CHOICE DISCOUNT STORES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-03 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£724K
-66.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£4M
+0.8% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
429
-0.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£155K
+9.2% highest in 5 filed years
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHOICE DISCOUNT STORES LIMITED 1991-08-15 → present
- C & G LIMITED 1983-04-07 → 1991-08-15
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-25
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-27 | 2020-01-25 | 2020-01-26 | 2021-01-30 | 2022-01-29 | 2023-01-28 | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £26,793,000 | — | — | £23,584,000 | £31,057,000 | £31,871,000 | £29,925,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £106,000 | — | — | £151,000 | £150,000 | £134,000 | £128,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £105,000 | — | — | £145,000 | £150,000 | £142,000 | £155,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £79,000 | — | — | £123,000 | £131,000 | £78,000 | £31,000 | |
| Cash | £898,000 | £985,000 | £985,000 | £448,000 | £4,174,000 | £2,836,000 | £2,184,000 | £724,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,880,000 | — | — | £3,965,000 | £4,098,000 | £4,160,000 | £4,305,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,713,000 | — | — | £3,802,000 | £3,933,000 | £4,011,000 | £4,042,000 | |
| Equity | £3,634,000 | £3,713,000 | £3,713,000 | £3,679,000 | £3,802,000 | £3,933,000 | £4,011,000 | £4,042,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 468 | — | — | 428 | 428 | 430 | 429 | |
| Wages | — | £6,113,000 | — | — | £5,902,000 | £6,564,000 | £7,084,000 | £7,423,000 |
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 | 2019-01-27 | 2020-01-25 | 2020-01-26 | 2021-01-30 | 2022-01-29 | 2023-01-28 | 2024-01-27 | 2025-01-25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.4% | — | — | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | — | — | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 2.7% | — | — | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 3.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.23x | 1.10x | |
| Interest cover | — | 106.00x | — | — | 25.17x | — | — | — |
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
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CHOICE DISCOUNT STORES LIMITED · parent
- Choice Fashions Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the period end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLYER, Rebecca | Secretary | 2019-04-03 | — | — |
| COLYER, Rebecca | Director | 2021-12-01 | Jul 1980 | British |
| DONOVAN, Cornelius Andrew | Director | 1995-04-12 | Feb 1970 | British |
| DONOVAN, Mark | Director | — | Oct 1961 | British |
| OGILVY, Ian | Director | 2022-06-01 | May 1979 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYONS, Joseph Dutton | Secretary | — | 1997-03-01 |
| PRENTICE, William George | Secretary | 1997-03-01 | 2019-04-03 |
| BRITTON, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2018-02-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| CHINNERY, Peter John | Director | 1997-10-01 | 2012-01-13 |
| DONOVAN, Cornelius George | Director | — | 2015-10-16 |
| DONOVAN, David Cornelius | Director | 2016-02-15 | 2017-11-27 |
| DONOVAN, David Cornelius | Director | 2015-08-05 | 2015-08-25 |
| DONOVAN, David Cornelius | Director | — | 2006-03-23 |
| DONOVAN, Kathleen | Director | — | 2017-11-27 |
| DONOVAN, Philip John | Director | 2008-03-13 | 2017-11-27 |
| DONOVAN, Philip John | Director | 2005-11-25 | 2006-09-25 |
| DONOVAN, Philip John | Director | — | 2004-09-30 |
| HARRISON, Robert John | Director | — | 1997-10-01 |
| JAMES, Amanda | Director | 2015-05-11 | 2018-02-01 |
| KEENS, David Wilson | Director | — | 2015-05-11 |
| LYONS, Joseph Dutton | Director | — | 1995-04-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-06-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-04-21 | 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-25 vs 2024-01-27
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£31,871,000 £29,925,000
-
Cash
-66.8%
£2,184,000 £724,000
-
Net assets
+0.8%
£4,011,000 £4,042,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
-0.2%
430 429
-
Operating profit
-4.5%
£134,000 £128,000
-
Profit before tax
+9.2%
£142,000 £155,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Wages
+4.8%
£7,084,000 £7,423,000
highest in 5 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