CORNELIUS GROUP PLC
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Cash
£3.4m
+333.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.2m
+21.2% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
102
-2.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.6m
+331.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,052,285 | £33,136,035 | £30,305,018 | -8.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,643,014 | -£224,774 | -£2,211,422 | -883.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,104,239 | -£675,900 | £1,565,919 | +331.7% | |
| Net profit | -£2,152,941 | -£657,464 | £1,402,749 | +313.4% | |
| Cash | £1,267,780 | £790,984 | £3,429,834 | +333.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,775,004 | £5,712,680 | £6,801,799 | +19.1% | |
| Net assets | £3,694,678 | £4,298,706 | £5,210,202 | +21.2% | |
| Equity | £3,694,678 | £4,298,706 | £5,210,202 | +21.2% | |
| Average employees | 132 | 105 | 102 | -2.9% | |
| Wages | £6,183,985 | £4,972,173 | £4,974,943 | +0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,546,716 | £1,081,393 | £1,071,000 | -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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.9% | -0.7% | -7.3% | |
| Net margin | -5.1% | -2.0% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -43.5% | -3.9% | -32.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 65.8% | 56.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.57x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | -3.08x | -0.44x | -4.72x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CORNELIUS GROUP PLC 1994-07-01 → present
- CORNELIUS CHEMICAL GROUP LIMITED 1986-03-10 → 1994-07-01
- TOPAZSTAR LIMITED 1985-08-06 → 1986-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared detailed forecasts that show the group and parent company will have sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CORNELIUS GROUP PLC · parent
- Cornelius Specialties Limited 100%
- Cornelius Chemical Inc 100%
Significant events
- “During the year we also divested our Polish business to our investor, Eigenmann & Veronelli S.p.A., which boosted the group's liquidity.”
- “Following the retirement of our former CEO in June 2025, the business transitioned to a single CEO structure. Darren Spiby assumed full responsibility as Chief Executive Officer, with the creation of a Chief Operating Officer role to support the operational leadership of the business.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRIOR, Neville Douglas, Dr | Secretary | 2025-08-04 | — | — |
| BALBO DI VINADIO, Ludovico | Director | 2024-12-19 | Jun 1972 | Italian |
| O'BRIEN, Amy | Director | 2024-02-01 | Aug 1986 | British |
| PRIOR, Neville Douglas, Dr | Director | — | Dec 1960 | British |
| SPIBY, Darren | Director | 2008-02-05 | Feb 1968 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAGAN, Robert John | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2017-12-06 |
| GIBBONS, Phillip Timonthy | Secretary | 2024-01-31 | 2025-08-04 |
| GIBBONS, Phillip Timothy | Secretary | 2017-12-18 | 2020-10-01 |
| HERRING, Richard John | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | 2019-01-31 |
| HERRING, Richard John | Secretary | 1992-08-01 | 2004-01-31 |
| HILL, Kenneth Charles | Secretary | — | 1992-08-01 |
| MCCALLION, Jane | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| PATTIE, Robert William | Secretary | 2004-02-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| BARKER, Charles Michael Desmond | Director | — | 1999-08-16 |
| BROWN, David William Ian | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2022-01-31 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Peter Stewart | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2025-07-07 |
| FAGAN, Robert John | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-12-06 |
| FISHER, Gary Eric | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2025-07-07 |
| GIBBONS, Phillip Timothy | Director | 2025-08-04 | 2025-09-02 |
| GIBBONS, Phillip Timonthy | Director | 2017-12-18 | 2025-08-04 |
| HERRING, Richard John | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2022-01-31 |
| HERRING, Richard John | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| MOORE, Danielle Paula | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2025-09-01 |
| PATTIE, Robert William | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| PEARCE, Ian Stuart | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2022-08-12 |
| PRIOR, Kenneth Douglas Alexander | Director | — | 2017-11-16 |
| PRIOR, Sheila | Director | 2017-12-06 | 2020-10-01 |
| SANDFORD, John Henry | Director | — | 2005-07-15 |
| STEPHENSON, Joanne Marie | Director | 2015-11-26 | 2021-10-19 |
| TUFFLEY, Stephen | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2007-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Neville Douglas Prior | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 231 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-01-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-01-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-02 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-11-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-01-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-01-02 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.