CHARLES GORDON ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-27
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-08 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£19K
+45.3% vs 2023
Employees
70
+2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£96K
-44.8% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-27
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £15,452,085 | £15,505,548 | |
| Operating profit | £174,067 | £94,554 | |
| Profit before tax | £173,909 | £95,946 | |
| Net profit | £80,952 | £15,331 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £27,839 | -£18,536 | |
| Net assets | -£33,867 | -£18,536 | |
| Equity | -£33,867 | -£18,536 | |
| Average employees | 68 | 70 | |
| Wages | £2,125,138 | £2,259,486 |
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 | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 625.3% | -510.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.02x | |
| Interest cover | 1101.69x | — |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company's parent company, SHS Group Limited, has confirmed it will support the company for the period to 31 December 2026, making funds available to the company to enable it to meet its current liabilities arising as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORR, Bernadette | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| GILLOW, Paul Matthew | Director | 2025-01-13 | Jan 1980 | British |
| ORR, Bernadette Marie | Director | 2024-05-21 | Jul 1983 | Irish |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORDON, Andrew Luis | Secretary | 1997-04-14 | 2005-09-13 |
| GORDON, Charles Peter | Secretary | — | 1997-04-14 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Secretary | 2005-09-13 | 2012-09-05 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur | Secretary | 2012-09-05 | 2025-05-01 |
| BIRCHALL, Elaine | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2023-07-31 |
| BOUCH, Rachael | Director | 2018-03-27 | 2020-09-01 |
| GORDON, Adam George Lindsay | Director | 2003-09-11 | 2005-03-07 |
| GORDON, Andrew Luis | Director | 1993-02-04 | 2014-09-08 |
| GORDON, Charles Peter | Director | — | 2005-09-13 |
| HEDLEY, Julie | Director | 2006-09-01 | 2012-10-18 |
| HOWARD, Richard Michael | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2014-12-31 |
| JAMES, Ian Paul | Director | 2005-09-13 | 2017-10-31 |
| MCCARNEY, Damian | Director | 2023-07-31 | 2024-04-30 |
| RICHMOND, Arthur William | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2025-05-01 |
| STONE, Raymond Alan | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| STURGESS, Stephen Mark | Director | 2012-10-18 | 2019-09-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The British Pepper & Spice Company Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 2024-12-27 vs 2023-12-29
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£15,452,085 £15,505,548
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+45.3%
-£33,867 -£18,536
-
Employees
+2.9%
68 70
-
Operating profit
-45.7%
£174,067 £94,554
-
Profit before tax
-44.8%
£173,909 £95,946
-
Wages
+6.3%
£2,125,138 £2,259,486
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers