CARLAC LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-12 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-29
Watchouts
Cash
£55K
+30.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+1.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
85
-6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£558K
-31.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,242,232 | £14,240,230 | £15,038,918 | £15,469,165 | |
| Operating profit | £794,879 | £921,840 | £944,528 | £756,426 | |
| Profit before tax | £749,362 | £850,134 | £814,327 | £557,981 | |
| Net profit | £589,473 | £675,916 | £605,732 | £381,443 | |
| Cash | £242,217 | £55,275 | £42,244 | £55,260 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,941,804 | £4,054,186 | £4,575,412 | £4,543,842 | |
| Net assets | £3,395,587 | £3,683,275 | £3,971,748 | £4,045,736 | |
| Equity | £3,395,587 | £3,683,275 | £3,971,748 | £4,045,736 | |
| Average employees | 85 | 91 | 91 | 85 | |
| Wages | £1,938,831 | £2,164,816 | £2,277,276 | £2,322,250 |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 4.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 22.7% | 20.6% | 16.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 56.2% | 59.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.84x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | 17.46x | 12.86x | 7.25x | 3.81x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors believe that the Company has sufficient resources available to enable it to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. After considering the factors above, the directors have concluded that it is reasonable to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements and that no material uncertainty exists.”
Significant events
- “The automotive paints market is performing relatively well but remains exposed to supply chain issues and inflationary pressures. However, the Company has continued to grow its overall sales in the automotive paints sector.”
- “All the Company's turnover for the year from continuing operations arose within the United Kingdom and related to the sale of goods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Mark Robert | Secretary | 2013-07-04 | — | — |
| FIRTH, Neil | Director | — | Jan 1961 | British |
| LONG, Mark Robert | Director | 2016-08-01 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, Jacqueline | Secretary | — | 1996-09-05 |
| WOOD, David John | Secretary | 1996-09-05 | 2013-07-04 |
| CHURCH, Giles | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| CHURCH, Joan | Director | — | 2004-07-13 |
| FIRTH, Melanie | Director | — | 2025-03-20 |
| RENNARD, Paul | Director | — | 1993-12-24 |
| ROBSON, Michael | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2002-02-08 |
| WOOD, David John | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2013-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Melanie Firth | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-01 |
| Mr Neil Firth | Individual | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 141 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+2.9%
£15,038,918 £15,469,165
highest in 4 filed years
-
Cash
+30.8%
£42,244 £55,260
-
Net assets
+1.9%
£3,971,748 £4,045,736
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-6.6%
91 85
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Operating profit
-19.9%
£944,528 £756,426
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Profit before tax
-31.5%
£814,327 £557,981
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
+2%
£2,277,276 £2,322,250
highest 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