CATFORD & LONGFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-06-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-27 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3K
0% vs 2024
Net assets
-£4M
-5.8% vs 2024
Employees
3
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£230K
+9.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CATFORD & LONGFORD LIMITED 1995-03-01 → present
- DATUM BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 1986-03-21 → 1995-03-01
- ROOMHOST LIMITED 1985-11-19 → 1986-03-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£89,510 | -£86,545 | |
| Profit before tax | -£254,363 | -£230,092 | |
| Net profit | -£254,363 | -£230,092 | |
| Cash | £3,000 | £3,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,118,620 | -£1,358,273 | |
| Net assets | -£3,982,604 | -£4,212,696 | |
| Equity | -£3,982,604 | -£4,212,696 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| 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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 8.0% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.09x | 0.07x | |
| Interest cover | -0.54x | -0.60x |
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
- Horsfield & Smith
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to review the principal risks and uncertainties on a regular basis and have prepared detailed projections going forwards. The directors expect the group to meet it's cashflow requirements but have considered the availability of financial support should the results fall below budget. They are satisfied that the going concern basis for the preparation of the accounts is appropriate.”
Group structure
- CATFORD & LONGFORD LIMITED · parent
- Abbey House (Cumbria) Limited 100%
- Abbey House Hotel (Cumbria) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the 2025 business year there was an investment by the company and its subsidiaries of £675k in the hotel tangible fixed assets with a large proportion of that being spent on creating an external "wedding garden" and formal gardens, to encourage larger events being held at the hotel.”
- “After the year-end, but before the signing of these accounts, the group completed a refinancing with its bankers with a new committed 15 year fully amortising bank loan put in place.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONROY, Brian Gerard | Director | 2008-09-05 | Apr 1971 | British |
| HOPKINS-COMAN, Neil | Director | 2012-12-06 | Jul 1962 | English |
| KILROE, Timothy Anthony | Director | 2008-09-05 | May 1964 | Irish |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYDOCK, Roger | Secretary | — | 2008-08-07 |
| BROWN, Philip Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-02-01 |
| KILROE, Annie Mary | Director | — | 2016-12-07 |
| KILROE, Barry Andrew | Director | 2008-09-05 | 2012-11-27 |
| KILROE, Martin | Director | — | 1995-02-01 |
| KILROE, Timothy | Director | — | 2004-02-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornsett Vale Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-05-05 | Active |
| Mr Timothy Anthony Kilroe | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-01-29 | Ceased 2018-01-29 |
| Mr Simon Charles Bourge | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2018-01-29 | Active |
| T Kilroe Life Settlement Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-01 | Ceased 2018-01-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-23 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-03-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-30 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2019-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2025-09-30 vs 2024-09-30
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
0%
£3,000 £3,000
-
Net assets
-5.8%
-£3,982,604 -£4,212,696
-
Employees
0%
3 3
-
Operating profit
+3.3%
-£89,510 -£86,545
-
Profit before tax
+9.5%
-£254,363 -£230,092
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