CMS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Cash
£560k
-12.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£39m
+8.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
244
+8.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£4.1m
-25.8% vs 2024
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £316,612,079 | £279,728,905 | £302,838,259 | £312,655,420 | +3.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,632,100 | £1,978,029 | £4,078,859 | £4,242,049 | +4% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,189,774 | £2,534,858 | £5,583,350 | £4,141,355 | -25.8% | |
| Net profit | £768,023 | £2,168,714 | £4,730,215 | £3,144,928 | -33.5% | |
| Cash | £204,583 | £314,454 | £640,732 | £559,658 | -12.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £29,321,302 | £33,209,320 | £36,220,231 | £74,707,617 | +106.3% | |
| Net assets | £29,321,302 | £31,490,016 | £36,220,231 | £39,365,159 | +8.7% | |
| Equity | £29,321,302 | £31,490,016 | £36,220,231 | £39,365,159 | +8.7% | |
| Average employees | 267 | 265 | 224 | 244 | +8.9% | |
| Wages | £13,282,719 | £13,928,904 | £13,418,308 | £14,008,341 | +4.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £738,257 | £630,361 | £485,616 | £478,945 | -1.4% |
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 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 6.0% | 11.3% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 70.8% | 68.4% | 78.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.83x | 0.88x | 0.72x | |
| Interest cover | 2.78x | 1.64x | 3.76x | 2.36x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CMS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 2013-01-02 → present
- C M S PERIPHERALS LIMITED 1988-01-27 → 2013-01-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CMS DISTRIBUTION LIMITED · parent
- Agamard Limited 100%
- CCI Distribution Limited 100%
- Interactive Ideas Limited 100%
- Widget Investments Limited 100%
- Widget (UK) Limited 100%
- CMS Distribution BV 100%
- CMS Distribution AB 80%
- TNS Distribution (UK) Limited 100%
- PDT Limited 87%
- Cables Direct Limited 100%
- A & GP Holdings Limited 100%
- Pax Technology Europe Limited 70%
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Company acquired a 70% controlling interest in Pax Technology Europe Limited and an additional 12% shares in PDT, for a total consideration of £58,595,160 and £1,491,195, respectively.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, Tom | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | — | Irish |
| BURKE, Tom | Director | 2006-02-01 | Jul 1973 | Irish |
| CONSTANTINOU, Onofrios | Director | 1999-10-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| SALMON, Frank Joseph | Director | — | Aug 1965 | Irish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLAGHAN, Michael | Secretary | 2003-07-01 | 2006-02-01 |
| CROOK, Andrew James | Secretary | — | 1992-06-30 |
| EGAN, Patricia | Secretary | 1992-06-30 | 1999-04-30 |
| FROUDE, Elizabeth Mary | Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| MULHERN, Frank | Secretary | 1999-04-30 | 1999-12-31 |
| BASS, Andrew Paul | Director | 2014-09-17 | 2015-08-31 |
| CALLAGHAN, Michael | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2015-01-05 |
| EGAN, Patricia | Director | 1997-06-05 | 1999-04-30 |
| FROUDE, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2003-07-01 |
| JONES, Ian Charles | Director | 2006-10-04 | 2007-11-01 |
| NOONAN, Luke | Director | 2010-09-24 | 2014-06-30 |
| PRESTON, Nicholas Simon | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2024-01-11 |
| ROUGHLEY, Paul Nicholas | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| SMITH, Stephen Paul | Director | 1997-10-07 | 2005-10-31 |
| SOWDEN, Mark | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2013-04-30 |
| SWEENEY, Bernadette | Director | — | 1991-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Frank Joseph Salmon | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-06-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.