NOVATEC LIMITED

1. NOVATEC LIMITED 2019-11-19 → present
2. RUMENCO HOLDINGS LIMITED 2014-10-03 → 2019-11-19

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Cooper Parry Group Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 group's or the parent 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

1. NOVATEC LIMITED · parent
   1. SJC 125 Limited 100% · Dormant
   2. SJC 126 Limited 100% · Dormant
   3. Net-Tex Trading Limited 100% · Dormant
   4. Uniblock Limited 90% · Manufacture and sale of feed products
   5. Uniblock (Export) Limited 90% · Holding company
   6. Rumenco Limited 100% · Manufacture and distribution of specialty animal nutritional products and heath and hygiene supplements
   7. Owens Nutrition Limited 100% · Manufacture and sale of feed products

Significant events

• “In December 2024 the group was subjected to a cyber ransomware attack. The loss of data, did not materially affect performance. However, the recovery costs and further investment in protection frameworks for the future was a costly exercise which has affected results of this financial year.”
• “The acquisition of Owen's Nutrition Limited in September 2023, reported as being successfully integrated, was completed by the transference of the nutritional feed bucket business to Rumenco Limited's Burton site, increasing the flexibility of core business and adding new products to the portfolio.”
• “During the year, the company paid a dividend of £165,000, which has subsequently been identified as not being in accordance with the Companies Act 2006. At the time the dividend was declared, the company did not have sufficient distributable reserves, resulting in the distribution being made in contravention of the relevant statutory requirements. The directors have reviewed the circumstances leading to the unlawful distribution and have implemented additional controls to prevent a recurrence. The directors have also taken steps to ensure the position is rectified, including agreeing that the amount paid is recoverable from the shareholders and will be treated as directors loan/debtor until repaid or otherwise resolved.”
• “At the year end the group contracted to but has not provided for £667,806 (2024: £356,185) of fixed assets in these financial statements.”
• “On 23 July 2025, Rumenco Limited disposed of its shareholding in Owens Nutrition Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary, to Uniblock Limited, another subsidiary within the group. The consideration for the transaction was £783,034. This event occurred after the balance sheet date and does not affect the amounts recognised in these financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.4%

  £59,805,942 → £58,979,530

• Cash

  -59.2%

  £11,513,053 → £4,699,812

• Net assets

  -1.5%

  £32,183,264 → £31,686,048

• Employees

  -1.2%

  163 → 161

• Operating profit

  +89.1%

  -£3,481,846 → -£380,744

• Profit before tax

  +84.2%

  -£3,407,950 → -£536,773

• Wages

  -1.7%

  £6,923,362 → £6,807,059

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