CARNABY CARAVANS LIMITED
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Cash
£2.4m
-38.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£12m
+10.3% vs 2024
Employees
114
+2.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1m
+685.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The forecasts indicate that the Group will require the successful refinancing of Facility B in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due. However, as of the date of approval of these financial statements, the refinancing of the facility has not been finalised and therefore remains subject to uncertainty. As stated in note 1.2, these events and conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £17,833,068 | £24,206,571 | +35.7% | |
| Operating profit | £518,234 | £1,515,848 | +192.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £144,989 | £1,138,328 | +685.1% | |
| Net profit | £144,989 | £1,103,105 | +660.8% | |
| Cash | £3,919,885 | £2,410,431 | -38.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,910,749 | £12,145,264 | +11.3% | |
| Net assets | £10,698,787 | £11,801,892 | +10.3% | |
| Equity | £10,698,787 | £11,801,892 | +10.3% | |
| Average employees | 111 | 114 | +2.7% | |
| Wages | £4,265,716 | £4,583,683 | +7.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £469,862 | £431,675 | -8.1% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.9% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.7% | 12.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.0% | 32.1% | |
| Current ratio | 3.40x | 3.26x | |
| Interest cover | 0.94x | 3.65x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The forecasts indicate that the Group will require the successful refinancing of Facility B in order to meet its liabilities as they fall due. However, as of the date of approval of these financial statements, the refinancing of the facility has not been finalised and therefore remains subject to uncertainty. As stated in note 1.2, these events and conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The Company has provided a cross guarantee in respect of borrowings owed by its ultimate parent undertaking, Carnaby Group Holdings Limited and its immediate parent undertaking Carnaby Caravans Group Limited. The amount guaranteed at 31 October 2025 was £25,950,143.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, Sandra | Director | 2020-08-12 | May 1960 | British |
| SMAILES, Nigel Andrew | Director | 2014-09-18 | Jul 1963 | British |
| SWIFT, Mike | Director | 2020-08-12 | Dec 1971 | British |
| THORNTON, Scott | Director | 2019-03-18 | Jan 1975 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATSON, Simon James | Secretary | 2007-10-19 | 2018-12-20 |
| SIMS, Ian George | Secretary | — | 2007-10-19 |
| AUSTIN, Ronald Malcolm | Director | 2002-04-06 | 2015-08-14 |
| BLAKESTON, Gordon | Director | — | 1996-02-16 |
| FRANKISH, John Peter | Director | — | 2003-09-25 |
| MATSON, Simon James | Director | 2009-11-01 | 2018-12-20 |
| MCCARTHY, Anthony Mark | Director | 2002-04-06 | 2015-08-14 |
| MEADLEY, Timothy | Director | 2015-08-14 | 2023-08-31 |
| MILLER, James Edwin | Director | — | 1996-02-01 |
| ROSE, George Alfred | Director | — | 1996-02-16 |
| SIMS, Ian George | Director | 1993-02-09 | 2008-03-11 |
| WIGGLESWORTH, John Stewart | Director | 2012-02-20 | 2019-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnaby Caravans Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 152 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-11-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-11-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2025-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-11-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.