ESPERSEN UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+16.7% vs 2023
Net assets
-£177K
+93.2% vs 2023
Employees
158
-16% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£13M
-29.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- ESPERSEN UK LIMITED 2023-10-23 → present
- ICELAND SEAFOOD UK LTD 2020-04-24 → 2023-10-23
- HAVELOK LIMITED 2012-06-18 → 2020-04-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,309,894 | £28,936,326 | |
| Operating profit | -£8,603,432 | -£12,947,703 | |
| Profit before tax | -£10,267,598 | -£13,313,801 | |
| Net profit | -£10,354,960 | -£13,229,781 | |
| Cash | £1,115,330 | £1,301,459 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£89,611 | £1,288,551 | |
| Net assets | -£2,595,828 | -£176,551 | |
| Equity | -£2,595,828 | -£176,551 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 158 | |
| Wages | £5,584,649 | £4,868,764 |
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 | -20.3% | -44.7% | |
| Net margin | -24.5% | -45.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9600.9% | -1004.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 112.2% | 101.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.80x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | -5.09x | -33.37x |
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
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Given the new business model in place, and the support in place from the parent company, the Directors consider that the company has sufficient resources available to continue trading for at least the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “In May 2025, the Directors took the difficult decision to cease production within the UK. After consultation with staff, suppliers, and customers a timetable was put in place which saw the final finished goods come off the line in November 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENDIX, Tino | Director | 2024-08-05 | Jan 1972 | Danish |
| ENEVOLDSEN, Flemming Nyenstad | Director | 2025-01-01 | Oct 1961 | Danish |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURTON, Daniel Robert | Secretary | 2012-07-31 | 2021-12-31 |
| JONSSON, Reynir | Secretary | 2021-12-31 | 2023-09-27 |
| APPLEFORD, Justin | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-01-12 |
| BURTON, Daniel Robert | Director | 2012-06-18 | 2021-12-31 |
| CAMFIELD, Lee Mark, Mr. | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2019-08-06 |
| ERIKSSON, Helgi Anton | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2019-02-05 |
| JONSSON, Reynir | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2023-09-27 |
| MATHEWS, Glen | Director | 2022-02-28 | 2024-02-13 |
| NIELSEN, Klaus Beyer | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2024-08-05 |
| NIELSEN, Stig Hartvig | Director | 2024-03-20 | 2026-02-28 |
| ROSTHOF, Claus Nielsen | Director | 2023-09-27 | 2024-12-31 |
| ÁRMANNSSON, Bjarni | Director | 2019-02-05 | 2023-09-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Espersen A/S | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-27 | Active |
| Iceland Seafood International Hf | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-03-10 | Ceased 2023-09-27 |
| Iceland Seafood Barraclough Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-08-24 |
| Mr Daniel Robert Burton | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-03-10 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-10-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-01-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-31.6%
£42,309,894 £28,936,326
-
Cash
+16.7%
£1,115,330 £1,301,459
-
Net assets
+93.2%
-£2,595,828 -£176,551
-
Employees
-16%
188 158
-
Operating profit
-50.5%
-£8,603,432 -£12,947,703
-
Profit before tax
-29.7%
-£10,267,598 -£13,313,801
-
Wages
-12.8%
£5,584,649 £4,868,764
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