MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

01.10.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

E D & F MAN SUGAR LIMITED

 

 

Formerly Known As :

E.D. & F. MAN (SUGAR) LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

Cotton Centre, Hay’s Lane, London SE 1 2QE

 

 

Country :

United Kingdom

 

 

Financials (as on) :

30.09.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

08.12.1950

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

00489204

 

 

Legal Form :

Private Limited with Share Capital

 

 

Line of Business :

·         Agents Specialized in the sale of Particulars Products

·         Sugar Merchants, Brokers and Distributors.

 

 

No. of Employees :

120

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Ba

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

Satisfactory

 

Status :

Satisfactory

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Slow but correct

 

 

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES:

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail: infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 1, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

United Kingdom

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

UNITED KINGDOM - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The UK, a leading trading power and financial center, is the third largest economy in Europe after Germany and France. Over the past two decades, the government has greatly reduced public ownership. Agriculture is intensive, highly mechanized, and efficient by European standards, producing about 60% of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force. The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil resources, but its oil and natural gas reserves are declining and the UK became a net importer of energy in 2005. Services, particularly banking, insurance, and business services, are key drivers of British GDP growth. Manufacturing, meanwhile, has declined in importance but still accounts for about 10% of economic output. After emerging from recession in 1992, Britain's economy enjoyed the longest period of expansion on record during which time growth outpaced most of Western Europe. In 2008, however, the global financial crisis hit the economy particularly hard, due to the importance of its financial sector. Falling home prices, high consumer debt, and the global economic slowdown compounded Britain's economic problems, pushing the economy into recession in the latter half of 2008 and prompting the then BROWN (Labour) government to implement a number of measures to stimulate the economy and stabilize the financial markets; these included nationalizing parts of the banking system, temporarily cutting taxes, suspending public sector borrowing rules, and moving forward public spending on capital projects. Facing burgeoning public deficits and debt levels, in 2010 the CAMERON-led coalition government (between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) initiated a five-year austerity program, which aimed to lower London's budget deficit from about 11% of GDP in 2010 to nearly 1% by 2015. In November 2011, Chancellor of the Exchequer George OSBORNE announced additional austerity measures through 2017 largely due to the euro-zone debt crisis. The CAMERON government raised the value added tax from 17.5% to 20% in 2011. It has pledged to reduce the corporation tax rate to 21% by 2014. The Bank of England (BoE) implemented an asset purchase program of £375 billion (approximately $605 billion) as of December 2013. During times of economic crisis, the BoE coordinates interest rate moves with the European Central Bank, but Britain remains outside the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). In 2012, weak consumer spending and subdued business investment weighed on the economy, however, in 2013 GDP grew 1.4%, accelerating unexpectedly in the second half of the year because of greater consumer spending and a recovering housing market. The budget deficit is falling but remains high at nearly 7% and public debt has continued to increase.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

 

 


REGISTERED NAME & COMPANY SUMMARY

 

Company Name:                       E D & F MAN SUGAR LIMITED

 

Company No.:                           00489204

 

Company Status:                      Active – Accounts Filed

 

 

 

 

DIRECTORS/MANAGEMENT

 

Current Directors

Name

Niels Vesterdal

Date of Birth

25/04/1953

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

Danish

Present Appointments

5

Function

Director

Appointment Date

31/05/1991

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Joaquin Munoz Alvarez De Toledo

Date of Birth

08/12/1963

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

Spanish

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

01/07/2003

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Jascha Bob Raadtgever

Date of Birth

30/01/1976

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

Dutch

Present Appointments

5

Function

Director

Appointment Date

21/06/2010

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Jonathan Laurence Hugh

Date of Birth

12/02/1970

Officers Title

Mr

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

27/09/2013

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

Disqualified

 

Disqualified End Date

 

Disqualification Exception

No

 

 

 

Name

Johanna Louise Sutcliff

Date of Birth

04/09/1970

Officers Title

Ms

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

1

Function

Director

Appointment Date

13/02/2014

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

 

 

NEGATIVE INFORMATION

 

CCJ

Total Number of Exact CCJs -

0

Total Value of Exact CCJs -

 

Total Number of Possible CCJs -

0

Total Value of Possible CCJs -

 

Total Number of Satisfied CCJs -

0

Total Value of Satisfied CCJs -

 

Total Number of Writs -

-

 

 

 

Exact CCJ Details

No CCJs found

 

Possible CCJs Details

There are no possible CCJ details

 

Writ Details

No writs found

 

 

SHARE & SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION

 

Top 20 Shareholders

Name

Currency

Share Count

Share Type

Nominal Value

% of Total Share Count

AGMAN HOLDINGS LTD

USD

101,522,000

ORDINARY

1

100

 

GROUP STRUCTURE & AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Statistics

Group

25 companies

Linkages

15 companies

Countries

In 7 countries

 

Summary

Holding Company

AGMAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

Ownership Status

Wholly Owned

Ultimate Holding Company

E D & F MAN HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

Group structure

 

Other Linked companies

Name

 

Number

Latest Key Financials

Turnover

EMPRESAS IANSA

 

 

31.12.2013

€419,433,687

VOLCAFE FRANCE SAS

 

452155765

30.09.2013

€12,657,043

E D & F MAN HOLDINGS B.V.

 

24188202

30.09.2013

 

SOFPAC B.V.

 

24189386

30.09.2013

 

EUROSUGAR

 

483385357

31.12.2013

 

CONSOLINVEST B.V.

 

24234761

30.09.2013

 

ED&F MAN LIQUID PRODUCTS LLC

 

 

-

$1,486,000

AGMAN LOUISIANA, INC

 

 

-

 

WESTWAY FEED PRODUCTS LLC

 

 

-

$100,000,000

CAMPOS CHILENOS

 

 

-

 

ED & F MAN CHILE SA

 

 

-

 

ED & F MAN LIMITED CHILI

 

 

-

 

ED&F MAN ASIA PTE LIMITED

 

 

-

 

ED&F MAN LIQUID PRODUCTS NEDERLAND B.V

 

 

-

 

ED&F MAN MALAYSIA SDN BHD

 

 

-

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Profit & Loss

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Weeks

52

(%)

52

(%)

52

(%)

52

(%)

48

Currency

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

(%)

GBP

Consolidated A/cs

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

Turnover

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Export

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cost of Sales

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gross Profit

£47,393,896

-2.8%

£48,744,715

498.8%

-£12,223,837

-212.5%

£10,868,051

-65.8%

£31,819,074

Wages & Salaries

£17,799,049

1.3%

£17,574,656

98.8%

£8,840,513

-26.9%

£12,101,767

7%

£11,313,085

Directors Emoluments

£3,300,825

-8.6%

£3,610,597

211.8%

£1,158,166

-7.1%

£1,247,259

-29.5%

£1,768,017

Operating Profit

£9,200,530

-38.5%

£14,949,128

146.1%

-£32,404,863

-194.4%

-£11,007,352

-198%

£11,237,154

Depreciation

£28,897

-2.8%

£29,730

-4.3%

£31,052

-12.5%

£35,470

-39.8%

£58,912

Audit Fees

£169,165

-20.7%

£213,399

23.3%

£173,097

49.9%

£115,439

-43.3%

£203,574

Interest Payments

£9,924,147

-6.1%

£10,564,878

-20.5%

£13,286,205

84.4%

£7,203,663

109.8%

£3,433,920

Pre Tax Profit

£1,925,832

-79.2%

£9,258,721

121.5%

-£43,021,274

-999.9%

-£3,741,777

-108.3%

£45,108,333

Taxation

-£80,067

96.6%

-£2,334,831

-121.7%

£10,782,902

132.1%

£4,646,588

247.3%

-£3,154,415

Profit After Tax

£1,845,765

-73.3%

£6,923,890

121.5%

-£32,238,372

-999.9%

£904,811

-97.8%

£41,953,918

Dividends Payable

£1,806,032

-54.4%

£3,964,059

-

-

-100%

£6,449,116

-80.1%

£32,401,650

Retained Profit

£39,733

-98.7%

£2,959,831

109.2%

-£32,238,372

-481.5%

-£5,544,305

-158%

£9,552,268

 

Balance Sheet

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Tangible Assets

£22,793,330

8.1%

£21,088,795

1.7%

£20,739,297

53.3%

£13,531,536

52.9%

£8,851,214

Intangible Assets

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

Total Fixed Assets

£22,793,330

8.1%

£21,088,795

1.7%

£20,739,297

53.3%

£13,531,536

52.9%

£8,851,214

Stock

£129,916,923

0.7%

£128,995,111

-4.3%

£134,725,819

121.9%

£60,702,309

0.6%

£60,355,436

Trade Debtors

£92,704,232

-39.5%

£153,326,506

5.5%

£145,355,444

-10.1%

£161,660,003

57.1%

£102,899,784

Cash

£6,369,273

999.9%

£75,978

666.7%

£9,910

-97.7%

£436,605

-59%

£1,065,000

Other Debtors

£129,171,031

19.2%

£108,320,560

-3.3%

£112,001,189

-51.2%

£229,353,799

-6.9%

£246,441,055

Miscellaneous Current Assets

£42,466,438

-40.3%

£71,129,757

-9.2%

£78,368,129

-45%

£142,358,442

-20.4%

£178,844,014

Total Current Assets

£400,627,897

-13.3%

£461,847,912

-1.8%

£470,460,492

-20.9%

£594,511,157

0.8%

£589,605,289

Trade Creditors

£109,030,161

-25.2%

£145,742,600

-1.2%

£147,482,822

51.9%

£97,067,587

15.4%

£84,137,592

Bank Loans & Overdrafts

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

-

0

Other Short Term Finance

£218,821,263

-3.4%

£226,520,217

-9.8%

£251,268,499

0.9%

£249,016,510

12.9%

£220,601,558

Miscellaneous Current Liabilities

£18,968,154

-33.9%

£28,714,323

101.3%

£14,264,006

-91.2%

£161,401,393

-13.4%

£186,466,584

Total Current Liabilities

£346,819,577

-13.5%

£400,977,141

-2.9%

£413,015,328

-18.6%

£507,485,489

3.3%

£491,205,734

Bank Loans & Overdrafts and LTL

£5,563,181

-26.4%

£7,558,800

6.5%

£7,094,345

-

0

-100%

£602,867

Other Long Term Finance

£4,066,582

-27%

£5,574,128

11.1%

£5,017,178

-

0

-

0

Total Long Term Liabilities

£5,563,181

-26.4%

£7,558,800

6.5%

£7,094,345

-

0

-100%

£602,867

 

Capital & Reserves

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Called Up Share Capital

£61,117,332

-8.9%

£67,073,203

-

£67,073,203

2.4%

£65,472,720

-1.5%

£66,454,147

P & L Account Reserve

£9,818,795

36.1%

£7,215,248

84.8%

£3,904,598

-88.8%

£34,974,848

-12.7%

£40,082,477

Revaluation Reserve

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Sundry Reserves

£102,342

-8.9%

£112,315

-

£112,315

2.4%

£109,635

-1.5%

£111,278

Shareholder Funds

£71,038,468

-4.5%

£74,400,766

4.7%

£71,090,116

-29.3%

£100,557,204

-5.7%

£106,647,902

 

Other Financial Items

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Net Worth

£71,038,468

-4.5%

£74,400,766

4.7%

£71,090,116

-29.3%

£100,557,204

-5.7%

£106,647,902

Working Capital

£53,808,320

-11.6%

£60,870,772

6%

£57,445,164

-34%

£87,025,667

-11.6%

£98,399,555

Total Assets

£423,421,227

-12.3%

£482,936,707

-1.7%

£491,199,789

-19.2%

£608,042,693

1.6%

£598,456,503

Total Liabilities

£352,382,758

-13.7%

£408,535,941

-2.8%

£420,109,672

-17.2%

£507,485,489

3.2%

£491,808,601

Net Assets

£71,038,468

-4.5%

£74,400,766

4.7%

£71,090,116

-29.3%

£100,557,204

-5.7%

£106,647,902

 

Cash Flow

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Net Cashflow from Operations

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Cashflow before Financing

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Cashflow from Financing

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Increase in Cash

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

Miscellaneous

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

(%)

30/09/12

(%)

30/09/11

(%)

30/09/10

(%)

30/09/09

Contingent Liability

NO

-

NO

-

NO

-

NO

-

NO

Capital Employed

£76,601,650

-6.5%

£81,959,567

4.8%

£78,184,461

-22.2%

£100,557,204

-6.2%

£107,250,769

Number of Employees

120

16.5%

103

41.1%

73

-11%

82

1.2%

81

Auditors

ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Auditor Comments

The audit report contains no adverse comments

Bankers

 

Bank Branch Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios

Date Of Accounts

30/09/13

30/09/12

30/09/11

30/09/10

30/09/09

Pre-tax profit margin %

-

-

-

-

-

Current ratio

1.16

1.15

1.14

1.17

1.20

Sales/Net Working Capital

-

-

-

-

-

Gearing %

7.80

10.20

10

0

0.60

Equity in %

16.80

15.40

14.50

16.50

17.80

Creditor Days

-

-

-

-

-

Debtor Days

-

-

-

-

-

Liquidity/Acid Test

0.78

0.83

0.81

1.05

1.07

Return On Capital Employed %

2.51

11.29

-55.02

-3.72

42.05

Return On Total Assets Employed %

0.45

1.91

-8.75

-0.61

7.53

Current Debt Ratio

4.88

5.38

5.80

5.04

4.60

Total Debt Ratio

4.96

5.49

5.90

5.04

4.61

Stock Turnover Ratio %

-

-

-

-

-

Return on Net Assets Employed %

2.71

12.44

-60.51

-3.72

42.29

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

N/A

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

Current Company Secretary

Name

Gaynor Antigha Bassey

Date of Birth

07/11/1957

Officers Title

Ms

Nationality

British

Present Appointments

26

Function

Company Secretary

Appointment Date

28/09/2007

 

 

Address

Cottons Centre, Hay's Lane, London, SE1 2QE

 

Status History

No Status History found

 

 

Event History

Date

Description

21/07/2014

Mr E.F. Carmona has left the board

04/07/2014

Annual Returns

02/07/2014

New Board Member Ms J.L. Sutcliff appointed

11/04/2014

New Accounts Filed

05/11/2013

Mr T.W. Slack has left the board

05/11/2013

New Board Member Mr J.L. Hugh appointed

24/08/2013

Annual Returns

16/04/2013

New Accounts Filed

16/04/2013

New Accounts Filed

14/08/2012

Annual Returns

10/07/2012

New Accounts Filed

10/07/2012

New Accounts Filed

11/11/2011

Mr J.B. Laing has left the board

11/11/2011

New Board Member Mr T.W. Slack appointed

12/07/2011

Annual Returns

 

 

Previous Company Names

 

Date

Previous Name

03/05/1991

E.D. & F. MAN (SUGAR) LIMITED

31/12/1977

E.D. & F. MAN LIMITED

 

Previous Director/Company Secretaries

 

Name

Current Directorships

Previous Directorships

Jane Alison Moore

22

31

Farideh Bromfield

2

2

Katharine Knox

1

2

Lynn Rosanne Fordham

6

27

Eduardo Francisco Carmona Alba

0

14

James Cessford

4

2

Simon John Mitchell

2

25

Philip John Woodhouse

6

2

Sean Martin Diffley

0

1

Jahn Eric Heller

0

8

Olivier Maurice Henri Bonavero

4

2

Micheal John Leslie Attfield

0

1

Yves Jean Marc Bonavero

0

1

John Merriman Aarvold

0

2

John Merriman Aarvold

0

2

Anne Linda Cuttill

5

62

John Martineau Kinder

36

30

John Arthur Pullen

13

30

Paul Anthony O'Hanlon

6

28

Jonathan Richard Boyle

0

9

Robin Graham Bell

0

1

Keith Jeffrey O'Hana

0

2

Joan Amanda Goff

2

21

Barry John Wakefield

3

208

David Aaron Rosenzweig

1

2

Alun Wyn Jones

0

2

Michael John Christopher Stone

16

23

Stephen Labrooy

0

2

Michael Stephen Perman

41

73

Jean Paul Maricot

0

1

Michael Anthony Justin Cronk

6

8

Peter Lawrence Clarke

32

51

Thomas William Slack

11

20

James Hamilton Proudlock

3

6

Athol Lee Harley

0

1

Philip Robert De Pass

7

3

Bogdan Mark Zaremba

6

11

Rafael Fernando Muguiro Sartorius

10

21

Philip Michael Wainwright

0

12

Christopher Murphy

0

4

Andrew Hillyer Scott

14

19

John Bernard Gordon Laing

9

7

Eduardo Francisco Carmona

1

5

 

NOTES & COMMENTS

 

Commentary

No exact match CCJs are recorded against the company.

 

The company saw an increase in their Cash Balance of 999.9% during the latest trading period.

 

The audit report contains no adverse comments.

 

There is insufficient data to indicate a change in this company's percentage of sales.

 

 

Net Worth decreased by 4.5% during the latest trading period.

 

A 12.3% decline in Total Assets occurred during the latest trading period.

 

Pre-tax profits decreased by 79.2% compared to the previous trading period.

 

The company has undergone recent changes in its directorships.

 

The company is part of a group.

 

The company was established over 63 years ago.

 

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.61

UK Pound

1

Rs.100.28

Euro

1

Rs.78.21

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

DIV

 

 

Report Prepared by :

NIT

 

               

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

 

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

 

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

 

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

 

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

 

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

 

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

 

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

Credit not recommended

 

--

NB

New Business

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 

PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL : This information is provided to you at your request, you having employed MIPL for such purpose. You will use the information as aid only in determining the propriety of giving credit and generally as an aid to your business and for no other purpose. You will hold the information in strict confidence, and shall not reveal it or make it known to the subject persons, firms or corporations or to any other. MIPL does not warrant the correctness of the information as you hold it free of any liability whatsoever. You will be liable to and indemnify MIPL for any loss, damage or expense, occasioned by your breach or non observance of any one, or more of these conditions

This report is issued at your request without any risk and responsibility on the part of MIRA INFORM PRIVATE LIMITED (MIPL) or its officials.