CARCLO PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£11M
+2.8% vs 2024
Net assets
-£130M
-45.1% vs 2024
Employees
958
-7.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3M
+168.2% highest in 3 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CARCLO PLC 1999-11-16 → present
- CARCLO ENGINEERING GROUP PLC 1924-03-08 → 1999-11-16
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £143,445,000 | £132,672,000 | £121,219,000 | |
| Operating profit | £6,008,000 | £1,700,000 | £7,580,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,989,000 | -£3,887,000 | £2,652,000 | |
| Net profit | -£3,589,000 | -£3,389,000 | £872,000 | |
| Cash | — | £10,453,000 | £10,745,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £70,078,000 | £71,291,000 | |
| Net assets | — | -£89,624,000 | -£130,036,000 | |
| Equity | — | -£89,624,000 | -£130,036,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,096 | 1,039 | 958 | |
| Wages | — | £38,642,000 | £36,142,000 |
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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.2% | 1.3% | 6.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.5% | -2.6% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.4% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 186.9% | 235.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.18x | 1.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.28x | 1.38x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the Group's liquidity and solvency... 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 Group's ability to continue to operate for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CARCLO PLC · parent
- Acme Mills (UK) Limited 100%
- Carclo France SAS 100%
- CTP Taicang Co. Limited 100%
- Carclo Technical Plastics (Deutschland) GmbH 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 44 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TICHIAS, Ian Alan | Secretary | 2026-03-01 | — | — |
| AMEY, Rachel Nancye | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| DOORENBOSCH, Franciscus Lodewijk Paulus | Director | 2021-02-01 | Dec 1964 | Dutch |
| KOZMINA, Natalia Sergeyevna | Director | 2024-04-22 | Sep 1971 | American |
| OATLEY, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2018-07-20 | Dec 1968 | British |
| TICHIAS, Ian Alan | Director | 2025-04-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
Show 44 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDFORD, David Michael | Secretary | 2023-06-20 | 2023-08-21 |
| COLE, Richard Andrew | Secretary | 2019-08-30 | 2019-10-04 |
| COOK, Eric | Secretary | 1997-06-30 | 2015-03-31 |
| CUERDEN, Alan | Secretary | — | 1997-06-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Eric George | Secretary | 2023-08-21 | 2024-12-03 |
| MCARTHUR, Anne Mary | Secretary | 2024-12-03 | 2025-09-11 |
| OTTAWAY, Richard John | Secretary | 2015-03-31 | 2019-08-30 |
| PLESSIS, Jacobus Gerhardus Du | Secretary | 2025-09-11 | 2026-03-01 |
| WAKES, Angela | Secretary | 2019-10-04 | 2023-06-20 |
| ADAM, David William | Director | — | 1999-07-31 |
| BEDFORD, David Michael | Director | 2022-11-14 | 2023-08-21 |
| BROADBENT, Adam Humphrey Charles | Director | 1997-03-04 | 2003-09-04 |
| BROOKSBANK, Robert James | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2018-03-31 |
| COLLINS, Simon Antony Cooper | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2020-10-05 |
| DERBYSHIRE, Michael Joseph Christian | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2018-07-19 |
| DUTHIE, Robin, Sir | Director | — | 1998-09-03 |
| EWART, John Walter Douglas | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| HENDERSON, James Veitch | Director | 1993-06-24 | 1999-03-31 |
| HOLLAND, Charles Grahame | Director | 1993-06-24 | 1997-09-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, Eric George | Director | 2021-01-07 | 2025-03-31 |
| HUTTON, Charles Noel | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2005-09-01 |
| KENNEDY, George Macdonald | Director | 1993-06-24 | 2005-12-31 |
| KURWIE, Tiessir Shhab | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2002-06-17 |
| LEE, Peter Wilton | Director | 1993-06-24 | 2003-09-04 |
| LOGAN BROWN, Graham Robert | Director | — | 1995-06-30 |
| MALLEY, Christopher John | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2019-01-11 |
| MATTHEWS-DEMERS, Sarah Louise | Director | 2018-07-18 | 2019-10-23 |
| MAWE, Christopher | Director | 1999-09-03 | 2004-02-29 |
| MUTKIN, Henry Gerald | Director | 1993-06-24 | 1999-12-31 |
| MYCOCK, Barrie | Director | — | 1997-09-04 |
| RICHMOND, Barbara Mary | Director | 2000-01-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| RICKMAN, Robert James | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| ROLLINS, Mark | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2020-03-24 |
| ROSS, Christopher Graham | Director | 2003-09-04 | 2012-09-06 |
| SANDERS, Nicholas Ian Burgess | Director | 2020-08-18 | 2022-11-05 |
| SLABBERT, Peter Charles | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-03-31 |
| SMITH, Joseph Barry | Director | — | 1991-10-11 |
| TAME, William | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| TEMPLEMAN, Jonathan | Director | 2024-02-01 | 2024-02-27 |
| THEWLIS, Matthew John | Director | 2020-01-21 | 2020-12-17 |
| TOOHEY, James David Gerard | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| WELLS, Malcolm Henry Weston | Director | — | 1997-09-04 |
| WHITE, Philip Charles | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-11-14 |
| WILLIAMSON, Ian | Director | 1995-06-19 | 2013-03-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 393 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-10-07 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-09-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-03-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-16 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-10-15 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2025-10-07 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-09-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-05-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-8.6%
£132,672,000 £121,219,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+2.8%
£10,453,000 £10,745,000
-
Net assets
-45.1%
-£89,624,000 -£130,036,000
-
Employees
-7.8%
1,039 958
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+345.9%
£1,700,000 £7,580,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+168.2%
-£3,887,000 £2,652,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
-6.5%
£38,642,000 £36,142,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers