COMMERCIAL BODY FITTINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-25 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-11
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
+15.1% highest in 7 filed years
Net assets
£27M
+6.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
76
+4.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-1.9% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-05-01 | 2021-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £17,034,000 | — | £20,408,000 | £23,775,000 | £26,160,000 | £24,358,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,509,000 | — | £1,346,000 | £1,721,000 | £2,082,000 | £2,012,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,509,000 | — | £1,346,000 | £1,756,000 | £2,221,000 | £2,179,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £1,225,000 | — | £1,064,000 | £1,359,000 | £1,641,000 | £1,599,000 | |
| Cash | £3,985,000 | £7,431,000 | £7,431,000 | £5,495,000 | £5,436,000 | £7,117,000 | £8,191,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £19,647,000 | — | £21,624,000 | £24,168,000 | £26,102,000 | £27,827,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £19,393,000 | — | £21,076,000 | £23,264,000 | £25,032,000 | £26,672,000 | |
| Equity | £17,779,000 | £19,393,000 | £19,393,000 | £21,076,000 | £23,264,000 | £25,032,000 | £26,672,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 65 | — | 67 | 67 | 73 | 76 | |
| Wages | — | £2,138,000 | — | £2,281,000 | £2,529,000 | £3,098,000 | £3,233,000 |
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 | 2020-05-01 | 2021-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 8.9% | — | 6.6% | 7.2% | 8.0% | 8.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 7.2% | — | 5.2% | 5.7% | 6.3% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.7% | — | 6.2% | 7.1% | 8.0% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | — | 15.6% | 13.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 5.08x | 6.42x |
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
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Directors consider that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, including meeting financial obligations as the fall due, for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. The Directors have assessed that there are no material uncertainties that lead to significant doubt upon the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEGRI, Mark | Director | 2011-05-01 | Oct 1966 | British |
| TRAVERSI, Louisa Angelina Elizabeth | Director | 2011-05-01 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEGRI, Barbara | Secretary | — | 2011-06-27 |
| NEGRI, Barbara | Director | — | 2011-06-27 |
| NEGRI, Giovanni Marco | Director | — | 2024-09-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Mark Negri | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-02-10 | Active |
| Ms Louisa Angelina Elizabeth Traversi | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2026-02-10 | Active |
| Mr Giovanni Marco Negri | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-09-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-11 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-10 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-15 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-6.9%
£26,160,000 £24,358,000
-
Cash
+15.1%
£7,117,000 £8,191,000
highest in 7 filed years
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£25,032,000 £26,672,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Employees
+4.1%
73 76
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
-3.4%
£2,082,000 £2,012,000
-
Profit before tax
-1.9%
£2,221,000 £2,179,000
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Wages
+4.4%
£3,098,000 £3,233,000
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