COMMERCIAL ACCEPTANCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-25 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
+44.1% vs 2024
Employees
16
-23.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
-24.9% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- COMMERCIAL ACCEPTANCES LIMITED 1983-12-19 → present
- KITTISAN (U.K.) DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1983-05-27 → 1983-12-19
- SANTALODGE LIMITED 1983-04-14 → 1983-05-27
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £25,610,000 | £21,698,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,830,000 | £13,392,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,279,000 | £9,960,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Equity | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 16 | |
| Wages | £2,122,000 | £1,677,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 331.2% | 194.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.7% | 96.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.52x | 1.67x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has confirmed its intention that for as long as the Company remains a subsidiary of CBG, it will provide financial support to the Company such that the Company is able to operate as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Robert Paul | Director | 2022-10-24 | May 1982 | British |
| HERTZ, Daniel Ashley | Director | 1999-02-19 | Nov 1965 | British |
| HOOPER, Phillip David | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| MURKIN, Richard Anthony | Director | 2012-04-16 | Dec 1966 | United Kingdom |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Lawrence Barry | Secretary | 2003-05-15 | 2005-06-01 |
| DENCH, Kevin John | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| HIORNS, Trevor John | Secretary | — | 2003-01-01 |
| SANDERSON, Anthony Hurst | Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2003-05-15 |
| BERRETT, Richard Patrick | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| BROWN, Dennis Hugh | Director | — | 2008-03-12 |
| BROWN, Lawrence Barry | Director | — | 2021-06-30 |
| FREED, Neville Hannan, Dr | Director | — | 2008-03-12 |
| HIORNS, Trevor John | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| PENNAL, Francis David | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2023-12-31 |
| POTTER, Nicholas Oliver | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| SLOME, Ansel | Director | — | 2004-07-09 |
| SLOME, Ian | Director | — | 2004-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Brothers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+44.1%
£7,733,000 £11,143,000
-
Employees
-23.8%
21 16
-
Operating profit
-15.3%
£25,610,000 £21,698,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.9%
£17,830,000 £13,392,000
-
Wages
-21%
£2,122,000 £1,677,000
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