PLAYFORDS LIMITED — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-29 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-15

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£299K

-18.7% lowest in 4 filed years

Net assets

£1M

+29.4% highest in 4 filed years

Employees

-3.3% lowest in 4 filed years

Profit before tax

£322K

+12.1% vs 2023

Net assets

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

PLAYFORDS LIMITED·Industrials median · n=6236

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£15,035,901	£15,414,144	—	£14,486,170	£14,442,802
Operating profit	—	£369,276	£379,780	—	£313,391	£328,696
Profit before tax	—	£371,336	£381,363	—	£287,183	£321,933
Net profit	—	£299,489	£306,654	—	£217,883	£240,210
Cash	—	£1,477,528	£602,590	—	£367,619	£298,958
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£300,977	£358,630	—	£1,106,207	£1,139,935
Net assets	—	£299,489	£306,143	—	£818,101	£1,058,311
Equity	£1,215,600	£299,489	£306,143	£724,862	£818,101	£1,058,311
Average employees	—	81	76	—	60	58
Wages	—	£3,068,093	£3,059,376	—	£2,552,578	£2,708,984

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	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	2.5%	2.5%	—	2.2%	2.3%
Net margin	—	2.0%	2.0%	—	1.5%	1.7%
Return on capital employed	—	122.7%	105.9%	—	28.3%	28.8%
Interest cover	—	—	—	—	9.16x	12.37x

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.

People

5 active · 13 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
DICKINSON, Gary	Director	2024-01-01	Apr 1989	British
JAGGARD, Stephen	Director	2007-11-07	Oct 1963	British
TAYLOR, Philip	Director	2024-01-01	Feb 1985	British
TUOHY, Alan Thomas	Director	2024-04-06	Aug 1956	British
TUOHY, James Alan	Director	2018-01-01	Sep 1982	British

Show 13 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CAMPBELL, Denise	Secretary	2006-06-30	2017-07-31
PARR, Michael Richard	Secretary	—	2006-06-30
DOWNING, Andrew David	Director	2018-01-01	2026-03-06
FARQUHARSON, John Murray Mcpherson	Director	2006-06-30	2012-07-02
FULLER, Ronald Reginald Norman	Director	—	1994-12-16
HAMBLING, Peter Alfred	Director	—	2006-06-30
MILLER, David Bryan	Director	2014-10-01	2022-10-31
O'HARA, Douglas, Mr.	Director	2007-11-07	2017-03-31
PARR, Michael Richard	Director	—	2006-06-30
SPLITT, David Thomas	Director	—	2006-06-30
TEE, Michael Robert	Director	2006-06-30	2021-03-31
TUOHY, Alan	Director	2006-06-30	2021-03-31
WINSPEAR, Julian Maynard	Director	2006-06-30	2021-03-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Jaanda Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors	2020-01-02	Active
Millennium Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2021-01-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 160 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-02-04	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-09-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-09-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-10	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-11-23	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2024-11-23	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2024-08-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-06-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2024-04-15	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-01-09	RP04AP01	officers	Second filing of director appointment with name	PDF
2024-01-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-01-02	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date
2023-08-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-07-07	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-08-22	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-08-10	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 1

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

-0.3%

£14,486,170 £14,442,802
Cash

-18.7%

£367,619 £298,958

lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets

+29.4%

£818,101 £1,058,311

highest in 4 filed years
Employees

-3.3%

60 58

lowest in 4 filed years
Operating profit

+4.9%

£313,391 £328,696
Profit before tax

+12.1%

£287,183 £321,933
Wages

+6.1%

£2,552,578 £2,708,984

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

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