THE BIG PRAWN CO. LTD.

KROLL ADVISORY LTD, THE SHARD, 32 LONDON BRIDGE STREET, LONDON, SE1 9SG

Company Number: 03654959
Incorporation date: 23-Oct-1998
Status: In Administration
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
10200 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs





SUMMARY

This company is 25.5 years old and is currently in administration. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 5.6 million which has decreased from the previous year's figure of GBP 6.3 million. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 34.8 million which is similar to the previous year's figure of GBP 33.2 million. The company has 4 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 6 other companies, 2 (33.3%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 28-Feb-2023
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-May-2021)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-May-2021 GBP 34,829,780 -153,192 227,277 -380,469
31-May-2020 GBP 33,206,853 329,429 250,426 79,003
31-May-2019 GBP 32,238,499 550,422 290,524 -384,327 644,225
31-May-2018 GBP 35,960,407 950,885 181,688 198,074 571,123
31-May-2017 GBP 37,569,322 1,432,723 164,738 240,257 917,087


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-May-2021 GBP 112,334 8,988,784 9,637,556 1,014,082 100,000 4,296,768 5,557,865
31-May-2020 GBP 64,934 10,354,500 9,512,471 946,853 100,000 5,549,289 6,336,035
31-May-2019 GBP 946,798 11,378,243 8,941,838 1,070,534 100,000 6,342,338 7,129,084
31-May-2018 GBP 109,350 9,066,662 6,281,338 86,667 100,000 6,578,430 7,365,176
31-May-2017 GBP 38,003 10,489,730 7,504,503 91,667 100,000 6,057,307 6,157,307

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
Insufficient available data for calculating valuations.

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Vincent James GOTTS 23 Jun 2015 16 Apr 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Sean Dennis O'HANLON 02 Feb 2007 23 Jun 2015 British 1 - 1
Resigned Lisa Claire O'HANLON 23 Oct 1998 02 Feb 2007 0 - 1

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Aaron David KELLY 12 May 2022 Finance Director British 3 - 23 (60.0%)
Resigned Allen John Melville TOWNSEND 07 Jan 2020 21 Jan 2022 Managing Director - Commercial British 0 - 72 (28.6%)
Resigned Richard BLAND 07 Jan 2020 12 May 2022 Finance Director British 0 - 22 (100.0%)
Resigned Nicholas David GOODWIN 07 Jan 2020 21 Jan 2022 Director British 2 - 76 (66.7%)
Active St John Colin Kenneth AGNEW 29 Oct 2018 Director British 1 - 52 (33.3%)
Resigned Ivor Jeremy ROWLANDS 23 Jun 2014 13 Feb 2019 Company Director British 0 - 84 (50.0%)
Resigned Craig Andrew HARRISON 01 Feb 2013 31 May 2020 Sales Director British 0 - 22 (100.0%)
Active William David RASH 06 Apr 2011 Company Director British 3 - 02 (66.7%)
Active Lisa Claire O'HANLON 01 Dec 2010 Company Director British 1 - 12 (100.0%)
Resigned Alan Robert FLEMING 02 Feb 2007 02 Dec 2008 Technical Director British 0 - 11 (100.0%)
Resigned Paul Christopher BYRNE 02 Feb 2007 25 Aug 2010 Commercial Director British 0 - 96 (66.7%)
Resigned Adrian Wadislav CZWARTACKI 20 Jun 2001 31 Mar 2005 Commercial Director British 0 - 11 (100.0%)
Active Sean Dennis O'HANLON 23 Oct 1998 Director British 1 - 12 (100.0%)
Resigned LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED 23 Oct 1998 23 Oct 1998 1 - 134795371 (39.8%)
Resigned LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED 23 Oct 1998 23 Oct 1998 1 - 109734572 (41.7%)
Number of active directors: 5
Average tenure of active directors: 11.9 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 2.8 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 72.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
WNS GLOBAL SERVICES (UK) LIMITED (02292251) - Active
THE BIG PRAWN CO. LTD. (03654959) - In Administration
ADK ACCOUNTANCY LTD (07135793) - Dissolved
ARK VENTURES UK LTD (07985161) - Active
JUNIPER CONSULTANTS EA LTD (11013591) - Active
MELTON CONSTABLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED (11488457) - In Administration/Administrative Receive
GREENLEAF SEAFOODS LTD (14871634) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2019-10-232015-10-232014-10-232013-10-232012-10-23
THE BIG PRAWN CO. (HOLDINGS) LTDORDINARY100,000
100%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
SEAN DENNIS O'HANLONA ORDINARY0
0%
77,500
77.5%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
SEAN DENNIS O'HANLONB ORDINARY0
0%
22,500
22.5%
0
0%
0
0%
0
0%
SEAN DENNIS O'HANLONORDINARY0
0%
0
0%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%
100,000
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

THE BIG PRAWN CO. LTD.

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES


No Court Cases found

PATENTS


No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 10200 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs)

Company Registered Address Company Number YE Date Revenue GBP Net Profit GBP Other SIC codes
YOUNG'S SEAFOOD LIMITED YOUNG'S HOUSE, WICKHAM ROAD, GRIMSBY, ENGLAND, DN31 3SW 03751665 2017-09-30 523,338,000 -39,338,000
INTERNATIONAL SEAFOODS LIMITED HILMORE HOUSE, GAIN LANE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD3 7DL 07838062 2018-02-04 157,476,000 3,985,000
NEW ENGLAND SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 48 COX LANE, CHESSINGTON, SURREY, KT9 1TW 02565953 2017-10-31 151,467,000 907,000
MARINE HARVEST VAP UK LIMITED C/O BRODIES LLP CAPITAL SQUARE, 58 MORRISON STREET, EDINBURGH, UNITED KINGDOM, EH3 8BP SC349437 2017-12-31 144,810,245 5,893,464
FARNE SALMON & TROUT LIMITED STATION ROAD, DUNS, BERWICKSHIRE, TD11 3HS SC076613 2018-06-30 114,449,000 1,123,000
LYONS SEAFOODS LIMITED FAIRFIELD HOUSE, FAIRFIELD ROAD, WARMINSTER, WILTSHIRE, BA12 9DA 02987743 2018-06-30 114,183,000 9,878,000
THISTLE SEAFOODS LIMITED THISTLE SEAFOODS LIMITED HARBOUR STREET, BODDAM, PETERHEAD, SCOTLAND, AB42 3AU SC223362 2017-12-31 89,545,000 0 46380-Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
MACDUFF SHELLFISH (SCOTLAND) LIMITED PINSENT MASONS LLP, 13 QUEENS ROAD, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, AB15 4YL SC106514 2017-12-31 77,965,088 5,591,741
FIVE STAR FISH LIMITED TRINITY PARK HOUSE TRINITY BUSINESS PARK, FOX WAY, WAKEFIELD, WEST YORKSHIRE, WF2 8EE 07208651 2017-07-29 57,521,000 -17,272,000
COOMBE FISHERIES LIMITED RIVERSIDE ROAD, POTTINGTON BUSINESS PARK, BARNSTAPLE, DEVON, EX31 1QN 01506577 2017-12-31 24,159,156 0
COQUET ISLAND SHELLFISH LIMITED COQUET ISLAND SHELLFISH COQUET ENTERPRISE PARK, AMBLE, MORPETH, ENGLAND, NE65 0PE 04874060 2018-04-30 13,128,349 0
S. RIDDLER LIMITED UNIT 2A/2B VICTORIA BUSINESS PARK, ROCHE, ST. AUSTELL, ENGLAND, PL26 8LX 02060546 2017-11-30 8,838,428 0 46380-Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
MACDUFF SHELLFISH GROUP LIMITED PINSENT MASONS LLP, 13 QUEENS ROAD, ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, AB15 4YL SC395537 0000-00-00 0 0

LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is In Administration. Statistically, such companies have a VERY HIGH probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
Company status 99.8% 99.8% 99.4% High
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.3% 1.3% 2.4% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.6% 6.1% 8.0% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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