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CHAMBERS AND COOK (EUROPEAN SERVICES) LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00938984
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1968-09-18
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-09-30
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the point of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Chambers and Cook Freight Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · European road transport and freight
- Chambers and Cook (Midlands) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Chambers and Cook (Eastern) Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · European road transport and freight
- Chambers and Cook Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · Dormant
- Transporte Internationale Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · European road transport and freight
Significant events
- “After another challenging year due to cost of living and fuel and the impact of Brexit on the supply chain, turnover decreased by 3.7% to £28.6m (2023: £29.7m).”
- “Continued investment in our tractor units and trailers has proved key to our success ... invested in excess of £0.7m in new tractor units and trailers in 2023-2024.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORREST, Simon Roy | Secretary | 2019-12-01 | — | — |
| BLACKBURN, Paul Mark | Director | 2001-01-22 | Apr 1962 | British |
| STEPHENSON, Jamie | Director | 2023-08-06 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Joseph Whitney | Secretary | — | 1998-09-08 |
| PHILLIPS, Julie Anne | Secretary | 1998-09-08 | 2019-11-30 |
| BLACKBURN, Anne Valerie | Director | — | 2001-08-07 |
| BLACKBURN, Christopher Peter | Director | 2009-11-23 | 2023-08-04 |
| BLACKBURN, Joseph Whitney | Director | — | 2009-04-10 |
| PHILLIPS, Julie Anne | Director | 1995-10-01 | 2019-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Blackburn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-22 | Ceased 2023-08-06 |
| Mr Paul Mark Blackburn | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-22 | Active |
| Mrs Julie-Anne Phillips | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2021-07-22 | Active |
| Jw Blackburn Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-07-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 116 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-05-09 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-06-06 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2023-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-08-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-08-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-06-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2022-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-05-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2021-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2021-07-22 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2021-07-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2021-06-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2020-08-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-03-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
Credit score
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Activity Score
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