CLARITY COPIERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-22 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-08
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+37% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
+11.1% vs 2024
Employees
17
-19% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£1M
+129.1% first positive since 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CLARITY COPIERS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → present
- CLARITY COPIERS (WESTERN) LIMITED 1977-08-30 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,836,464 | £17,839,379 | £17,898,902 | £16,286,362 | £16,182,856 | |
| Operating profit | £911,845 | £1,469,274 | £1,382,742 | -£4,374,185 | £919,867 | |
| Profit before tax | £912,430 | £1,474,133 | £1,596,410 | -£4,020,108 | £1,168,880 | |
| Net profit | £738,481 | £1,195,304 | £1,249,643 | -£3,077,666 | £888,779 | |
| Cash | £6,226,284 | £7,105,608 | £7,631,154 | £3,523,104 | £4,826,046 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £6,917,274 | £7,687,850 | |
| Net assets | £7,549,993 | £8,745,297 | £9,994,940 | £6,917,274 | £7,687,850 | |
| Equity | £7,549,993 | £8,745,297 | £9,994,940 | £6,917,274 | £7,687,850 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 17 | |
| Wages | £716,137 | £673,712 | £714,935 | £5,619,484 | £877,373 |
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 8.2% | 7.7% | -26.9% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 6.7% | 7.0% | -18.9% | 5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -63.2% | 12.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 7.79x | 8.46x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have not identified any material uncertainties related to the going concern status of the company and continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Effects of ongoing Global/National Pandemic.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTINGTON, Leo Thomas | Secretary | — | — | British |
| ELDRIDGE, John Henry | Director | — | Aug 1951 | British |
| WHITTINGTON, Leo Thomas | Director | — | Jan 1946 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lj (Copiers) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-12-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2019-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-11-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2018-03-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2017-11-06 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
-0.6%
£16,286,362 £16,182,856
-
Cash
+37%
£3,523,104 £4,826,046
-
Net assets
+11.1%
£6,917,274 £7,687,850
-
Employees
-19%
21 17
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+121%
-£4,374,185 £919,867
first positive since 2024
-
Profit before tax
+129.1%
-£4,020,108 £1,168,880
first positive since 2024
-
Wages
-84.4%
£5,619,484 £877,373
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