CHIPPINDALE PLANT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-13 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1B
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£18B
Equity attributable
Employees
118
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1B
Period ending 2024-12-31
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHIPPINDALE PLANT LIMITED 1984-03-09 → present
- CHIPPINDALE(ENGINEERS)LIMITED 1949-04-26 → 1984-03-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,490,630,000 | £16,089,760,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,096,226,000 | £1,580,617,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,958,647,000 | £1,340,239,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,456,177,000 | £1,012,478,000 | |
| Cash | £1,421,501,000 | £1,475,651,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,409,972,000 | £26,423,494,000 | |
| Net assets | £17,160,889,000 | £18,173,367,000 | |
| Equity | £17,160,889,000 | £18,173,367,000 | |
| Average employees | 116 | 118 | |
| Wages | £4,211,165,000 | £2,830,100,000 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 9.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.4% | 43.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 9.78x | 5.62x |
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
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this review, they are satisfied that the Company will be in a position to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and that these financial statements can be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Siobhan | Secretary | 2022-06-01 | — | — |
| BLAKE, Paul | Director | 2024-01-02 | Sep 1967 | British |
| HINDLEY, Simon Robert | Director | 2025-01-27 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Director | 2022-06-01 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| PITT, Gavin John | Director | 2022-06-01 | Mar 1968 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIPPINDALE, Peter Gordon | Secretary | 1995-07-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| SAWYER, John Edward | Secretary | — | 1995-07-01 |
| AHLUWALIA, Navneet | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| ATACK, Antony Charles | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2025-05-30 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Brian Maurice | Director | — | 1998-05-18 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Nigel Paul | Director | — | 2024-04-30 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Peter Gordon | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2024-04-30 |
| ROBINSON, Trevor | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2018-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Rents Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Paul Chippindale | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
| Mr Peter Gordon Chippindale | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 161 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2024-04-30