CABOT FINANCIAL (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£10M
-11.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£3.9M
-171.6% vs 2023
Employees
592
-3.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£12M
+19.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £110,152,000 | £117,568,000 | +6.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£7,277,000 | -£1,779,000 | +75.6% | |
| Profit before tax | -£15,192,000 | -£12,262,000 | +19.3% | |
| Net profit | -£11,821,000 | -£9,312,000 | +21.2% | |
| Cash | £11,826,000 | £10,414,000 | -11.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,299,000 | -£2,031,000 | -124.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,466,000 | -£3,914,000 | -171.6% | |
| Equity | £5,466,000 | -£3,914,000 | -171.6% | |
| Average employees | 612 | 592 | -3.3% | |
| Wages | £22,468,000 | £25,359,000 | +12.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -6.6% | -1.5% | |
| Net margin | -10.7% | -7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -87.7% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.93x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | -0.19x | -0.08x |
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
- CABOT FINANCIAL (EUROPE) LIMITED 1999-03-12 → present
- CFS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1997-09-19 → 1999-03-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company's financial position is dependent on the financial condition of the Group and the Ultimate Parent has undertaken to provide such financial support to the Company as it may require.”
Group structure
- CABOT FINANCIAL (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Cabot Financial (International) Ltd 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BASSETT, Lucy Marie | Secretary | 2024-09-30 | — | — |
| CROOM, Timothy | Director | 2025-03-31 | Jul 1976 | British |
| JENKINS, Paul | Director | 2021-01-18 | Nov 1969 | British |
| YUNG, John | Director | 2023-06-23 | Apr 1965 | American |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRTHISEL, Stockton Bodie | Secretary | 1997-09-19 | 1998-05-25 |
| CHURCH, Angela Jane | Secretary | 2002-01-30 | 2002-10-28 |
| CRAWFORD, Glen Paul | Secretary | 1998-05-25 | 2001-01-30 |
| RANDALL, John David | Secretary | 2002-10-28 | 2012-12-05 |
| TAGGART, Charlotte | Secretary | 2015-01-02 | 2019-03-29 |
| WELLINGHOFF, Willem Pieter | Secretary | 2012-12-05 | 2015-01-02 |
| WHITELEY, Sarah | Secretary | 2019-03-29 | 2024-08-11 |
| BARTMANN, William Richard | Director | 1997-09-24 | 1999-01-04 |
| BUICK, Craig Anthony | Director | 2015-12-31 | 2023-06-23 |
| BURGESS, Christian John | Director | 2020-01-24 | 2023-01-27 |
| CLARK, James Roy | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2002-06-27 |
| CLYNE, Neil | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2014-02-13 |
| CRAWFORD, Glen Paul | Director | 2001-01-30 | 2013-05-15 |
| HERNANZ, Tomas | Director | 2023-01-27 | 2025-03-31 |
| JACKSON, Trudy Ann Maria | Director | 1997-09-19 | 1997-09-24 |
| LANGSTAFF, Richard Terrell | Director | 1997-09-24 | 2000-06-15 |
| MAYNARD, Kenneth William | Director | 2000-07-21 | 2011-04-06 |
| MOUND, Stephen Neil | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2014-05-13 |
| RANDALL, John David | Director | 2005-12-08 | 2012-08-01 |
| ROSS-ROBERTS, Christopher Michael David | Director | 2012-07-24 | 2015-12-31 |
| STANNARD, Kenneth John | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2019-12-31 |
| TAGGART, Charlotte | Director | 2017-05-16 | 2019-04-01 |
| USHER, Derek George | Director | 2020-01-23 | 2020-12-31 |
| CS SCF MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-06-27 | 2004-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabot Financial Debt Recovery Services Limited | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.