SYKES SEAFOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-02 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-41.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£12M
+26.5% vs 2024
Employees
406
-12.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+198% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SYKES SEAFOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED 2019-11-01 → present
- SYKES SEAFOODS LIMITED 1998-02-13 → 2019-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £247,287,000 | £241,735,000 | |
| Operating profit | £539,000 | £6,240,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,209,000 | £3,144,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,319,000 | £2,599,000 | |
| Cash | £7,291,000 | £4,270,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,973,000 | £25,240,000 | |
| Net assets | £9,806,000 | £12,405,000 | |
| Equity | £9,806,000 | £12,405,000 | |
| Average employees | 462 | 406 | |
| Wages | £17,431,000 | £15,328,000 |
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 | Trend | 2024-03-30 | 2025-03-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.9% | 24.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.9% | 84.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.06x | |
| Interest cover | 0.14x | 1.97x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors therefore have a reasonable expectation that there are no material uncertainties that cast significant doubt over the company's ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future. For these reasons, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SYKES SEAFOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Sykes Seafood Limited 100%
- J Sykes & Sons Limited 100%
- Ruskim Seafoods Limited 100%
- Sykes Manufacturing Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The business has encountered supply chain disruption as part of the ongoing Ukraine and Middle Eastern conflicts. The risk has been mitigated by securing alternative supply and allowing additional time for imports.”
- “Consolidating operations into the new state of the art distribution centre in Warrington in 2024 positioned the company for significant growth opportunity.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALE, Alan David, Mr. | Director | 2014-05-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
| TOWNEND, Neil | Director | 2025-03-14 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYKES, Patricia Rosemary | Secretary | 1998-02-13 | 2016-01-07 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-02-13 | 1998-02-13 |
| BLACKSHAW, Gordon John | Director | 2016-01-07 | 2020-08-14 |
| HOLLOWAY, John Frederick | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2016-01-14 |
| PICKUP, Andrew David | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2019-02-28 |
| SYKES, Alexander James | Director | 2010-12-23 | 2016-04-12 |
| SYKES, Alexander James | Director | 2010-01-31 | 2010-12-23 |
| SYKES, David | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2016-01-07 |
| SYKES, Martin | Director | 1998-02-13 | 2018-07-31 |
| SYKES, Matthew James | Director | 2000-01-04 | 2017-01-09 |
| THOMSON, John Pender | Director | 2010-12-23 | 2010-12-23 |
| TILSTON, Steven | Director | 2010-12-22 | 2014-10-08 |
| WRIGHT, Daniel John | Director | 2017-01-09 | 2025-03-14 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-02-13 | 1998-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrd Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-03-25 | Active |
| Mr. Alan David Dale | Individual | ownership-of-shares-50-to-75-percent-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-03-28 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-03-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-19 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-29 vs 2024-03-30
-
Turnover
-2.2%
£247,287,000 £241,735,000
-
Cash
-41.4%
£7,291,000 £4,270,000
-
Net assets
+26.5%
£9,806,000 £12,405,000
-
Employees
-12.1%
462 406
-
Operating profit
+1,057.7%
£539,000 £6,240,000
-
Profit before tax
+198%
-£3,209,000 £3,144,000
-
Wages
-12.1%
£17,431,000 £15,328,000
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