ST. ERMIN'S OPERATING (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-27 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-35.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£10M
+21% vs 2023
Employees
191
+7.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
+71% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ST. ERMIN'S OPERATING (UK) LIMITED 2010-05-26 → present
- JOLLY HOTELS (UK) LIMITED 2000-07-24 → 2010-05-26
- HACKREMCO (NO.1679) LIMITED 2000-06-13 → 2000-07-24
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 | £33,626,999 | £36,377,909 | |
| Operating profit | £2,350,340 | £3,619,241 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,162,832 | £3,697,767 | |
| Net profit | £1,007,915 | £2,625,623 | |
| Cash | £4,038,992 | £2,589,588 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£12,193,389 | -£9,163,562 | |
| Net assets | -£12,531,996 | -£9,906,373 | |
| Equity | -£12,531,996 | -£9,906,373 | |
| Average employees | 178 | 191 | |
| Wages | £5,654,095 | £6,267,115 |
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 | 7.0% | 9.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 7.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -19.3% | -39.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 209.1% | 166.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.36x | 0.46x | |
| Interest cover | 10.47x | 224.81x |
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
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEUTLER, Sunny Chun- Hwa Chen | Secretary | 2021-06-26 | — | — |
| CHEN, Oi- Lin | Director | 2015-01-22 | Oct 1950 | American |
| CHEN, Tei Fu | Director | 2015-01-22 | Apr 1948 | American |
| CHUN- HWA CHEN BEUTLER, Sunny | Director | 2015-01-22 | May 1980 | American |
| KUAN- CHUN CHEN, Reuben | Director | 2015-01-22 | Jun 1978 | American |
| KUAN- JAI CHEN, Eric | Director | 2015-01-22 | Oct 1982 | American |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-10 | 2015-01-22 |
| HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-06-13 | 2010-05-10 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-01-22 | 2015-07-23 |
| REEVES COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-07-24 | 2022-09-05 |
| BAGNASCO, Giorgio | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2007-12-24 |
| BUIJS, Adrianus Jacobus | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2010-05-10 |
| CHANG, Michael | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2015-01-22 |
| CHUN- YU TENG, Wendy | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2021-02-26 |
| CIESLIK, Fransisco Alejandro Zinser | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2010-05-10 |
| IBARRO, Roberto Chollet | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2010-05-10 |
| KUAN- WEN CHEN, Jonathan | Director | 2015-01-22 | 2021-02-26 |
| PAIER, Walter | Director | 2000-10-19 | 2007-12-24 |
| POUND, Daniel Robert Dudley | Director | 2010-11-04 | 2015-01-22 |
| VERBEEK, Robertus Adrianus Cornelis Afonsus | Director | 2007-12-24 | 2010-02-16 |
| WEKSELBLATT, Joseph R | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2015-01-22 |
| WICKMAN, Kirk | Director | 2010-05-10 | 2015-01-22 |
| ZANUSO, Ugo Maria | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2007-01-30 |
| ZANUSO, Vittorio | Director | 2000-11-14 | 2007-12-24 |
| HACKWOOD DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-06-13 | 2000-10-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunworld Dynasty Europe Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2021-02-28 | Active |
| Eric Kuan-Jai Chen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-02-26 | Ceased 2021-02-27 |
| Sunny Chun-Hwa Chen Beutler | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-02-26 | Ceased 2021-02-27 |
| Reuben Kuan-Chun Chen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-02-26 | Ceased 2021-02-27 |
| Mr Tei Fu Chen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
| Oi- Lin Chen | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-07-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-07-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
-
Turnover
+8.2%
£33,626,999 £36,377,909
-
Cash
-35.9%
£4,038,992 £2,589,588
-
Net assets
+21%
-£12,531,996 -£9,906,373
-
Employees
+7.3%
178 191
-
Operating profit
+54%
£2,350,340 £3,619,241
-
Profit before tax
+71%
£2,162,832 £3,697,767
-
Wages
+10.8%
£5,654,095 £6,267,115
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