PLANET CONTRACTING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£230K
-73.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+8.2% vs 2023
Employees
54
-10% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£714K
+426% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- PLANET CONTRACTING LIMITED 2016-06-07 → present
- LINKSPAN INTERIORS LIMITED 1991-01-28 → 2016-06-07
- SMILEBERRY CEILINGS LIMITED 1985-03-28 → 1991-01-28
- OPTICFLOW LIMITED 1985-01-17 → 1985-03-28
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 | £26,606,571 | £23,690,601 | |
| Operating profit | -£121,010 | £746,032 | |
| Profit before tax | -£219,080 | £714,295 | |
| Net profit | -£6,977 | £711,851 | |
| Cash | £861,875 | £229,716 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,239,837 | £9,623,056 | |
| Net assets | £8,677,430 | £9,389,281 | |
| Equity | £8,677,430 | £9,389,281 | |
| Average employees | 60 | 54 | |
| Wages | £3,413,369 | £3,060,096 |
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 | -0.5% | 3.1% | |
| Net margin | -0.0% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.3% | 7.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 39.0% | 26.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.76x | 3.95x | |
| Interest cover | -1.23x | 23.51x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors at the time of approving the financial statements are confident that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKAY, Cengiz | Director | 2015-04-14 | Mar 1965 | British |
| COX, Andrew Trevor | Director | 2018-04-11 | Dec 1970 | British |
| DENTON, David Edward | Director | 2014-09-29 | Dec 1962 | British |
| DENTON, Joshua William | Director | 2025-11-19 | Sep 1989 | British |
| HARRAGIN, Chris Vaughan | Director | 2024-11-11 | Jun 1984 | British |
| NICHOLAS, Daniel Charles | Director | 2012-09-20 | Sep 1976 | British |
| THEWLIS, Shane Harley | Director | 2014-09-29 | Jul 1962 | British |
| WHYTE, Liam Pius | Director | 2025-12-18 | May 1967 | Irish |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRKENS, John Bowie | Secretary | 1991-07-01 | 2001-01-02 |
| HAWKINS, Keith Michael | Secretary | 2001-01-03 | 2018-04-10 |
| HILSON, Alan David | Secretary | — | 1992-03-02 |
| HILSON, Pamela Jean | Secretary | — | 1993-07-01 |
| BAILEY, Paul | Director | 1993-07-01 | 2013-03-19 |
| BILES, Derek | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2005-04-30 |
| BIRKENS, John Bowie | Director | 1991-07-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| BYNG, Christopher James | Director | 2015-04-15 | 2021-03-03 |
| COPPER, Bruce Henry | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2007-03-01 |
| COX, Martin Cormack | Director | 1993-07-01 | 1995-02-27 |
| HAWKINS, Anthony Terrence | Director | 1995-03-01 | 2008-01-01 |
| HAWKINS, Darran James | Director | 2015-04-14 | 2022-10-10 |
| HAWKINS, Keith Michael | Director | 1999-11-01 | 2018-04-10 |
| HILSON, Alan David | Director | 2006-05-01 | 2015-05-06 |
| HILSON, Alan David | Director | — | 1993-03-02 |
| HILSON, Mark Lee | Director | 2017-05-03 | 2023-02-24 |
| HILSON, Pamela Jean | Director | — | 1993-07-01 |
| MCKERCHER, David | Director | 2007-03-17 | 2015-04-02 |
| PEARSON, Christopher William | Director | 2025-03-24 | 2025-10-20 |
| SMITH, Carole Laura | Director | 2019-02-01 | 2021-03-03 |
| WOOD, Anthony Paul | Director | 2013-08-22 | 2024-05-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linkspan Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-04 | AUD | auditors | Auditors resignation company | |
| 2022-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-11%
£26,606,571 £23,690,601
-
Cash
-73.3%
£861,875 £229,716
-
Net assets
+8.2%
£8,677,430 £9,389,281
-
Employees
-10%
60 54
-
Operating profit
+716.5%
-£121,010 £746,032
-
Profit before tax
+426%
-£219,080 £714,295
-
Wages
-10.3%
£3,413,369 £3,060,096
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