CHARTERHOUSE DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-6% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
20
-20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+3.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHARTERHOUSE DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LIMITED 1988-02-12 → present
- SPANFRIGOR LIMITED 1965-01-25 → 1988-02-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,067,000 | £15,643,000 | |
| Operating profit | £2,995,000 | £3,058,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,069,000 | £3,189,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,257,000 | £2,253,000 | |
| Cash | £2,215,000 | £2,082,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,737,000 | £14,015,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,098,000 | £13,351,000 | |
| Equity | £11,098,000 | £13,351,000 | |
| Average employees | 25 | 20 | |
| Wages | £3,114,000 | £2,406,000 |
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 | 18.6% | 19.5% | |
| Net margin | 14.0% | 14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.5% | 21.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | 998.33x | — |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has sufficient financial resources, and as a consequence, the Directors believe that the Company is well-placed to manage its business risk. With this in mind and having made all reasonable enquiries and having respect to the nature of the Company and its activities, the Directors are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. For this reason the Directors adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHARTERHOUSE DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LIMITED · parent
- Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP
- Charterhouse (Shanghai) Investment Consulting Co., Ltd.
Significant events
- “In April 2025, the US implemented a 10% baseline tariff on all imports into the US alongside higher "reciprocal" tariffs for certain countries.”
- “The refurbishment of the Company's office premises during the year, which enabled the sub-letting of additional space to a new tenant, generating incremental income.”
- “On 28 March 2025, the Directors declared and paid an interim dividend of £4,000,000 to the equity shareholder (£25.00 per Ordinary share).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, Irina | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | — | — |
| BURROW, Paul Nigel | Director | 2010-01-04 | Feb 1973 | British |
| GIACOMOTTO, Lionel Lucien Marie | Director | 1999-09-30 | Apr 1965 | French |
| PATRICK, Thomas Spencer | Director | 2011-02-10 | Jul 1972 | British |
| PAUTET, Vincent | Director | 2025-01-24 | Jan 1975 | French |
| ROSE-SLADE, Alison Marie | Director | 2026-02-23 | Nov 1969 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAS, Biswajit | Secretary | 1995-04-28 | 1998-10-30 |
| GERMAN, Leslie Francis | Secretary | — | 1995-04-28 |
| LAW, Linda May | Secretary | 1998-10-30 | 2012-12-31 |
| ADDERLEY, Katey | Director | 2000-04-06 | 2004-02-29 |
| ALDRED, Duncan | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2021-11-13 |
| ARBUTHNOTT, Geoffrey James | Director | — | 2008-01-24 |
| ARNELL, James Simon Edward | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2024-12-31 |
| BENTHALL, Edward Anfrid Pringle | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2012-04-16 |
| BONNYMAN, James Gordon | Director | — | 2020-06-18 |
| BUTLER, Graham Frederick | Director | — | 1993-03-31 |
| CLARKE, Stephen Sheridan | Director | — | 1993-04-30 |
| COULTHARD, Graeme Snowdon | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2017-07-16 |
| COX, Edward George | Director | — | 2016-07-14 |
| DOCKERAY, William Bruce Denne | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2013-12-17 |
| DRURY, Simon Michael | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2004-07-01 |
| DUNCAN, David Richard Louis | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| GOODBRAND, Ryan | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2021-11-03 |
| GREENHALGH, Jeremy Edward | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2012-12-13 |
| HAMWAY, Nigel Jonathon | Director | — | 2016-12-31 |
| HOOD, Katherine Jane | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
| LAW, Linda May | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2012-12-31 |
| MAY, Anthony Roger | Director | — | 2005-06-30 |
| MCGRANE, Joseph | Director | — | 1993-12-15 |
| NICHOLLS, Jill Nicola, Dr | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2003-06-30 |
| OFFORD, Malcolm Ian | Director | 1998-06-01 | 2013-12-11 |
| PADRINI, Alberto | Director | 1994-07-01 | 2001-06-01 |
| PILGRIM, Roger Granville | Director | — | 2011-06-30 |
| PLANT, Thomas Roland | Director | — | 2012-04-16 |
| SCOULER, Brian Buchanan | Director | — | 1993-12-15 |
| SIMPSON, Stuart Douglas | Director | — | 2015-10-31 |
| WHALLEY, Anthony | Director | 1994-07-01 | 1997-09-30 |
| WILLIAMSON, Craig James | Director | — | 1996-08-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charterhouse Intermediate Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 247 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-01 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-10-30 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-2.6%
£16,067,000 £15,643,000
-
Cash
-6%
£2,215,000 £2,082,000
-
Net assets
+20.3%
£11,098,000 £13,351,000
-
Employees
-20%
25 20
-
Operating profit
+2.1%
£2,995,000 £3,058,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.9%
£3,069,000 £3,189,000
-
Wages
-22.7%
£3,114,000 £2,406,000
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