COUNTRY LION (NORTHAMPTON) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-05 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-17.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
-0.4% vs 2024
Employees
80
+14.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£268K
-36.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COUNTRY LION (NORTHAMPTON) LIMITED 1981-12-31 → present
- PALMERSTON GARAGE (NORTHAMPTON) LIMITED 1952-03-13 → 1981-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £6,449,016 | £7,147,852 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £505,522 | £360,822 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £420,448 | £267,941 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £246,196 | £78,266 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,420,940 | £1,176,950 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £8,611,722 | £9,248,166 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £5,650,105 | £5,628,371 | |
| Equity | £4,645,874 | £4,658,137 | £5,650,105 | £5,628,371 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 70 | 80 | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,286,377 | £2,707,022 |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 7.8% | 5.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.8% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 5.9% | 3.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.42x | 1.45x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 4.79x | 2.13x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Phipps Henson McAllister
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 and the parent 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
- COUNTRY LION (NORTHAMPTON) LIMITED · parent
- Cloud Nine Holidays Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BULL, Julie Marie | Secretary | 2017-09-29 | — | — |
| BULL, Julie Marie | Director | 2011-05-11 | Mar 1959 | British |
| COX, Michelle Claire | Director | 2019-09-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| O'DELL, Daniel Alexander | Director | 2011-05-11 | Jul 1982 | English |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BULL, Andrew John | Secretary | 2002-12-02 | 2017-09-29 |
| MURRAY, Barbara Mary Frances | Secretary | — | 2002-12-02 |
| BULL, Andrew John | Director | 1992-02-07 | 2017-09-29 |
| BULL, John Stewart Frederick | Director | — | 2010-11-22 |
| BULL, Richard Mark | Director | 2011-05-11 | 2019-08-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Mark Bull | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Ceased 2019-08-21 |
| Mrs Julie Marie Bull | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Daniel Alexander O'Dell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-09-29 | Active |
| Mr Andrew John Bull | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-09-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-08-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2019-09-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2019-09-23 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2019-09-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+10.8%
£6,449,016 £7,147,852
-
Cash
-17.2%
£1,420,940 £1,176,950
-
Net assets
-0.4%
£5,650,105 £5,628,371
-
Employees
+14.3%
70 80
-
Operating profit
-28.6%
£505,522 £360,822
-
Profit before tax
-36.3%
£420,448 £267,941
-
Wages
+18.4%
£2,286,377 £2,707,022
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