Scerene Fishing Company Limited
Registered name: SCERENE FISHING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Interfish Limited groupScerene Fishing Company Limited made £12.6m revenue and £9.5m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Scerene Fishing Company Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £9.5m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's parent undertaking at the balance sheet date was Interfish Limited, a company incorporated and registered in England.The company's ultimate parent undertaking at the balance sheet date w”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.7m | £12.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £11.6m | £12.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £11.6m | £12.6m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £8.7m | £9.5m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £8.7m | £9.5m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 74.5% | 75% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £3.9m | £4.2m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £2.9m | £3.2m |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲8.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3k | £426k | £16.5k | £49.4k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.7m | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Fixed assets | £14.6m | £14.6m | — | — |
| Current assets | £1.3k | £3.1m | £281k | £49.4k |
| Debtors | £0 | £2.7m | £265k | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 75%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £4.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.2m
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲8%
- Now £6.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲199%
- Now £49.4k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Interfish Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Scerene Fishing Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (8)
- Northbay Pelagic LimitedRev. £85.5m · Profit £1.4m
- Altaire Fishing Company LimitedRev. £40.1m · Profit £17.5m
- Cornish Bay LimitedFigures not disclosed
- I.f. LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ifw LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Northbay Fishing Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sound Seafood LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Southwest Seafoods LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £9.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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