COGENT ELLIOTT LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-08 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£26
0% vs 2023
Net assets
£361K
+51.7% vs 2023
Employees
42
-19.2% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£63K
+159.2% highest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COGENT ELLIOTT LIMITED 1978-12-31 → present
- MARK SCHOLES & COLIMITED 1965-03-05 → 1978-12-31
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £3,934,045 | — | £4,413,992 | £4,509,703 | £3,840,435 | |
| Operating profit | — | £18,070 | — | -£233,396 | £135,650 | £350,050 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£230,505 | — | -£512,529 | -£106,690 | £63,148 | |
| Net profit | — | -£181,005 | — | -£512,529 | -£106,690 | £123,148 | |
| Cash | — | £81,897 | — | £26 | £26 | £26 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,148,814 | — | £1,465,854 | £435,526 | £495,705 | |
| Net assets | — | £833,913 | — | £344,891 | £238,201 | £361,349 | |
| Equity | £2,014,918 | £833,913 | £857,420 | £344,891 | £238,201 | £361,349 | |
| Average employees | — | 65 | — | 53 | 52 | 42 | |
| Wages | — | £2,234,353 | — | £2,077,733 | £2,254,885 | £1,938,510 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.5% | — | -5.3% | 3.0% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -4.6% | — | -11.6% | -2.4% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.8% | — | -15.9% | 31.1% | 70.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 92.4% | 89.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.04x | 1.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.39x | — | -4.46x | 1.04x | 1.92x |
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
- Dafferns Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' 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 financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “After the year end, the bank overdraft and loan have been refinanced and replaced with a new 5-year term loan in a fellow group company.”
- “After the year end, following group refinancing, the guarantees across the group entities have been removed.”
- “Other loans reflect a loan of £235,000 taken out during the year. This loan has no fixed duration or repayment terms and is therefore reflected as fully repayable within one year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSELBY, Marcus Shaw | Director | 2017-10-27 | Dec 1971 | British |
| HUSSELBY, William Eric | Director | — | Jul 1939 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATTISON, Philip Raymond | Secretary | 1997-01-31 | 2019-06-03 |
| ROWLEY, Anthony Philip | Secretary | — | 1997-01-31 |
| TEAGUE, Julie Iris Ann | Secretary | 2019-06-03 | 2020-08-20 |
| ANDERSON, Peter Niel | Director | — | 1996-01-26 |
| BUCKLEY, Penelope Carol Jean | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2019-05-31 |
| COX, Pamela Mary | Director | — | 2002-05-14 |
| CROSS, Mark Stephen | Director | 1993-03-22 | 2003-09-30 |
| DAVIES, Peter Edward Francis | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1993-11-30 |
| FOX, Michael Basil | Director | — | 1995-01-31 |
| GIRLING, Mark Ian Emerson | Director | 1994-08-01 | 2001-03-09 |
| JACKSON, Christopher | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1993-01-01 |
| MORRIS, Christopher | Director | — | 1994-08-31 |
| MURRAY-WHITE, Peter Harold | Director | 1991-10-15 | 2000-10-14 |
| OAKES, Nigel Thomas | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1997-02-14 |
| RAYNER, Michael Andrew | Director | 1997-01-20 | 2014-04-08 |
| RICHARDSON, Duncan Malcolm | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1994-08-31 |
| ROWLEY, Anthony Philip | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1997-01-31 |
| RUSSELL, Peter James | Director | 1995-01-01 | 2000-04-05 |
| TEAGUE, Julie Iris Ann | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2020-08-20 |
| WARWICK, Jane | Director | 1991-10-15 | 1994-06-30 |
| WRINGE, John Faulkner | Director | — | 1997-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogent Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-26 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-11-28 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-09-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
-14.8%
£4,509,703 £3,840,435
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
0%
£26 £26
-
Net assets
+51.7%
£238,201 £361,349
-
Employees
-19.2%
52 42
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+158.1%
£135,650 £350,050
highest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+159.2%
-£106,690 £63,148
highest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-14%
£2,254,885 £1,938,510
lowest in 4 filed years
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