CHURCHILL CHINA PLC
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Cash
£11M
+7% vs 2024
Net assets
£62M
+0.5% vs 2024
Employees
687
-5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£6M
-29.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £82,339,000 | £78,279,000 | £76,277,000 | -2.6% | |
| Operating profit | £10,252,000 | £7,995,000 | £5,643,000 | -29.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £10,788,000 | £8,536,000 | £6,027,000 | -29.4% | |
| Net profit | £7,717,000 | £6,365,000 | £4,361,000 | -31.5% | |
| Cash | £13,933,000 | £10,100,000 | £10,808,000 | +7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £66,195,000 | £67,605,000 | £69,835,000 | +3.3% | |
| Net assets | £59,941,000 | £61,263,000 | £61,539,000 | +0.5% | |
| Equity | £59,941,000 | £61,263,000 | £61,539,000 | +0.5% | |
| Average employees | 836 | 723 | 687 | -5% | |
| Wages | £27,332,000 | £26,296,000 | £24,525,000 | -6.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,980,387 | £1,403,360 | £1,198,442 | -14.6% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.5% | 10.2% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 8.1% | 5.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.5% | 11.8% | 8.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.6% | 22.6% | 23.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.26x | 3.96x | 4.34x | |
| Interest cover | — | 88.83x | 32.25x |
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
- CHURCHILL CHINA PLC 1992-12-01 → present
- INHOCO 185 LIMITED 1992-04-24 → 1992-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- 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 group's and the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the approval of the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CHURCHILL CHINA PLC · parent
- Churchill China (UK) Limited 100%
- Furlong Mills Ltd 100%
- Churchill China, Inc 100%
- Churchill Ceramica Iberia, S.L. 100%
- Churchill China RM S.R.L. 100%
- Churchill China (Deutschland) GmbH 100%
- Churchill China NL BV 100%
- Churchill Housewares Limited 100%
- Churchill Ceramics (UK) Ltd. 100%
- James Broadhurst & Sons Ltd. 100%
- Churchill Tableware Limited 100%
- Churchill Fine Bone China Holdings 100%
- Churchill Fine Bone China Limited 100%
- Crown Clarence Limited 100%
- Elizabethan Fine Bone China Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Group took the decision to reduce manufacturing output in order to reduce our excess stock position.”
- “The pipeline of projects going into 2026 is stronger than the prior year.”
- “A proposed final dividend of 14.0p per share giving a total dividend of 21.0p per share for the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM, Michael | Secretary | 2024-12-20 | — | — |
| CUNNINGHAM, Michael | Director | 2023-06-08 | Mar 1971 | British |
| MOORE, Julian Mark | Director | 2021-04-19 | Mar 1962 | British |
| O'CONNOR, David Michael | Director | 1999-01-08 | Nov 1956 | British |
| PAYNE, Martin Keith | Director | 2024-01-16 | Jul 1965 | British |
| ROPER, James Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2015-07-24 | Oct 1976 | British |
| STEPHENS, Caroline Jane | Director | 2023-02-15 | Dec 1967 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Robin George Walton | Director | 2022-10-11 | Jun 1957 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, Marc | Secretary | 2023-04-12 | 2024-12-20 |
| TAYLOR, David John Simon | Secretary | 1992-12-01 | 2023-04-12 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1992-04-24 | 1992-12-01 |
| BELL, Simon Michael John | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2000-11-27 |
| BROMFIELD, Angela Claire | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2022-06-22 |
| BURNS, Bernard Patrick | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1993-06-07 |
| COLEMAN, Peter | Director | 1994-09-07 | 1996-02-16 |
| DEIGHTON, Paul Dennis | Director | 1999-01-08 | 2003-06-06 |
| GRUNDY, Ralph | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2008-04-28 |
| HEYWOOD, Dennis Peter | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1998-04-24 |
| HICKS, Iain Trevenon | Director | 2006-09-28 | 2011-12-02 |
| HYNES, Brendan | Director | 2013-09-24 | 2024-06-04 |
| JOHNSON, Robert Lewis | Director | 1993-10-06 | 2001-03-29 |
| KETTEL, Rodney Spencer | Director | 1999-02-11 | 2010-05-19 |
| MAPP, Derek | Director | 1998-05-13 | 2000-05-17 |
| MCWALTER, Alan James | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2023-06-08 |
| MORGAN, Jonathan Windsor | Director | 2007-05-16 | 2016-05-26 |
| ROBINSON PRESTON, Helen Gillian | Director | 1996-01-29 | 1998-01-30 |
| ROPER, Andrew David | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2020-08-14 |
| ROPER, Edward Stephen | Director | 1992-12-01 | 2007-05-16 |
| ROPER, Michael John | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1999-05-19 |
| SIDDALL, Peter John | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1996-05-15 |
| SPAREY, Jonathan Nigel Edward | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2013-05-22 |
| SWINGLER, Michael | Director | 1992-12-01 | 1999-02-11 |
| TAYLOR, David John Simon | Director | 1993-07-30 | 2023-04-12 |
| A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1992-04-24 | 1992-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 244 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-06-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with made up date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.