PETIT BATEAU UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
Cash
£614K
-25.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£516K
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
24
-33.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£207K
+38.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PETIT BATEAU UK LIMITED 1996-11-26 → present
- FINISTERE LIMITED 1996-11-06 → 1996-11-26
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,565,000 | £5,899,757 | £5,463,064 | |
| Operating profit | £250,000 | £148,496 | £206,931 | |
| Profit before tax | £254,000 | £149,195 | £207,150 | |
| Net profit | — | £139,826 | £172,760 | |
| Cash | £970,000 | £827,897 | £613,816 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £612,000 | £542,985 | £515,746 | |
| Net assets | £602,000 | £542,985 | £515,746 | |
| Equity | £602,000 | £542,985 | £515,746 | |
| Average employees | 33 | 36 | 24 | |
| 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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 2.5% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 2.4% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.8% | 27.3% | 40.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.43x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 250.00x | 15.37x | 17.36x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELLES, Jean-Christophe | Secretary | 2020-06-22 | — | — |
| SELLES, Jean-Christophe | Director | 2020-06-22 | Aug 1964 | French |
| PETIT BATEAU SAS | Corporate Director | 2006-06-30 | — | — |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVES PIRES, Pedro Manuel, Mister | Secretary | 2015-02-23 | 2020-06-22 |
| BAZIN, Frederic | Secretary | 1999-09-23 | 2006-09-05 |
| BIDAULT, Nicolas | Secretary | 2006-09-05 | 2010-02-26 |
| DEMEYERE, David, Mister | Secretary | 2010-02-26 | 2010-11-16 |
| LAROSE, Regis | Secretary | 2010-11-16 | 2015-02-23 |
| LE BAUBE, Olivier | Secretary | 1996-11-27 | 1999-09-23 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-06 | 1996-11-27 |
| ALVES PIRES, Pedro Manuel | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2020-06-22 |
| BERLAN, Philippe | Director | 2006-09-05 | 2009-11-27 |
| BIANCHI, Stephane | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2006-06-30 |
| BIDAULT, Nicolas | Director | 2006-09-05 | 2010-02-26 |
| DEMEYERE, David, Mister | Director | 2010-02-26 | 2010-11-16 |
| FLAMENT, Guy Michel Marie | Director | 2002-10-15 | 2006-09-05 |
| HUGUENIN, Vincent | Director | 1996-11-27 | 2002-05-31 |
| LAROSE, Regis, Mister | Director | 2009-11-27 | 2015-02-23 |
| ROCHER, Bris | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2000-09-15 |
| USUNIER, Jean Yves | Director | 2000-09-15 | 2006-06-30 |
| COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-06 | 1996-11-27 |
| COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-06 | 1996-11-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petit Bateau Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-13 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-03-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-05 | CVA4 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement completion | |
| 2021-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-06 | CVA1 | insolvency | Liquidation voluntary arrangement meeting approving companies voluntary arrangement | |
| 2020-12-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-12-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2020-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-31 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-7.4%
£5,899,757 £5,463,064
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-25.9%
£827,897 £613,816
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-5%
£542,985 £515,746
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
-33.3%
36 24
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+39.4%
£148,496 £206,931
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Profit before tax
+38.8%
£149,195 £207,150
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