CONSTANTINE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+4.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-23.2% vs 2023
Employees
169
+3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+40.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CONSTANTINE LIMITED 1999-09-01 → present
- WINGATE & JOHNSTON LTD 1984-01-19 → 1999-09-01
- W. WINGATE & JOHNSTON (FINE ART) LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1984-01-19
- EUROCONTAINER LINES LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1980-12-31
- EUROCONTAINER LINES LIMITED 1969-02-21 → 1979-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £34,221,108 | £36,792,552 | |
| Operating profit | £3,845,222 | £4,205,198 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,843,716 | £5,412,470 | |
| Net profit | £3,060,716 | £4,259,825 | |
| Cash | £3,863,900 | £4,040,428 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,614,763 | £8,678,249 | |
| Net assets | £9,663,691 | £7,423,516 | |
| Equity | £9,663,691 | £7,423,516 | |
| Average employees | 163 | 169 | |
| Wages | £7,944,872 | £8,873,152 |
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 | 11.2% | 11.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.9% | 11.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.2% | 48.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.54x | 1.21x | |
| Interest cover | 100.22x | 118.02x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Moore (South) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Group structure
- CONSTANTINE LIMITED · parent
- Wingate & Johnston Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company is party to a composite banking agreement in providing a guarantee as security for bank borrowings within the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Richard Norman | Secretary | — | — | British |
| AKERS-DOUGLAS, Dominic Lovett | Director | 2010-10-05 | Jul 1979 | British |
| ANDREWS, Luke | Director | 2015-07-01 | Jul 1985 | British |
| PECK, Graham Charles | Director | 2020-02-11 | Apr 1986 | British |
| SAUNDERS, John David | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1984 | British |
| TWOMEY, Nicholas Frank | Director | 2021-06-14 | May 1986 | British |
| WILLIAMSON, Paul Desmond | Director | 2004-05-24 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Timothy Colin | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2000-03-28 |
| BASS, Robert James | Director | 1999-01-21 | 2003-08-29 |
| BEAMISH, Shane Patrick | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| BOWYER, Simon | Director | 2006-03-30 | 2007-06-01 |
| CAREY, Terence | Director | — | 1991-12-31 |
| CARNEY, Patrick Spencer | Director | 2013-08-30 | 2015-08-31 |
| CONSTANTINE, David Loudon | Director | 1995-11-09 | 1999-01-21 |
| CONSTANTINE, Joseph | Director | — | 1993-03-24 |
| CONSTANTINE, Nigel Loudon | Director | 1995-01-03 | 2013-10-01 |
| CONSTANTINE, Robert Loudon | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| DUNLEY, John Stuart | Director | 1996-01-24 | 2000-01-27 |
| KEEBLE, Simon John | Director | 1999-08-03 | 2000-11-08 |
| LASCELLES, Dean | Director | 1996-09-17 | 1998-07-22 |
| MAGEE, Edward | Director | — | 1995-01-03 |
| PATEMAN, Roy | Director | — | 1998-11-27 |
| POLLARD, Phillip George Keith | Director | 2012-06-25 | 2014-12-31 |
| PRESCOT, Nigel Kenrick Grosvenor | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2021-08-31 |
| SIMSON, John Henry Francis | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1996-11-01 |
| SUTTON, Timothy James | Director | 1996-05-13 | 2024-03-14 |
| TODD, Alan Russell | Director | — | 1994-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constantine Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-05-06 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2022-05-06 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-04 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-05-06 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-05-06 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-04-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type 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
+7.5%
£34,221,108 £36,792,552
-
Cash
+4.6%
£3,863,900 £4,040,428
-
Net assets
-23.2%
£9,663,691 £7,423,516
-
Employees
+3.7%
163 169
-
Operating profit
+9.4%
£3,845,222 £4,205,198
-
Profit before tax
+40.8%
£3,843,716 £5,412,470
-
Wages
+11.7%
£7,944,872 £8,873,152
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