CHARLES F.STEAD & COMPANY,LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+23.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
-9.3% vs 2023
Employees
66
-7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£152K
-141.5% vs 2023
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 | £11,136,312 | £8,593,435 | |
| Operating profit | £247,257 | -£292,501 | |
| Profit before tax | £366,716 | -£152,202 | |
| Net profit | £308,400 | -£370,401 | |
| Cash | £2,863,506 | £3,528,074 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,187,774 | £10,385,922 | |
| Net assets | £10,965,958 | £9,945,907 | |
| Equity | £10,965,958 | £9,945,907 | |
| Average employees | 71 | 66 | |
| Wages | £2,345,354 | £2,182,851 |
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 | 2.2% | -3.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | -4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.2% | -2.8% | |
| Current ratio | 7.65x | 5.93x |
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
- Kirk Newsholme Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
- 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
- CHARLES F.STEAD & COMPANY,LIMITED · parent
- Charles F.Stead & Co(Strensall) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The continued conflict in Ukraine as well as other geopolitical pressures create uncertainty in the markets in which the company operates.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, John | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | — | British |
| BAILEY, Andrew William | Director | 2016-05-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| BAILEY, David William | Director | — | Feb 1947 | British |
| CRACK, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2004-02-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
| CRACK, Michael Douglas | Director | 2016-05-01 | May 1981 | British |
| CRACK, Peter John | Director | — | Aug 1945 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRACK, Peter John | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| DUNN, Jonathan Owen | Secretary | 2000-10-09 | 2002-10-31 |
| FOX, Clive Jan, Councillor | Secretary | — | 2000-10-09 |
| BLAKEY, Raymond | Director | — | 2003-12-15 |
| CRACK, Douglas Ernest | Director | — | 2023-03-16 |
| CRACK, Ernest Henry | Director | — | 1999-06-14 |
| HODGSON, Colin Anthony | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| STEAD, Anne Patricia | Director | — | 2003-04-22 |
| STEAD, Vera Kay | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Douglas Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-03-15 | Active |
| Mr Douglas Ernest Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-16 |
| Mr David William Bailey | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Charles F. Stead (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth Douglas Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 126 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-22.8%
£11,136,312 £8,593,435
-
Cash
+23.2%
£2,863,506 £3,528,074
-
Net assets
-9.3%
£10,965,958 £9,945,907
-
Employees
-7%
71 66
-
Operating profit
-218.3%
£247,257 -£292,501
-
Profit before tax
-141.5%
£366,716 -£152,202
-
Wages
-6.9%
£2,345,354 £2,182,851
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