CHARLES KENDALL FREIGHT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-05 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-13% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+11.7% vs 2023
Employees
149
-6.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+11.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHARLES KENDALL FREIGHT LIMITED 1984-12-31 → present
- AUTOMOBILE & GENERAL PACKING COMPANY LIMITED 1954-11-04 → 1984-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,522,249 | £36,313,033 | |
| Operating profit | £3,033,493 | £3,372,148 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,023,325 | £3,362,730 | |
| Net profit | £2,309,847 | £2,510,768 | |
| Cash | £2,966,416 | £2,581,042 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,432,856 | £8,264,753 | |
| Net assets | £6,943,183 | £7,753,951 | |
| Equity | £6,943,183 | £7,753,951 | |
| Average employees | 159 | 149 | |
| Wages | £6,785,231 | £6,869,980 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 9.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 6.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.8% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.28x | |
| Interest cover | 298.34x | 358.05x |
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
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Director's 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 Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Looking forward to 2025, the business environment in which the Company operates continues to be challenging with increasing competition coming from both larger corporates and smaller independent freight forwarders, and of course the continuing direct and indirect impacts that the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza will have on business over 2025.”
- “An unrealised exchange gain of £37,821 on the outstanding exchange contract was recognised in the profit and loss account for the year (2023 - loss £64,229).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Martyn Cuthbert | Secretary | 2014-06-30 | — | — |
| BEDFORD, Peter John | Director | 2014-05-19 | Nov 1965 | British |
| CHEUNG, Keno | Director | 2015-01-01 | Jun 1981 | Hong Konger |
| COLLINS, Peter James | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| EVANS, David | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| FREW, Murray | Director | 2011-01-04 | Jun 1975 | British |
| KENDALL, Mark Melville | Director | 2006-01-10 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFTER, Peter Kenneth | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 1999-02-12 |
| MITCHELL, Gordon Philip | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2014-06-30 |
| MONKHOUSE, John Frederick Macgregor | Secretary | — | 1996-01-01 |
| CECIL, Gerald Frederick | Director | 1997-02-12 | 2006-10-06 |
| CRAFTER, Peter Kenneth | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-02-12 |
| DE LORD, Anthony Dominic Pereira | Director | — | 1997-06-19 |
| HARRIS, Simon Mark | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2019-02-08 |
| JENKINS, Ian Gordon | Director | 1999-09-10 | 2023-03-03 |
| KENDALL, John Melville | Director | — | 2016-07-11 |
| MITCHELL, Gordon Philip | Director | 2003-02-21 | 2014-06-30 |
| MONKHOUSE, John Frederick Macgregor | Director | — | 2005-11-23 |
| PARKER, John Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-06-06 |
| PATTERSON, Roy Anthony | Director | — | 1998-10-05 |
| POOK, David | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2007-08-03 |
| SUNDERLAND, Peter | Director | 1999-04-12 | 2019-06-28 |
| WILLIS, Christopher John Richard | Director | 1996-01-02 | 1997-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kendall Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+8.3%
£33,522,249 £36,313,033
-
Cash
-13%
£2,966,416 £2,581,042
-
Net assets
+11.7%
£6,943,183 £7,753,951
-
Employees
-6.3%
159 149
-
Operating profit
+11.2%
£3,033,493 £3,372,148
-
Profit before tax
+11.2%
£3,023,325 £3,362,730
-
Wages
+1.2%
£6,785,231 £6,869,980
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