TAPPER AND SON(POOLE)LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-14 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-58.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£23M
+4.4% vs 2023
Employees
159
+7.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-26.3% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,486,668 | £12,141,932 | |
| Operating profit | £1,864,814 | £1,734,050 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,821,300 | £1,341,397 | |
| Net profit | £1,408,883 | £993,979 | |
| Cash | £3,549,853 | £1,466,137 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,427,324 | £24,384,607 | |
| Net assets | £22,486,940 | £23,477,073 | |
| Equity | £22,486,940 | £23,477,073 | |
| Average employees | 148 | 159 | |
| Wages | £3,825,914 | £4,358,947 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.2% | 14.3% | |
| Net margin | 12.3% | 8.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 8.8% | 11.3% | |
| Current ratio | 4.80x | 1.96x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As at the date of this report, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in business for a period of at least twelve months following the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis of accounting.”
Significant events
- “There has been a change in accounting policy in respect of the depreciation of land utilised by the company as a burial ground and the depreciation of freehold operating properties.”
- “The company remains interested in the property sector holding stock with extant planning consents providing the directors with optimism for mid-term sales that will demonstrate strong profits.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TAPPER, Steven John | Secretary | 2004-11-10 | — | British |
| TAPPER, Christopher John | Director | — | Feb 1942 | British |
| TAPPER, Paul Christopher | Director | — | Jan 1972 | British |
| TAPPER, Steven John | Director | — | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, John Geoffrey | Secretary | 2003-02-26 | 2004-11-10 |
| TAPPER, Christopher John | Secretary | — | 2003-02-26 |
| CRUTCHER, Peter Charles | Director | 2001-04-06 | 2023-03-13 |
| HAYLEY, Colin Charles | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2014-11-30 |
| RICE, Alan | Director | 1996-01-15 | 2025-12-15 |
| TAPPER, Jane Angela Mary | Director | 1996-11-15 | 2018-12-26 |
| TAPPER, Mona Violet | Director | — | 1993-03-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Steven John Tapper | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-04 | Active |
| Mr Paul Christopher Tapper | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-04 | Active |
| Mr Chris Tapper | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-03-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-01-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+5.7%
£11,486,668 £12,141,932
-
Cash
-58.7%
£3,549,853 £1,466,137
-
Net assets
+4.4%
£22,486,940 £23,477,073
-
Employees
+7.4%
148 159
-
Operating profit
-7%
£1,864,814 £1,734,050
-
Profit before tax
-26.3%
£1,821,300 £1,341,397
-
Wages
+13.9%
£3,825,914 £4,358,947
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers