CIRET LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-09 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£339K
-36.3% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
-8.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
36
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£313K
-302.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CIRET LIMITED 2007-06-07 → present
- HOME-KEY LIMITED 1960-11-07 → 2007-06-07
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,060,898 | — | — | £13,120,269 | £11,210,979 | |
| Operating profit | £767,698 | — | — | £230,985 | -£286,005 | |
| Profit before tax | £699,141 | — | — | £154,137 | -£312,805 | |
| Net profit | £594,796 | — | — | £133,851 | -£231,830 | |
| Cash | £1,637,037 | — | — | £532,229 | £338,767 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,195,180 | — | — | £3,107,563 | £4,361,203 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,860,327 | £2,628,497 | |
| Equity | £3,114,193 | — | — | £2,860,327 | £2,628,497 | |
| Average employees | 39 | — | — | 35 | 36 | |
| Wages | £1,212,879 | — | — | £1,148,775 | £1,209,461 |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | — | — | 1.8% | -2.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.2% | — | — | 1.0% | -2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.8% | — | — | 7.4% | -6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 48.5% | 57.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.19x | 3.23x | |
| Interest cover | 11.05x | — | — | 2.78x | -9.33x |
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
- HJS Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors' have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2024 remained an extremely challenging market for our business reflecting the growing concerns of the wider UK economy.”
- “The business ceased acting as a sales agent for a 3rd party brand after they opened a direct distribution channel in the UK.”
- “The loss of business at one of our main accounts and the continued move to direct Far East sourcing at another.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OPPERMANN, Michael | Director | 2024-09-11 | Jun 1963 | German |
| PHILLIPS, Philip John | Director | 2019-10-21 | Mar 1967 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUNDY, Clifford | Secretary | 2006-01-18 | 2016-02-18 |
| ROULSTON, Patricia Jean | Secretary | — | 2005-11-07 |
| HAARMANN HEMMELRATH SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2005-11-07 | 2006-01-18 |
| CARPENTER, Mark Antony | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2019-10-22 |
| GARDANER, Glen David | Director | 2020-08-06 | 2022-01-04 |
| HARRISON, Richard | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2010-05-11 |
| MUNDY, Clifford | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2016-02-18 |
| PFEIFFER, Thomas | Director | 2012-11-27 | 2013-07-17 |
| ROULSTON, David Ray | Director | — | 2005-11-07 |
| ROULSTON, Patricia Jean | Director | — | 2005-11-07 |
| SAUER, Helmut | Director | 2006-01-18 | 2012-12-12 |
| WINNEN, Markus Antonius | Director | 2013-07-17 | 2024-09-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storch-Ciret Holdings Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-04 | 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
-14.6%
£13,120,269 £11,210,979
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-36.3%
£532,229 £338,767
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-8.1%
£2,860,327 £2,628,497
-
Employees
+2.9%
35 36
-
Operating profit
-223.8%
£230,985 -£286,005
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-302.9%
£154,137 -£312,805
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+5.3%
£1,148,775 £1,209,461
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