COCHRAN SERVICES LTD
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Cash
£1.5M
+3.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£4.3M
+6.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
83
+20.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2M
-4.7% lowest in 3 filed years
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 | £12,993,275 | £13,761,568 | £14,697,294 | +6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,362,650 | £1,218,008 | £1,166,555 | -4.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,447 | £1,210,575 | £1,154,123 | -4.7% | |
| Net profit | £1,074,443 | £941,704 | £777,051 | -17.5% | |
| Cash | £957,603 | £1,413,427 | £1,467,877 | +3.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,633,931 | £4,970,180 | £5,553,281 | +11.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,991,075 | £4,049,484 | £4,316,116 | +6.6% | |
| Equity | £3,991,075 | £4,049,484 | £4,316,116 | +6.6% | |
| Average employees | 67 | 69 | 83 | +20.3% | |
| Wages | £4,881,866 | £5,679,276 | £5,900,408 | +3.9% | |
| 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 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.5% | 8.9% | 7.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 6.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.4% | 24.5% | 21.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 61.1% | 66.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.18x | 0.79x | |
| Interest cover | — | 89.92x | 92.80x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | — | — |
| LI, Jianming | Director | 2015-07-01 | Aug 1956 | Chinese |
| RITCHIE, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2015-07-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2026-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ruth Catherine Ritchie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-07-31 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Thomas Patrick Ritchie | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Andrew Boris Velichansky | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Jianming Li | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-30 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-02-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.