UNIQUE SEAFOOD LIMITED
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Executive summary
Unique Seafood Limited is a mid-tier UK frozen seafood wholesaler with a 27-year track record and defensible niche positions in ethnic seafood, ship supplies, and specialist markets. The company's 2024 financial performance shows welcome recovery—gross margins improved from an unsustainably thin 2.2% to a more sector-appropriate 7.2%, and turnover recovered modestly to £30.6M following a severe 30% decline in 2023. However, the persistently negligible cash position (£4,742 on £30.6M turnover) represents a material liquidity risk that would concern any sector analyst, leaving the business vulnerable to trade disruption or customer payment delays. The company's Scandinavian-linked supply chain and niche diversification provide genuine competitive advantages, but revenue volatility and margin inconsistency suggest it remains a follower rather than a leader in the UK seafood wholesale landscape.
Shareholders' funds
£5,016,771
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
wholesale sales of frozen fish and other seafood products, as well as direct sales to fish and chip outlets.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1997-01-27
- Employees
- 13 (2024 accounts · was 16 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor, Imperial House, 21 - 25 North Street, Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom, BR1 1SD
- Postcode
- BR1 1SD
- Capital
- 100,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-01-27
- Next due by
- 2027-02-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46310 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
Controlled by UNIQUE SEAFOOD HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
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UNIQUE SEAFOOD (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- uniqueseafood.co.uk
- Phone
- 02032603580
Wholesale and Trade Supply for Fish and Chips Shops, Restaurants, Supermarkets, Wholefish trade, Pelagic Fish Supplies, Ship Supplies and Ethnic Seafood
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| UNIT 35.6 AND 35.7 COBALT, WHITE HART AVENUE THAMESMEAD, LONDON, SE28 0GU | 2016-11-29 |
| UNIT 27-28, CHILTONIAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MANOR LANE LEWISHAM, LONDON, SE12 0TX | 2011-10-31 |
| 27-28 CHILTONIAN INDUSTRIAL, ESTATE MANOR LANE, LEWISHAM, SE12 OTX | 2002-02-14 |
| 1 COCKTON HILL ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM DL14 6EN | 2000-05-24 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,433 similar companies in BR — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (13 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1997.
The class of 1997
44%
of the 50,527 companies incorporated in 1997 are still active today; 54% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2017-01-05
- Price paid, where recorded
- £29,358
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGL777205 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-01-05 | £29,358 |
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