BRACKEN TRADING LIMITED - Profile & Financials

Accounts Submitted 3 Sept 2025

Confirmation Statement Submitted 5 Aug 2025

Net assets £78.55M £8.14M 2023 year on year

Total assets £89.87M £11.17M 2023 year on year

Total Liabilities £11.33M £3.03M 2023 year on year

Charges None No charges registered

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Contact & Details

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Registered Address

6th Floor 33 Holborn London EC1N 2HT United Kingdom

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Financials

Period 1 Jan → 31 Dec 2023

Type Total Exemption Full

Next accounts 31 December 2024

Due by 30 September 2025 9 months

Net Assets, Total Assets & Total Liabilities (2019–2023)

Cash in Bank

£1.16M

Decreased by £3.71M (-76%)

Net Assets

£78.55M

Decreased by £8.14M (-9%)

Total Liabilities

£11.33M

Decreased by £3.03M (-21%)

Turnover

£2.71M

Decreased by £773.10k (-22%)

Employees

Increased by 1 (+25%)

Debt Ratio

13%

Decreased by 1 (-7%)

Financial History

Revenue, profit, EBITDA and key financial figures

	2023 Dec Year End	2022 Dec Year End
P&L
Revenue	£142.3M	£128.7M
Gross Profit	£48.2M	£43.1M
Operating Profit	£22.4M	£19.8M
Net Profit	£18.1M	£15.9M
EBITDA	£31.5M	£28.2M
Assets
Cash	£24.7M	£21.3M
Total Assets	£89.4M	£82.1M
Liabilities
Total Liabilities	£45.2M	£41.8M
Key Metrics
Employees	1,247	1,156

Latest Revenue

£142.3M

Latest EBITDA

£31.5M

Cash Position

£24.7M

Funding

Fundraising & Grants

No fundraising or grants recorded

Investors (0)

No investor information available

Share Capital

Share allotments and capital structure

3 Allotments 97,120 Shares £137k Total

Date From	Share Class	Shares Allotted	Amount Raised	Price/Share
2 Nov 2021	ORDINARY	1	£1.5	£1.5
10 Nov 2020	ORDINARY	87,119	£127k	£1.46
20 Aug 2019	PREFERENCE	10,000	£10k	£1

Officers

4 active 4 resigned

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						Status
Benjamin Charles Thompson	Director	British	United Kingdom	41	2 May 2025	Active
Edward William Fellows	Director	British	England	48	2 May 2025	Active
Octopus Company Secretarial Services Limited	Corporate-secretary	United Kingdom	Unknown	—	26 Jul 2019	Active
Sarah Mary Grant	Director	British	England	52	1 Jan 2023	Active

Shareholders

Shareholders (3)


Fern Trading Limited	100.0%	46,944,963	Ordinary	5 Aug 2025
Octopus Nominee Services Ltd	0.0%	0	Ordinary	5 Aug 2025
Octopus Investments Nominees Limited	0.0%	0	Ordinary	5 Aug 2025

Persons with Significant Control

Persons with Significant Control (1)

1 Active 1 Ceased

Fern Trading Limited

United Kingdom

Active

Notified 27 Jun 2025

Nature of Control

Ownership Of Shares 75 To 100 Percent
Voting Rights 75 To 100 Percent
Right To Appoint And Remove Directors

Octopus Investments Nominees Limited

Ceased 27 Jun 2025

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Group Structure

FERN TRADING LIMITED united kingdom voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS NOMINEES LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent, voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

OCTOPUS INVESTMENTS LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent, voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

OCTOPUS CAPITAL LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent, voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

OCTOPUS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD united kingdom

BRACKEN TRADING LIMITED Current Company

BRACKEN HOLDINGS LIMITED united kingdom shares 75 to 100 percent, voting rights 75 to 100 percent, appoint/remove directors

Charges

No charges registered

Documents

Company Filings

Date	Category	Description	Document
3 Sept 2025	Accounts	Annual accounts made up to 2024-12-31	View(44 pages)
29 Aug 2025	Officers	Change to director Sarah Mary Grant on 2025-04-25	View(2 pages)
5 Aug 2025	Confirmation Statement	Confirmation statement made on 2025-07-25 with updates	View(5 pages)
10 Jul 2025	Persons With Significant Control	Fern Trading Limited notified as a person with significant control	View(2 pages)
10 Jul 2025	Persons With Significant Control	Cessation of Octopus Investments Nominees Limited as a person with significant control on 2025-06-27	View(1 page)