EAST LANCASHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-09 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£541K
+3.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+0.5% vs 2023
Employees
46
+12.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£19K
-67.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- EAST LANCASHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY 1992-05-11 → present
- EAST LANCASHIRE CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 1991-02-05 → 1992-05-11
- BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT INCORPORATED CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE(THE) 1977-12-31 → 1991-02-05
- BLACKBURN AND DISTRICT INCORPORATED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE(THE) 1887-03-11 → 1977-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,471,173 | £3,911,997 | |
| Operating profit | £69,488 | £27,369 | |
| Profit before tax | £56,574 | £18,506 | |
| Net profit | £38,320 | £7,712 | |
| Cash | £524,407 | £541,384 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,635,380 | £2,494,386 | |
| Net assets | £1,424,527 | £1,432,239 | |
| Equity | £1,424,527 | £1,432,239 | |
| Average employees | 41 | 46 | |
| Wages | £1,483,646 | £1,668,853 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | 1.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.80x | 3.13x | |
| Interest cover | 5.38x | 3.09x |
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
- Beever and Struthers
- 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.”
Group structure
- EAST LANCASHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY · parent
- Export Sales Training Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Economically, 2024 saw a modest but calm business community performance at the beginning of the year, gradually cooled by events before, during and after the election period.”
- “Internationally, late in the year post the American election, concerns mounted as to the potential global effect of the new President following pre-inauguration rhetoric on a wide range of international matters.”
- “The transition from European Regional Development Funding post Brexit to UK Shared Prosperity Funds distributed at the lowest local authority footprint in every area, has not proved beneficial for the delivery of impactful business support services.”
- “2024 saw the Chamber continue to invest in its own building, Red Rose Court, which we now own outright.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 90 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYDENHAM, Louise | Secretary | 2007-11-08 | — | British |
| BARKER, Miranda Rosemary | Director | 2017-04-24 | May 1971 | British |
| EDWARDS, Mark | Director | 2024-09-12 | Mar 1982 | British |
| GORTON, David John | Director | 2018-12-10 | Aug 1969 | British |
| NAMAJI, Mohmed Yusuf | Director | 2024-09-12 | Aug 1986 | British |
| OGDEN, Catherine Louise | Director | 2010-06-21 | Oct 1971 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Owen Michael Gilbert | Director | 2024-09-12 | Feb 1985 | British |
| SYDENHAM, Louise | Director | 2024-04-25 | Aug 1977 | British |
| TROW, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2024-09-12 | Jul 1963 | British |
| WEEKES, Annette Jean Getty | Director | 2013-11-19 | Jan 1979 | British |
Show 90 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAMMS, Michael Charles | Secretary | 1993-02-01 | 1996-06-19 |
| MCKINSTRY, James Aird | Secretary | — | 1992-12-31 |
| MILES, Valerie Ann | Secretary | 1996-06-19 | 2007-11-07 |
| ANDERSON, Stephen Mark | Director | 2006-10-16 | 2016-04-19 |
| ASHWORTH, James Bryan | Director | — | 2003-12-22 |
| AUSTIN, Geoffrey Michael | Director | — | 1993-02-15 |
| BALLANTYNE, Samuel Glen | Director | — | 1992-12-16 |
| BAPU, Aisha | Director | 2003-10-21 | 2005-04-19 |
| BARKER, John Curtiss | Director | 2007-09-06 | 2019-10-02 |
| BENTLEY, Stephen | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2019-06-17 |
| BILLINGTON, Alison | Director | — | 1996-07-24 |
| BLEASDALE, John Francis | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2002-10-11 |
| BOLTON, John Frederick | Director | 1995-06-14 | 1996-06-18 |
| BONFIELD, Graham | Director | 1995-08-22 | 1996-12-09 |
| BOTHAM, Andrew Derek | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2006-08-29 |
| BOWERS, Wendy Elaine | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2017-04-24 |
| BOYNES, Terence John | Director | 2002-10-22 | 2003-08-19 |
| BRENNAN, John Michael | Director | — | 2007-05-15 |
| BROWN, David | Director | 1998-09-23 | 2002-01-07 |
| BULLOWS, Neil Alan | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2018-05-18 |
| BURROWS, Thomas Geoffrey | Director | 1993-01-26 | 1994-09-30 |
| BUTT, Sajad Ajmal | Director | 2001-06-22 | 2022-05-30 |
| CALWAY, John Bernard | Director | 2006-02-20 | 2013-05-01 |
| CALWAY, John Bernard | Director | 1995-08-22 | 2002-10-28 |
| CAPSTICK, Anthony Bryce | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2006-12-11 |
| CLINTON, Ian | Director | 2004-12-13 | 2013-10-10 |
| COLLEY, Helen Elizabeth | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2007-09-27 |
| CONROY, Peter Michael | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2019-06-14 |
| DAMMS, Michael Charles | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| DUCKWORTH, David | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1997-11-30 |
| DURRIS MACGREGOR, Peter Ratcliffe | Director | 2006-08-21 | 2007-07-03 |
| EASTWOOD, Nigel Anthony | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2015-06-21 |
| FERGUSON, Ruth Ann | Director | 1997-09-17 | 2002-02-18 |
| FITTON, Graham | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2024-04-25 |
| GETTY, William John | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2011-10-17 |
| GIBBON, Amanda Jane | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2020-06-22 |
| GIGG, Hadyn James | Director | 1994-06-28 | 1998-09-23 |
| GILBRAITH, Henry Haslem | Director | 1995-06-14 | 1996-07-03 |
| GILCHRIST, Helen Mary, Dr | Director | 1993-03-17 | 1995-06-14 |
| GLASSBROOK, George | Director | — | 1993-04-27 |
| GRADWELL, Mavis | Director | 1998-01-05 | 2002-03-08 |
| GRAY, Stephen John | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2018-03-12 |
| GREENHALGH, Stephen Ellis | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2021-12-22 |
| GRIFFITHS, John Joseph Dermot | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2004-04-04 |
| HALL, Nicholas John | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2006-06-19 |
| HANNAM, Lynda Marie | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2007-08-01 |
| HARGREAVES, Craig Thomas | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2012-04-17 |
| HARRISON, Michael Courtney Duncan | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2010-05-08 |
| HENDERSON, Andrew James | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2012-08-08 |
| HOLLYHEAD, Michael | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2002-10-09 |
| HOLMES, David Samuel John | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2021-12-22 |
| HOPE, Mark Alan | Director | 2013-11-22 | 2021-12-22 |
| HOPE, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 1992-08-24 | 1999-12-31 |
| HOPKINS, John Clifford | Director | 1995-06-14 | 2000-01-06 |
| HUNTER, Paul William | Director | 1998-12-16 | 2002-12-23 |
| HURN, Elaine | Director | 2006-12-11 | 2007-03-05 |
| JACKSON, Amanda Sloan | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2025-12-09 |
| KAY, Alicja Barbara | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2015-05-08 |
| KHALIQ, Hamera | Director | 2006-12-11 | 2011-02-04 |
| LAWTON, Michael David | Director | 1995-06-14 | 2005-12-12 |
| LEE, Dominic Paul | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2010-10-01 |
| LIVESEY, Geoffrey Ralph | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| MACKENZIE, Alastair | Director | 1997-03-19 | 1998-05-22 |
| MATTHEWS HARRIS, Jacqueline Wendy | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2004-04-20 |
| MCCONACHIE, Niall Douglas | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2004-10-11 |
| MCLAUGHLIN, Andrew John | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2021-12-22 |
| MENDOROS, Dennis George | Director | 1993-03-17 | 1995-06-14 |
| MERCER, Berverley Anne | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2004-11-01 |
| MILLIGAN, Raymond Riley | Director | — | 1992-01-30 |
| MITCHELL, Adrian Barry | Director | — | 2021-12-22 |
| MURRAY, Michael Thomas | Director | — | 2008-06-16 |
| NAESSENS, Maire Ciara | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2014-10-20 |
| NUTTER, Leslie | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2021-03-03 |
| OWENS, Stuart David | Director | 2002-10-22 | 2003-12-22 |
| PARRY, Jane | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2018-12-11 |
| PILKINGTON, Valerie | Director | 2013-04-04 | 2013-09-30 |
| PRICE, Mark Ford | Director | — | 1996-10-24 |
| RAYNOR, Antony Simon | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2010-01-21 |
| REID, Alasdair Robert Burnett | Director | 2006-12-11 | 2008-08-18 |
| SEDDON, Nigel Stuart | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2003-11-05 |
| SEERY, Jean Elizabeth | Director | 2005-02-21 | 2008-06-16 |
| SHARPE, David | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2021-12-22 |
| SLATER, Richard James | Director | 2002-12-17 | 2006-06-19 |
| SLEE, John Alan | Director | 2010-06-21 | 2011-12-12 |
| SOHAL, Arminder Singh | Director | 1995-06-14 | 1999-02-22 |
| STIRRUP, Jeremy Newsome | Director | — | 2006-10-26 |
| SUTCLIFFE, David Edward | Director | 2008-06-17 | 2010-05-11 |
| TABACZYNSKI, Simon Andrew | Director | 2013-12-09 | 2014-10-20 |
| TAYLOR, Dennis | Director | 2008-08-01 | 2010-03-31 |
| TAYLOR, Sue | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2017-01-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 318 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-07-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£3,471,173 £3,911,997
-
Cash
+3.2%
£524,407 £541,384
-
Net assets
+0.5%
£1,424,527 £1,432,239
-
Employees
+12.2%
41 46
-
Operating profit
-60.6%
£69,488 £27,369
-
Profit before tax
-67.3%
£56,574 £18,506
-
Wages
+12.5%
£1,483,646 £1,668,853
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers