CHASSIS-CAB LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-21 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-1% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
+16.7% vs 2024
Employees
206
+5.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+33.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHASSIS-CAB LIMITED 1982-08-04 → present
- KOOLCHIF LIMITED 1982-05-28 → 1982-08-04
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £83,127,168 | £123,811,870 | |
| Operating profit | £2,327,581 | £3,065,952 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,445,146 | £3,253,896 | |
| Net profit | £1,823,114 | £2,428,440 | |
| Cash | £7,486,703 | £7,409,029 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,489,210 | £18,186,163 | |
| Net assets | £14,523,168 | £16,951,608 | |
| Equity | £14,523,168 | £16,951,608 | |
| Average employees | 196 | 206 | |
| Wages | £9,051,932 | £9,774,033 |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 2.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.0% | 16.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.25x | |
| Interest cover | 26.68x | 39.76x |
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
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors are of the opinion that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. In forming their assessment, the directors have prepared forecasts for the company through to the end of April 2027, which show that it will continue to trade and operate within the facilities available for the foreseeable future, being a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “2025 was a record year for New and Used Truck deliveries as we delivered, during the year, 2 large fleet orders taken in 2024. The product issues have been resolved and the volume of deliveries across the whole year kept all departments very busy.”
- “The Company was honoured to receive both the UK and European Customer Satisfaction Dealer of the Year awards, and we were also again recognised by DAF N.V as a Premium dealer.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Steven Rodney | Secretary | 2004-12-10 | — | British |
| ALLUM, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 1996-06-11 | Jun 1968 | British |
| BAXTER, Robert | Director | 1997-04-13 | Apr 1962 | British |
| GOODWIN, Steven Rodney | Director | 2001-03-05 | Jul 1968 | British |
| LING, Andrew James | Director | 2023-04-25 | Feb 1969 | British |
| RUFFLES, Sally Anne | Director | 1996-06-11 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFFLES, Anne Esther | Secretary | — | 2004-12-10 |
| ADDISON, Robert Charles | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| RUFFLES, Anne Esther | Director | — | 2026-03-31 |
| RUFFLES, David Michael | Director | — | 2004-03-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Jane Elizabeth Allum | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mr Robert Baxter | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Miss Sally Anne Ruffles | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-04-26 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+48.9%
£83,127,168 £123,811,870
-
Cash
-1%
£7,486,703 £7,409,029
-
Net assets
+16.7%
£14,523,168 £16,951,608
-
Employees
+5.1%
196 206
-
Operating profit
+31.7%
£2,327,581 £3,065,952
-
Profit before tax
+33.1%
£2,445,146 £3,253,896
-
Wages
+8%
£9,051,932 £9,774,033
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