COMPONENT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1m
+59.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.5m
+14.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
67
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£663k
+82.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £11,435,049 | £12,681,650 | £14,633,357 | +15.4% | |
| Operating profit | £208,737 | £382,001 | £679,193 | +77.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £177,877 | £363,468 | £662,982 | +82.4% | |
| Net profit | £113,255 | £278,490 | £525,637 | +88.7% | |
| Cash | £428,287 | £668,921 | £1,066,520 | +59.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,327,876 | £2,575,540 | £3,124,873 | +21.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,040,929 | £2,219,419 | £2,545,056 | +14.7% | |
| Equity | £2,040,929 | £2,219,419 | £2,545,056 | +14.7% | |
| Average employees | 68 | 67 | 67 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,132,782 | £2,405,952 | £2,557,556 | +6.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £420,043 | £389,038 | £481,926 | +23.9% | |
| Highest paid director | £164,966 | £159,399 | £187,977 | +17.9% |
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 | 1.8% | 3.0% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 1.0% | 2.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 14.8% | 21.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 81.8% | 80.9% | 80.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.07x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | 6.76x | 19.82x | 32.92x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors have reasonable expectation of the company having adequate resource to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the approval of the financial statements and the Directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- COMPONENT DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED · parent
- Component Distributors (CD Ireland) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRUEMAN, Neil Robert | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| KNOX, Iain | Director | 2017-03-27 | Feb 1978 | British |
| KNOX, Terry Michael | Director | 2004-07-30 | Oct 1975 | British |
| TRUEMAN, Neil Robert | Director | 2022-12-01 | May 1986 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORDNER, John Henry | Secretary | 2014-07-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| PREECE, Gregory Clarke | Secretary | — | 2014-06-27 |
| CORDNER, John Henry | Director | 2014-07-28 | 2019-12-31 |
| KNOX, Kenneth Alexander | Director | — | 2017-03-27 |
| KNOX, Stuart Trevor | Director | — | 2008-04-04 |
| LOCKHART, Derek Robert | Director | — | 2012-10-23 |
| MORGAN, Pamela | Director | — | 2008-04-04 |
| MURPHY, Hugh | Director | — | 2017-06-30 |
| PREECE, Gregory Clarke | Director | — | 2014-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component Distributors Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-08-28 | Active |
| Mr Iain Knox | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2021-05-25 | Ceased 2026-08-28 |
| Mr Terry Michael Knox | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-08-28 |
| Mr Ken Knox | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-06-02 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-28 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-08-28 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-07-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-21 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.