FINLAY EXTRACTS & INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-14 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£210K
-88.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£68M
+1.3% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£937K
+81.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- FINLAY EXTRACTS & INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED 2015-09-28 → present
- FINLAY EXTRACTS LIMITED 2007-12-21 → 2015-09-28
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,377,317 | £11,442,550 | |
| Operating profit | -£726,464 | -£2,739,807 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,100,815 | -£936,990 | |
| Net profit | -£3,750,927 | £839,140 | |
| Cash | £1,759,081 | £209,785 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £132,612,305 | £130,634,544 | |
| Net assets | £66,859,896 | £67,699,036 | |
| Equity | £66,859,896 | £67,699,036 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.4% | -23.9% | |
| Net margin | -22.9% | 7.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.5% | -2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.2% | 49.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.98x | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | -0.14x | -0.53x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Finlay Extracts & Ingredients UK Limited to continue as a going concern. 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.”
Group structure
- FINLAY EXTRACTS & INGREDIENTS UK LIMITED · parent
- Finlay Tea Solutions 100%
- Finlay Hull Limited 100%
- James Finlay (ME) DMCC 100%
- James Finlay (Blantyre) Limited 100%
- Casa Fuentes SACIFI 98%
- Argente SA 100%
- Finlay Extracts & Ingredients Holland B.V. 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company recognised an impairment of $2,964k against its investment in Argente S.A., reducing the carrying value of it's investments in group undertakings to £169,143.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORRIS, David Charles | Secretary | 2018-10-03 | — | — |
| RUTHERFORD, Julian Michael | Director | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1971 | British |
| WOODROW, James Hugh, Mr. | Director | 2022-06-30 | May 1967 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIBBEN, Ann Marie | Secretary | 2018-02-27 | 2018-07-13 |
| JAMES FINLAY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-12-21 | 2018-02-27 |
| BARCROFT, Anthony Francis | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2010-02-02 |
| CHAMBERS, Guy Rufus | Director | 2015-09-11 | 2022-06-03 |
| CORSAN, Robert John | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2010-02-02 |
| DARLINGTON, Richard Andrew | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2012-04-30 |
| HENSON, Paul Robert | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2013-02-01 |
| HOGG, Rupert Bruce Grantham Trower | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2008-09-22 |
| LAWSON, Mark Anthony | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2020-03-31 |
| MATHISON, Ronald James | Director | 2008-09-22 | 2015-09-11 |
| SUMNER, Brett Geoffrey | Director | 2010-02-02 | 2016-01-15 |
| WILLIAMS, Gerald Owain | Director | 2014-01-02 | 2019-06-07 |
| WILLSHER, Neil Robert | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2020-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Finlay Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 90 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-09-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
-
Turnover
-30.1%
£16,377,317 £11,442,550
-
Cash
-88.1%
£1,759,081 £209,785
-
Net assets
+1.3%
£66,859,896 £67,699,036
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-277.1%
-£726,464 -£2,739,807
-
Profit before tax
+81.6%
-£5,100,815 -£936,990
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