ZECOL THOMAS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-29
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-25 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-34.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
-53.1% vs 2023
Employees
524
+51.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£978K
-86% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-29
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-25 | 2024-09-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,808,633 | £43,527,303 | |
| Operating profit | £6,984,265 | £978,001 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,984,265 | £978,001 | |
| Net profit | £5,967,491 | £815,863 | |
| Cash | £2,413,088 | £1,585,120 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,963,271 | £3,612,247 | |
| Net assets | £3,173,641 | £1,489,504 | |
| Equity | £3,173,641 | £1,489,504 | |
| Average employees | 345 | 524 | |
| Wages | £9,127,569 | £11,703,960 |
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 | 2023-09-25 | 2024-09-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 18.0% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 15.4% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 176.2% | 27.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.57x | 0.23x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the business has sufficient resources to operate for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements and that it is appropriate for the financial statements to be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In FY24 we opened 1 new venue Albert's Schloss in Soho.”
- “FY24 saw our largest ever conference with over 75 attending our overseas conference which contained updates on the company performance, our wider strategy to deliver key goals and objectives for the year to come and enhance our teams understanding of our brand heritage and values.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIS, Roy Edward | Director | 2017-06-05 | Sep 1962 | British |
| WOOLLEY, Michael Francis | Director | 2018-05-09 | Jun 1987 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2022-05-06 |
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Secretary | 2006-08-25 | 2019-08-14 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-08-25 | 2006-08-29 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-05 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2017-06-05 |
| KEMP, Charlotte Jane, Head Of People And Culture | Director | 2017-06-05 | 2018-07-23 |
| WILKINSON, Joel Daniel | Director | 2006-08-25 | 2019-08-14 |
| WINTER, Adelaide Louise | Director | 2006-08-25 | 2019-03-29 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-08-25 | 2006-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Mars Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 81 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2020-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-08-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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 2024-09-29 vs 2023-09-25
-
Turnover
+12.2%
£38,808,633 £43,527,303
-
Cash
-34.3%
£2,413,088 £1,585,120
-
Net assets
-53.1%
£3,173,641 £1,489,504
-
Employees
+51.9%
345 524
-
Operating profit
-86%
£6,984,265 £978,001
-
Profit before tax
-86%
£6,984,265 £978,001
-
Wages
+28.2%
£9,127,569 £11,703,960
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