first two months of 2025 continues, resulting in limited growth for the year. The Company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for cash flow forecast period. The Directors are content that the financial position as at 31 December 2024 of net assets £2,929,853 and a cash position of £2,270,817 provide sufficient resources for the forecast period. Consequently, the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Yakult Plus line was discontinued and replaced with Yakult Peach in Qtr. 3 2024.”
- “Elements of the "Windsor" framework agreement with the EU continues to be rolled out like "not for EU "labelling that had to be dealt with from October 2024 based on risk level of the goods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINDORIA, Ravji Kanji | Secretary | 2003-05-01 | — | British |
| SHIMADA, Junichi | Director | 2022-05-16 | Apr 1960 | Japanese |
| UEKUSA, Shunichi | Director | 2023-05-22 | Jul 1964 | Japanese |
| YAMAGUCHI, Shinji | Director | 2025-05-19 | Jan 1971 | Japanese |
| YOSHIMURA, Hiroaki | Director | 2017-06-01 | Oct 1971 | Japanese |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATSUBARA, Hiroyasu | Secretary | 1995-08-01 | 2003-05-01 |
| HIRANO, Hirokatsu | Director | 1997-07-17 | 2003-08-14 |
| HIRANO, Hirokatsu | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1996-01-31 |
| HIRANO, Susumu | Director | 2022-05-16 | 2023-05-22 |
| KAWABATA, Yoshihiro | Director | 1999-09-01 | 2022-05-16 |
| KURODA, Yoshinori | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2003-12-01 |
| MATSUBARA, Hiroyasu | Director | 2001-04-26 | 2025-12-19 |
| MURAKAMI, Itsuo | Director | 1995-08-01 | 1997-07-17 |
| NARITA, Hiroshi | Director | 2009-05-29 | 2022-05-16 |
| NARITA, Hiroshi | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2002-03-15 |
| SAKO, Tomoyuki | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-06-01 |
| SUZUKI, Hiroshi | Director | 2002-03-15 | 2014-12-01 |
| TSURITANI, Naomasa | Director | 2003-08-14 | 2009-05-29 |
| YOSHIDA, Yoichi | Director | 1997-07-17 | 1999-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yakult Honsha Co Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+3.8%
£21,409,560 £22,215,549
-
Cash
-44.8%
£4,113,599 £2,270,817
-
Net assets
-33.2%
£4,388,449 £2,929,853
-
Employees
+5%
20 21
-
Operating profit
+3.9%
£315,236 £327,388
-
Profit before tax
+1.4%
£379,914 £385,356
-
Wages
+26.7%
£1,005,315 £1,273,757
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