INSTANT BRANDS (EMEA) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-17
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-53.4% vs 2022
Net assets
£3M
+3.2% vs 2022
Employees
38
+31% vs 2022
Profit before tax
£47K
+124.7% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- INSTANT BRANDS (EMEA) LIMITED 2021-03-26 → present
- EARLYVIEW LIMITED 2011-02-28 → 2021-03-26
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £23,530,511 | £22,823,456 | |
| Operating profit | £1,705,899 | -£257,782 | |
| Profit before tax | -£189,705 | £46,932 | |
| Net profit | -£245,294 | £85,358 | |
| Cash | £4,099,397 | £1,911,927 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,640,358 | £2,725,716 | |
| Net assets | £2,640,358 | £2,725,716 | |
| Equity | £2,640,358 | £2,725,716 | |
| Average employees | 29 | 38 | |
| Wages | £2,231,813 | £1,889,451 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.2% | -1.1% | |
| Net margin | -1.0% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 64.6% | -9.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 89.6% | 87.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.11x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 4.32x | -1.44x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the financial position of the Company as part of their going concern assessment, considering the impact of potential fluctuations in market conditions, macro-economic pressures, and the Company's ability to raise and service its debts. As part of this assessment, the Directors have prepared cash flow forecasts that assume the company is cash generative in its own right and on the basis that the parent company will not recall the intercompany payable for the going concern period. The directors have performed various sensitivity analysis and are satisfied that no reasonable possible changes to key assumptions would lead to negative cash headroom. The Directors have concluded that the Company is expected to continue as a going concern for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. In reaching this conclusion, the directors have received a letter of support from the parent company, which included a statement that the intercompany payable balance will not be recalled for the going concern period. Furthermore, the parent company has confirmed that the UK market remains a strategic priority for the group, and that products and marketing activities will be tailored to suit the specifics of this territory. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. 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
- “In 2024, we strategically expanded our product portfolio with the launch of the Instant Pot Multicooker 6Qt and the Instant Multicooker XL, targeting both core and high-capacity segments of the multicooker market. Complementing this, we introduced a comprehensive coffee range, including the Frother Station, Infusion Brew, and Fast Cold Brew, designed to capture growth in the premium at-home coffee segment.”
- “Following the Chapter 11 proceedings, the group underwent restructurning resulting in a change in the structure under the control of Centra Lane Partners. As part of this process, all shares of Instant Brands (EMEA) Limited were acruired by IB Appliances US Holdings LLC.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-10-15 | — | — |
| FENWICK, Nathan Lee | Director | 2025-06-27 | Oct 1971 | British |
| LUTTRELL, Haley | Director | 2023-11-08 | Dec 1978 | American |
| ROBINS, Christine Marie | Director | 2024-01-16 | Mar 1966 | American |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRIGAN, Craig | Director | 2024-01-16 | 2025-06-27 |
| HEWITT, Nicholas Gordon | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2023-11-08 |
| LANDMAN, Catherine Rae | Director | 2020-10-15 | 2023-11-08 |
| LOBB, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2019-05-08 |
| OCASION, Louise | Director | 2023-11-08 | 2024-02-28 |
| SCULTHORPE, Robert Leslie | Director | 2013-05-23 | 2019-05-08 |
| STEVENS, Angela Margaret | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2013-04-05 |
| STEVENS, Christopher Richard Mark | Director | 2015-10-22 | 2020-04-05 |
| WARMISHAM, Barry Charles | Director | 2011-02-28 | 2011-03-01 |
| WILKES, Kenneth | Director | 2020-04-05 | 2020-06-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Richard Mark Stevens | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-04-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 78 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-03-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-31 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-08-20 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-02-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-3%
£23,530,511 £22,823,456
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Cash
-53.4%
£4,099,397 £1,911,927
-
Net assets
+3.2%
£2,640,358 £2,725,716
-
Employees
+31%
29 38
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Operating profit
-115.1%
£1,705,899 -£257,782
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Profit before tax
+124.7%
-£189,705 £46,932
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Wages
-15.3%
£2,231,813 £1,889,451
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