C & M VENTURES LIMITED
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Cash
£13m
+23.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£20m
+10.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
155
+14% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.6m
-14.1% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | £38,102,825 | £40,388,371 | £42,459,543 | +5.1% | |
| Operating profit | £1,890,155 | £2,570,412 | £2,195,357 | -14.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,012,324 | £3,056,218 | £2,624,694 | -14.1% | |
| Net profit | £1,456,143 | £2,298,372 | £1,953,896 | -15% | |
| Cash | £9,372,378 | £10,266,770 | £12,669,380 | +23.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £16,495,898 | £18,275,200 | £20,219,524 | +10.6% | |
| Net assets | £16,312,473 | £18,125,845 | £20,079,741 | +10.8% | |
| Equity | £16,312,473 | £18,125,845 | £20,079,741 | +10.8% | |
| Average employees | 132 | 136 | 155 | +14% | |
| Wages | £4,686,928 | £4,658,234 | £5,091,560 | +9.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,342,472 | £865,746 | £941,680 | +8.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £1,216,712 | £733,866 | £810,000 | +10.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 6.4% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.8% | 5.7% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.5% | 14.1% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.2% | 21.9% | 21.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.28x | 4.52x | 4.67x |
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
- C & M VENTURES LIMITED 2005-11-21 → present
- SK 110 LIMITED 2005-11-01 → 2005-11-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Cartwrights
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- C & M VENTURES LIMITED · parent
- Aldridge Holdings Limited 100%
- Aldridge Security Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEYTON, Gregg Valentine | Secretary | 2007-04-01 | — | British |
| DURRANT, Jasmine | Director | 2010-07-31 | Dec 1982 | British |
| HAWKINS, Ainsley | Director | 2010-01-31 | Mar 1986 | British |
| HURST, Michael Robert | Director | 2010-07-31 | Aug 1946 | British |
| PEYTON, Gregg Valentine | Director | 2018-07-31 | May 1964 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, Randal Phillip | Secretary | 2005-12-01 | 2007-03-06 |
| SK SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-01 | 2005-12-01 |
| COOK, Patrick | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2015-10-29 |
| HAWKINS, Alan Thomas | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2018-02-02 |
| LOS, Peter | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2010-07-31 |
| THOMAS, Randal Phillip | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2007-03-06 |
| SK DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2005-11-01 | 2005-12-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Ainsley Hawkins | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-02 | Active |
| Mrs Alannah Hawkins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-02-02 |
| Mr Alan Thomas Hawkins | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2018-02-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 111 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-02-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-11-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-10-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.