COSTA EXPRESS LIMITED

1. COSTA EXPRESS LIMITED 2015-06-08 → present
2. COFFEE NATION LIMITED 2000-11-21 → 2015-06-08
3. COFFEE NATION UK LIMITED 1997-02-24 → 2000-11-21
4. DAWNFORM LIMITED 1996-01-11 → 1997-02-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as, having reviewed the current position and cash flow projections of the Company, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future at the time of approving the financial statements. The Company has received a letter of support from its ultimate parent company, The Coca-Cola Company, that commits to making support available if it is required at a point in time covering a period of twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “On 6 March 2025, the Company declared an in-specie dividend of £60m (£83 per share), payable to its parent, Costa Express Holdings Limited.”
• “On 6 March 2025, the Company assigned intercompany receivables of £60m from Costa Limited to its parent, Costa Express Holdings Limited, in performance of the in-specie dividend declared.”

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

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +1.3%

  £363,045,000 → £367,839,000

• Cash

  +241.2%

  £403,000 → £1,375,000

• Net assets

  -16.9%

  £147,755,000 → £122,855,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

• Operating profit

  -45.6%

  £84,958,000 → £46,258,000

• Profit before tax

  -43.6%

  £86,653,000 → £48,914,000

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