CHANNEL COMMERCIALS PLC
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Cash
£3M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£7.2M
Equity attributable
Employees
237
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.7M
Period ending 2023-11-24
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-11-24 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,179,061 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,625,423 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,654,833 | — | |
| Net profit | £2,048,190 | — | |
| Cash | £3,018,647 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,212,359 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,234,835 | — | |
| Equity | £7,234,835 | — | |
| Average employees | 237 | — | |
| Wages | £9,203,390 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £130,488 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-11-24 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.97x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- CHANNEL COMMERCIALS PLC 2006-12-22 → present
- CHANNEL COMMERCIALS LIMITED 2006-12-18 → 2006-12-22
- CHANNEL COMMERCIALS PLC 1987-08-27 → 2006-12-18
- SHANNON COURT (22) LIMITED 1987-06-30 → 1987-08-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they consider that the going concern basis remains appropriate due to the fact that the Directors believe that the Company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future on the basis of existing financing facilities.”
Significant events
- “2026 will see the opening of a new depot in Maidstone. This will require substantial investment, which will be made from existing cash reserves.”
- “At 28 November 2025 the Company had capital commitments as follows: Contracted for but not provided in these financial statements: 91,300 (2024: 789,809).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACINTYRE, Michael Ronald | Secretary | 2014-07-09 | — | — |
| ADES, Russell John | Director | 2006-12-21 | Jan 1970 | British |
| AYEARS, Clive | Director | 2006-12-21 | Dec 1959 | British |
| ELLIOTT, Paul Reynolds | Director | 2006-12-21 | Apr 1960 | British |
| MACINTYRE, Michael Ronald | Director | 2006-12-21 | May 1963 | British |
| STUPPLE, John Anthony | Director | 2006-12-21 | Jul 1972 | British |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2006-12-21 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PYPER, Timothy Edward | Secretary | — | 2006-12-21 |
| VERTEX LAW (CO SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-12-21 | 2014-07-09 |
| CHUDLEIGH, Anthony Richard | Director | — | 2006-12-21 |
| CHUDLEIGH, Damian Edward Ainsley | Director | 2006-12-21 | 2007-11-14 |
| HORNER, Stephen John | Director | — | 2006-12-21 |
| STUPPLE, Ronald Sydney | Director | — | 2006-12-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Channel Commercials Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.