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SHILTON SHARPE QUARRY LIMITED

#04575013 · Active · Incorporated 2002-10-28 (24y) · Last filing 2026-10-01 (this month)
Industrials · SIC 78109 · N Administrative & Support Service Activities · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-10-15 (in 12 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

—

Latest balance sheet

Net assets

£5.9m

+67.3% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

—

Average over period

Profit before tax

£14m

-6.6% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £21,442,604£33,680,630£30,840,926 -8.4%
Operating profit £6,000,230£12,987,511£11,413,838 -12.1%
Profit before tax £7,498,242£15,242,761£14,233,952 -6.6%
Net profit £5,786,189£12,950,000£11,860,715 -8.4%
Cash £1,170,950£3,864,207— —
Total assets less current liabilities £2,958,253£3,658,253— —
Net assets £2,808,253£3,508,253— —
Equity £2,808,253£3,508,253£5,868,968 +67.3%
Average employees 5451— —
Wages £7,179,305£11,612,165— —
Directors' remuneration —£500,588— —
Directors' pension contributions —£8,446— —
Highest paid director —£492,142— —

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 28.0%38.6%37.0%
Net margin 27.0%38.4%38.5%
Return on capital employed 202.8%355.0%—
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 66.3%67.2%—
Current ratio 1.51x1.49x—

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

  1. SHILTON SHARPE QUARRY LIMITED 2005-05-03 → present
  2. SHILTON SHARPE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-10-28 → 2005-05-03

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Saffery LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”

Group structure

  1. SHILTON SHARPE QUARRY LIMITED · parent
    1. Shilton Sharpe Quarry Spain SL 100% · Spain · Recruitment consultancy
    2. SSQ Contracts Limited 100% · England and Wales · Recruitment consultancy
    3. Shilton Sharpe Quarry Hong Kong Limited 100% · Hong Kong · Recruitment consultancy
    4. Shilton Sharpe Quarry Singapore PTE Limited 100% · Singapore · Recruitment consultancy
    5. Shilton Sharpe Quarry (Shanghai) Business Consulting Limited 100% · China · Recruitment consultancy
    6. SSQ Middle East Recruitment Limited 100% · UAE · Recruitment consultancy
    7. SSQ Legal Interims GmbH 100% · Germany · Recruitment consultancy
    8. SSQ People Limited 100% · England and Wales · Recruitment consultancy
    9. SSQ America Inc. 100% · United States · Recruitment consultancy

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 8 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BROWN, Adam Gerald Director 2022-02-13 Dec 1976 British
CHARLTON, James Robert Director 2022-02-13 Dec 1975 British
FIELD, Jonathan Richard Director 2022-02-13 Jan 1980 British
Show 8 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
SHILTON, Jennifer Ruth Secretary 2010-07-01 2018-04-09
SHILTON, Nicholas Edward Secretary 2002-10-28 2010-07-01
WHITEHOUSE, Jill Yvonne Secretary 2018-04-09 2022-02-28
QUARRY, Gareth David Director 2005-04-21 2022-02-28
SHARPE, Gavin Mark Director 2002-10-28 2011-12-16
SHILTON, Nicholas Edward Director 2002-10-28 2018-04-09
WHITEHOUSE, Jill Yvonne Director 2018-04-09 2022-02-28
WHITEHOUSE, Jill Yvonne Director 2016-03-24 2016-03-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Ssq Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2019-02-28 Active
Ms Jill Yvonne Whitehouse Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2018-04-09 Ceased 2019-02-28
Mr Gareth David Quarry Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-02-28
Mr Nicholas Edward Shilton Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-04-09

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-10-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-09-14 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-10-16 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-23 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-03-03 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full
2024-10-14 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-10-14 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-04-30 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2024-04-29 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2023-10-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-09-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-10-13 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-10-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-03-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-03-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2022-03-07 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2022-03-07 AD01 address Change registered office address company with date old address new address PDF
2022-02-15 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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