OCKENDEN MANOR LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-24
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-15 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+28.9% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£11M
+1.7% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
89
-5.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£418K
-27.2% first positive since 2020
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- OCKENDEN MANOR LIMITED 1987-11-27 → present
- NICK & CARLO LIMITED 1985-02-25 → 1987-11-27
- CATERSTORE LIMITED 1985-02-07 → 1985-02-25
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-24
| Metric | Trend | 2018-11-25 | 2019-11-24 | 2020-11-29 | 2022-11-28 | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £4,559,812 | £2,714,618 | — | £5,227,168 | £5,180,971 | |
| Operating profit | — | £712,767 | £363,474 | — | £1,009,664 | £830,738 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £255,515 | -£82,114 | — | £573,335 | £417,554 | |
| Net profit | — | £202,515 | -£215,114 | — | £557,473 | £317,154 | |
| Cash | — | £198,877 | £399,843 | — | £1,818,725 | £2,344,703 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £15,213,341 | £15,520,627 | — | £18,076,459 | £18,240,599 | |
| Net assets | — | £8,348,469 | £7,856,155 | — | £10,747,987 | £10,933,827 | |
| Equity | £9,033,093 | £8,348,469 | £7,856,155 | £10,190,514 | £10,747,987 | £10,933,827 | |
| Average employees | — | 102 | 87 | — | 94 | 89 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,701,234 | £1,741,870 |
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 | 2018-11-25 | 2019-11-24 | 2020-11-29 | 2022-11-28 | 2023-11-26 | 2024-11-24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 15.6% | 13.4% | — | 19.3% | 16.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.4% | -7.9% | — | 10.7% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 4.7% | 2.3% | — | 5.6% | 4.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 45.8% | 45.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.12x | 1.28x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.55x | 0.81x | — | 2.09x | 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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nyman Libson Paul LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the business assessments and having regard to the resources available to the entity, the directors have concluded that there is no material uncertainty in relation to the appropriateness of continuing to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Secretary | 2019-02-19 | — | — |
| CARMINGER, Lars Ivar Pontus | Director | 1994-01-31 | Mar 1963 | Swedish |
| CARMINGER, Miranda Anne | Director | 1994-01-31 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, Percy Arthur | Secretary | — | 2000-06-08 |
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Secretary | 2000-06-08 | 2019-02-19 |
| GOODMAN, Anne Elizabeth | Director | — | 2003-12-19 |
| GOODMAN, Howard Neville Alexander | Director | — | 2017-06-27 |
| HOOPER, Percy Arthur | Director | — | 2000-06-08 |
| SIXSMITH, John Stephen | Director | 1994-01-31 | 2021-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic Sussex Hotels Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-11-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-02-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2019-02-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-11-08 | 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 2024-11-24 vs 2023-11-26
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Turnover
-0.9%
£5,227,168 £5,180,971
-
Cash
+28.9%
£1,818,725 £2,344,703
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£10,747,987 £10,933,827
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-5.3%
94 89
-
Operating profit
-17.7%
£1,009,664 £830,738
-
Profit before tax
-27.2%
£573,335 £417,554
first positive since 2020
-
Wages
+2.4%
£1,701,234 £1,741,870
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