THOMPSON COMMERCIALS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-03 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+132.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-4.5% vs 2023
Employees
214
+4.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-43.1% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THOMPSON COMMERCIALS LIMITED 2000-10-18 → present
- THOMPSON OF BEVERLEY LIMITED 1954-05-05 → 2000-10-18
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £90,765,798 | £83,588,314 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £2,872,510 | £1,869,797 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £2,118,618 | £1,205,190 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,615,878 | £921,553 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £802,665 | £1,863,758 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £8,997,971 | £8,559,925 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £8,828,638 | £8,430,191 | |
| Equity | £4,479,830 | £5,430,866 | £6,174,348 | £7,388,911 | £8,412,760 | £8,828,638 | £8,430,191 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 204 | 214 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £7,235,641 | £8,017,697 |
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.8% | 1.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 31.9% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 1.53x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 3.81x | 2.81x |
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
- Smailes Goldie
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having considered the Group forecasts for a two-year period ending 31 December 2026, have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for a period of 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “All sites now have LED lighting and we are continually increasing the size of our electric fleet. Two of our sites have solar panels and we are looking to add these to other owned sites.”
- “Dividends totalling £1,320,000 (2023 £1,200,000) were paid during the period.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Paul Thomas | Secretary | 2000-10-06 | — | British |
| SIMPSON, Paul Thomas | Director | 2000-10-06 | Mar 1963 | British |
| SWABY, James Jon | Director | 2021-12-17 | Jan 1988 | British |
| THORPE, Robert Ellis | Director | 2021-12-17 | Jun 1976 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Charles Edward | Secretary | — | 2000-10-06 |
| BRUCE, Steven David | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2016-07-29 |
| COLLINGWOOD, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2013-03-01 |
| FITZGERALD, Elizabeth Ann | Director | 1993-06-18 | 2000-10-06 |
| HARPER, Garry Tom | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2016-07-29 |
| SILVEY, Brian | Director | 2000-10-06 | 2011-06-23 |
| THOMPSON, Charles Christopher | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
| THOMPSON, James Herbert | Director | — | 1991-10-07 |
| THOMPSON, Richard George Rowland | Director | — | 2000-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson Commercials Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 170 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-10-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-7.9%
£90,765,798 £83,588,314
-
Cash
+132.2%
£802,665 £1,863,758
-
Net assets
-4.5%
£8,828,638 £8,430,191
-
Employees
+4.9%
204 214
-
Operating profit
-34.9%
£2,872,510 £1,869,797
-
Profit before tax
-43.1%
£2,118,618 £1,205,190
-
Wages
+10.8%
£7,235,641 £8,017,697
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