CHANNEL TUNNEL GROUP LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£281M
+91.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£298M
-15.6% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£75M
+81.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHANNEL TUNNEL GROUP LIMITED(THE) 1985-03-20 → present
- FOSSNORTH LIMITED 1984-04-26 → 1985-03-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £484,879,000 | £482,681,000 | |
| Operating profit | £193,215,000 | £204,068,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £41,129,000 | £74,665,000 | |
| Net profit | £32,612,000 | £98,355,000 | |
| Cash | £146,433,000 | £280,928,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,789,216,000 | £2,689,518,000 | |
| Net assets | £352,815,000 | £297,730,000 | |
| Equity | £352,815,000 | £297,730,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 39.8% | 42.3% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | 20.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.9% | 7.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 88.2% | 90.4% | |
| Current ratio | 4.19x | 2.34x | |
| Interest cover | 1.06x | 1.24x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having taken into account all available information for the foreseeable future, in particular for the 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements, and having performed the appropriate sensitivity analysis, the directors are of the opinion that the Company will continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- CHANNEL TUNNEL GROUP LIMITED(THE) · parent
- Eurotunnel Financial Services Limited 100%
- Eurotunnel Services Limited 75%
- Eurotunnel SE 50%
- Eurotunnel Services GIE 50%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOUNON, Jacques | Director | 2004-12-17 | Apr 1953 | French |
| LERICHE, Yann Michel, M | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1973 | French |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGTON, Emma | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | 2017-09-07 |
| GARNHAM, Severine Pascale | Secretary | 2010-12-31 | 2014-03-19 |
| GARNHAM, Severine Pascale | Secretary | 2005-01-25 | 2009-01-01 |
| LEONARD, David Jack | Secretary | 1998-11-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| MCKEOWN, Richard Edmund | Secretary | 1998-08-31 | 1998-11-01 |
| RATZER, John Peter Leo | Secretary | — | 1993-11-05 |
| WALKER, Stephen Adrian | Secretary | 1993-11-05 | 1998-08-31 |
| CML SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-01-01 | 2010-12-31 |
| BENARD, Andre Pierre Jacques | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| BERTRAND, Alain Henri | Director | — | 1997-12-19 |
| BOUDOUSSIER, Michel Jean | Director | 2013-09-11 | 2018-03-12 |
| CAMBIER, Christian | Director | 1997-12-19 | 2002-02-11 |
| CARDO, Pierre | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2004-11-29 |
| CHAPMAN, Roy John | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2004-04-07 |
| CHAZOT, Georges Christian | Director | 1994-01-17 | 2000-11-30 |
| CHILD, Denis Marsden | Director | — | 1998-06-16 |
| COMBES, Michel | Director | 2000-10-13 | 2004-04-07 |
| CORBETT, Peter Graham | Director | — | 1996-06-27 |
| COX, Vivienne, Dr | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2004-04-07 |
| DE WOUTERS-DOPLINTER, Guy Charles Marie, Baron | Director | — | 2003-05-15 |
| DEJOU, Yves | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2004-04-07 |
| EDELMAN, Keith Graeme | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2004-04-07 |
| FAUROUX, Roger Jean Louis | Director | — | 1993-06-21 |
| FOULDS, Hugh Jon | Director | — | 1996-01-05 |
| FOURTUNE, Laurent Paul Jean, M | Director | 2020-05-31 | 2021-07-01 |
| GAUTHEY, Francois | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2020-05-31 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2004-04-07 |
| HUAS, Herve | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2007-03-06 |
| JACLOT, Francois | Director | 2002-07-19 | 2004-04-07 |
| LAGAYETTE, Philippe Ernest Georges | Director | 1993-02-05 | 2004-04-07 |
| LAZARE, Philippe Henri | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| LE MAIRE, Maurice | Director | 1995-10-05 | 1999-05-06 |
| LION, Robert Louis Etienne | Director | — | 2000-10-13 |
| MACKAY, Charles Dorsey | Director | 1997-10-17 | 2004-04-07 |
| MAILLOT, Jacques Andre Marie | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2005-03-04 |
| MALPAS, Robert, Sir | Director | — | 2000-10-13 |
| MORRISON, Kenneth Glencross | Director | 2008-12-04 | 2013-09-11 |
| MORTON, Robert Alastair Newton, Sir | Director | — | 1996-10-31 |
| MOULIN, Emmanuel | Director | 2013-09-11 | 2015-03-31 |
| MULCAHY, Geoffrey John, Sir | Director | 1994-09-02 | 1995-05-31 |
| NEERHOUT JR, John | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| NEUVILLE, Colette Jeannine Michele Claude | Director | 2005-12-15 | 2007-03-20 |
| PETRUCCELLI, Charles Joseph Nicholas | Director | 1996-06-27 | 2004-04-07 |
| PONSOLLE, Patrick | Director | — | 2001-04-25 |
| RAYMOND, Jean Louis | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2007-06-05 |
| ROCHEFORT, Robert Georges Antoine | Director | 2004-04-07 | 2008-12-04 |
| ROUANET, Henri Adrien Louis | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2008-12-04 |
| SCHOLEY, Robert, Sir | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| SHIRREFS, Richard | Director | 2002-01-01 | 2004-04-07 |
| SOUVRAS, Jean-Alexis Charles Henri | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2007-06-25 |
| THIOLON, Bernard | Director | — | 1996-06-27 |
| TUGENDHAT, Christopher Samuel, Lord | Director | — | 2003-05-15 |
| WAHL, Jacques Henri | Director | — | 1995-05-31 |
| WILLACY, Josephine Kay | Director | 2007-06-05 | 2013-09-11 |
| ASSOCIATION DE DEFENSE DES ACTIONNAIRES EUROTUNNEL (ADACTE) | Corporate Director | 2004-04-07 | 2008-06-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurotunnel Holding Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-04-13 | Active |
| Groupe Eurotunnel Se | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-04-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 366 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
-0.5%
£484,879,000 £482,681,000
-
Cash
+91.8%
£146,433,000 £280,928,000
-
Net assets
-15.6%
£352,815,000 £297,730,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+5.6%
£193,215,000 £204,068,000
-
Profit before tax
+81.5%
£41,129,000 £74,665,000
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