COPERNUS LIMITED

35 WEST DOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, HU3 4HH

Company Number: 07126122
Incorporation date: 15-Jan-2010
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
46380 Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

SUMMARY

This company is 14.9 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Mr Dean Robert Simpson. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 4.2 million which has increased from GBP 3.7 million in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 52.4 million which is down -20% on the previous year. The company has 1 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 6 other companies, 3 (50.0%) 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 is one court case involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 30-Sep-2025
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Dec-2023)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Interest Paid	Tax	Net Profit GBP
31-Dec-2023	GBP	52,443,666	2,865,929	1,735	93,374	787,639	1,986,651
26-Mar-2023	GBP	63,700,157	627,098		103,398	90,232	433,468
27-Mar-2022	GBP	58,764,576	-136,615	2	80,797	-77,916	-139,494
28-Mar-2021	GBP	49,993,357	2,482,062		62,928	460,026	1,959,108
31-Mar-2020	GBP	38,069,188	624,243		42,351	-203,400	785,292
31-Mar-2019	GBP	19,399,021	673,674		32,039	-77,528	719,163
01-Aug-2018	GBP	19,399,021	673,674		32,039		719,163
31-Jul-2018	GBP	36,443,980	-1,313,634		43,844	202,023	-1,559,501
31-Jul-2017	GBP	49,952,216	-131,226		48,675	17,892	-197,793
31-Jul-2016	GBP	46,726,960	1,534,870		25,420	297,385	1,212,065
03-Aug-2015	GBP	46,726,960	1,534,870		25,420	297,385	1,212,065
15-Jan-2010	GBP

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Debt	Share Capital	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
31-Dec-2023	GBP	32,429	8,360,956	8,765,316	940,874	100	4,181,123	4,181,223
26-Mar-2023	GBP	95,874	8,267,526	9,049,024	1,291,724	100	3,739,472	3,739,572
27-Mar-2022	GBP	45,056	8,494,703	10,005,146	1,013,642	100	3,688,004	3,688,104
28-Mar-2021	GBP	39,539	8,253,092	7,731,412	910,970	100	3,827,498	3,827,598
31-Mar-2020	GBP	78,483	6,602,546	7,091,318	1,240,247	100	2,168,390	2,168,490
31-Mar-2019	GBP	185,479	4,253,215		502,350	100	1,698,598	1,698,698
01-Aug-2018	GBP	185,479	4,253,215	4,279,405		100	1,698,598
31-Jul-2018	GBP	14,117	3,775,677	17	567,422	100	1,009,435	1,009,535
31-Jul-2017	GBP	88,330	7,688,371		649,167	100	2,748,936	2,749,036
31-Jul-2016	GBP	28,615	7,237,715	5,119,225	739,606	100	3,051,729	3,051,829
03-Aug-2015	GBP	28,615	7,237,715	5,119,225		100	3,051,729	3,051,829
15-Jan-2010	GBP	86,085		1,074,716

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)

No information on secretary appointments

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Active	Dean Robert SIMPSON	15 Jan 2010		Director	British	2 - 5	4 (57.1%)

Number of active directors: 1
Average tenure of active directors: 14.9 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: no resignations yet
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 57.1%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Dean Robert SIMPSON
W. SIMPSON LIMITED (01557014) - Dissolved	✔
AUTOVISION (HULL) LIMITED (05659839) - Active	✔
SCARBOROUGH SHELLFISH COMPANY LIMITED (06060408) - Dissolved	✔
COPERNUS LIMITED (06250925) - Dissolved	✔
SCARBOROUGH SHELL & FISH COMPANY LIMITED (06977715) - Dissolved	✔
COPERNUS LIMITED (07126122) - Active	✔
HSN 10 LIMITED (08106645) - Active	✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name	Share class	Shares at confirmation date
Shareholder name	Share class	2019-01-15	2017-01-15	2016-01-15	2015-01-15	2014-01-15
DEAN ROBERT SIMPSON	ORDINARY	51 51%	100 100%	90 90%	90 90%	90 90%
WENDY SIMPSON	ORDINARY	49 49%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%	0 0%
PAULINE SIMPSON	ORDINARY	0 0%	0 0%	10 10%	10 10%	10 10%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

50%-75%:Mr Dean Robert Simpson - active

Controlling entities above

COPERNUS LIMITED

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

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

COURT CASES

Date	Title	Reference	Subject
2019-06-26	Mr A Wicks v Copernus Ltd	[2019] UKET 1801701/2019	Breach of Contract

PATENTS

No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 46380 Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low 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
COPERNUS LIMITED	0.7%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	0.7%	3.4%	8.9%	Medium


Age	0.4%	1.7%	3.3%	Medium
Company Type	0.7%	3.7%	7.4%	Medium
Accounts category	0.7%	2.2%	3.8%	Medium
Accounting Month	0.6%	2.4%	5.5%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium