CID TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
-10.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.9m
+89.5% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
112
+7.7% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.8m
+65.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of CID TRADING LIMITED's latest filing
CID Trading booked a massive 60% jump in operating profit this year — but dig into the accounts, and a £1.1m one-off injection is doing a lot of the heavy lifting. 🏗️📈
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-09-17.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £37,166,003 | £36,069,522 | £41,564,633 | +15.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £2,435,371 | £2,453,097 | £3,987,718 | +62.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £2,412,781 | £2,319,176 | £3,835,890 | +65.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,711,553 | £1,935,951 | £3,266,202 | +68.7% | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,539,458 | £1,997,482 | £1,779,900 | -10.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £554,363 | £957,371 | £2,522,801 | £6,364,826 | £9,047,978 | +42.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,711,653 | £3,647,604 | £6,913,806 | +89.5% | |
| Equity | £554,363 | £957,371 | £1,711,653 | £3,647,604 | £6,913,806 | +89.5% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 93 | 104 | 112 | +7.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,648,794 | £4,758,423 | £5,830,795 | +22.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £36,400 | £59,417 | £45,500 | -23.4% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 6.6% | 6.8% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 4.6% | 5.4% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 96.5% | 38.5% | 44.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 88.2% | 81.3% | 64.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.14x | 1.14x | 1.44x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 41.30x | 15.66x | 25.16x |
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
- CID TRADING LIMITED 2023-01-16 → present
- EQUITABLE FORTITUDE LIMITED 2012-09-03 → 2023-01-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sedulo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“To determine the going concern status, the directors have considered the company's current and forecast profitability and financing required to operate for a period of no less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The directors are confident that the company possesses sufficient resources”
Group structure
- CID TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Diatech Holdings Ltd 100%
- Diatech Scotland Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 18 March 2026, following the year end of 31 December 2025, CID Trading Limited was demerged from Friden Group Holdings Limited (formerly CID Group Holdings Limited) and is no longer part of that group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAWKES, Russell David | Director | 2026-03-18 | Aug 1977 | American |
| SOULSBY, Alfred | Director | 2012-09-03 | May 1991 | British |
| SOULSBY, Edwin | Director | 2023-01-01 | Mar 1988 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOULSBY, Jacob | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-08 |
| SOULSBY, Jethro | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2026-06-08 |
| SOULSBY, Leonie | Director | 2016-08-12 | 2023-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cid Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-01-01 | Ceased 2026-03-18 |
| Mrs Leonie Soulsby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-08-12 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
| Mr Alfred Soulsby | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 57 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-04-10 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2026-03-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-21 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-02-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.