CHUMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-24 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8M
-22.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
-10% vs 2023
Employees
176
-7.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-19.2% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,739,870 | £40,957,276 | |
| Operating profit | £2,944,328 | £2,316,928 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,904,639 | £2,345,945 | |
| Net profit | £2,217,028 | £1,753,127 | |
| Cash | £10,713,912 | £8,327,680 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,699,395 | £8,947,665 | |
| Net assets | £9,422,345 | £8,475,472 | |
| Equity | £9,422,345 | £8,475,472 | |
| Average employees | 191 | 176 | |
| Wages | £3,990,886 | £4,145,381 |
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 | 7.4% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.4% | 25.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.17x | 1.96x | |
| Interest cover | 16.04x | 13.34x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the sales and profitability performance during the first quarter of 2025, in addition to the projected figures until September 2026, the company possesses adequate resources to cover ongoing business costs for a minimum of 12 months from the date of the financial statements. Consequently, the financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the company will continue its operations as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since the reporting date.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYMAN, Sarah Ann | Director | 2011-01-01 | Sep 1980 | British |
| RUBIN, Adam | Director | 2011-01-01 | Jan 1979 | British |
| RUBIN, Joshua Max | Director | 2011-01-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| RUBIN, Michelle Ruth | Director | — | Jun 1954 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUBIN, Graham Anthony | Secretary | — | 2022-01-31 |
| RUBIN, Eric | Director | — | 2006-09-17 |
| RUBIN, Graham Anthony | Director | — | 2022-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam Rubin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Joshua Max Rubin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2020-11-30 | Active |
| Mr Graham Anthony Rubin | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2022-01-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-11-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-16 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-11-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-11-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-30 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-30 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
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
+3.1%
£39,739,870 £40,957,276
-
Cash
-22.3%
£10,713,912 £8,327,680
-
Net assets
-10%
£9,422,345 £8,475,472
-
Employees
-7.9%
191 176
-
Operating profit
-21.3%
£2,944,328 £2,316,928
-
Profit before tax
-19.2%
£2,904,639 £2,345,945
-
Wages
+3.9%
£3,990,886 £4,145,381
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