THE CHANCELLORS GROUP OF ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6.9m
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
400
lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Company sold its trade and assets to fellow group company, The Romans Group (UK) Limited The Company is no longer considered to be a going concern and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern The Company’s assets were sold at their book value
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,885,582 | £26,495,947 | £38,876,688 | £19,483,206 | — | |
| Operating profit | £456,238 | -£1,364,747 | -£440,853 | £1,206,743 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £416,985 | -£515,155 | £547,295 | £1,991,812 | — | |
| Net profit | £423,262 | -£440,243 | £620,481 | £1,678,459 | — | |
| Cash | £6,918,379 | £6,096,080 | £2,869,866 | £1,814,848 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,394,954 | £5,954,711 | £5,636,826 | £7,214,055 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £5,954,711 | £5,195,364 | £6,873,823 | — | |
| Equity | £6,394,954 | £5,954,711 | £5,195,364 | £6,873,823 | — | |
| Average employees | 490 | 449 | 454 | 400 | — | |
| Wages | £16,278,804 | £15,788,440 | £22,551,500 | £10,247,914 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £355,750 | £599,443 | £27,940 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £2,642 | £3,522 | £686 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | £196,062 | £270,774 | — | — |
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 covers about 20 months versus 16 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.6% | -5.2% | -1.1% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 1.5% | -1.7% | 1.6% | 8.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.1% | -22.9% | -7.8% | 16.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 39.1% | 54.9% | 48.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.15x | 1.74x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | -76.78x | — |
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
- THE CHANCELLORS GROUP OF ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED 1990-10-26 → present
- HOGG ROBINSON PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 1989-05-31 → 1990-10-26
- BLUE ANGST LIMITED 1989-02-09 → 1989-05-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Company sold its trade and assets to fellow group company, The Romans Group (UK) Limited The Company is no longer considered to be a going concern and the financial statements have therefore been prepared on a basis other than going concern The Company’s assets were sold at their book value”
Group structure
- THE CHANCELLORS GROUP OF ESTATE AGENTS LIMITED · parent
- Life Financial Services Limited 100%
- Anscombe and Ringland Limited 100%
- Bonsor Penningtons Property Services 100%
- Russell Baldwin & Bright (Property) 100%
- Alexander James MS Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the balance sheet date, the Company sold its trade and assets to fellow group company, The Romans Group (UK) Limited, and so ceased to trade”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AITCHISON, Paul Leonard | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jul 1979 | Australian |
| COOK, Michael Brian | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jun 1983 | British |
| O’NEILL, Richard David | Director | 2025-08-04 | Dec 1971 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLS, Eric Roland | Secretary | — | 1996-05-02 |
| ALDWYCH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1996-05-02 | 2023-05-23 |
| BUX, Iqbal | Director | — | 1996-04-26 |
| HALL, Brian John | Director | — | 1993-09-06 |
| HARDING, Duncan Edward | Director | 1996-05-02 | 2025-04-30 |
| JONES, Glyn Elfed | Director | — | 1993-09-06 |
| PHYTHIAN-ADAMS, James Edward | Director | 2015-05-19 | 2016-07-08 |
| PINK, Colin Frank | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2011-05-24 |
| RAE, Shirley Patricia | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2011-08-17 |
| SCOTT LEE, Robert James | Director | 2005-08-19 | 2025-04-30 |
| SCOTT-LEE, James Richard | Director | — | 2017-10-28 |
| SIMPSON, Darren Lee | Director | 2011-07-15 | 2025-04-30 |
| SIMPSON, Ian | Director | — | 2025-04-30 |
| SPRINGSGUTH, Ceri Thomas | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2007-02-02 |
| SUMMERLEY, Timothy Fitzgerald | Director | 2007-01-09 | 2008-05-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellors Group Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 205 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2026-10-08 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2026-10-08 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-10-08 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-05-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-16 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-05 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2025-08-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.