TROPUS & SPICER LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-06-30 (in 1mo)

Last filed for 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement due

2026-10-30 (in 5mo)

Last made up 2025-10-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£10K

-17.3% vs 2023

Net assets

-£166K

+3.9% vs 2023

Employees

Average over period

Profit before tax

-£7K

-4.7% vs 2023

Name history

Renamed 2 times since incorporation

TROPUS & SPICER LIMITED 2007-12-12 → present
TROPUS LIMITED 2000-09-04 → 2007-12-12
MCBAINS LTD 1986-10-01 → 2000-09-04

Profit before tax

6-year trend · vs Industrials median

TROPUS & SPICER LIMITED·Industrials median · n=5525

Accounts

6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30

Metric	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	£9,086	—	—	—	—	—
Operating profit	£141	—	—	—	—	—
Profit before tax	-£7,328	-£13,853	-£38,189	-£6,304	-£6,227	-£6,522
Net profit	-£7,328	-£13,853	-£51,099	-£6,304	-£6,227	£6,836
Cash	£71	£41	£933	£31,439	£12,457	£10,303
Total assets less current liabilities	-£95,632	-£109,485	-£160,584	-£166,888	-£173,115	-£166,279
Net assets	—	—	—	—	—	—
Equity	-£95,632	-£109,485	-£160,584	-£166,888	-£173,115	-£166,279
Average employees	0	0	0	0	0	0
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	2019-09-30	2020-09-30	2021-09-30	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30
Operating margin	1.6%	—	—	—	—	—
Net margin	-80.7%	—	—	—	—	—
Return on capital employed	-0.1%	—	—	—	—	—
Interest cover	0.02x	—	—	—	—	—

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.

People

4 active · 26 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GATTY, Glen Michael	Secretary	2008-01-01	—	Australian
FOWLES, Anthony John	Director	2016-12-07	May 1960	British
HUDSON, David John	Director	2016-12-07	May 1953	British
JENKINS, Barry John	Director	2016-12-07	Jul 1958	British

Show 26 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
FARRER, Graham	Secretary	1996-01-01	2008-01-01
HUDSON, David John	Secretary	—	1996-01-01
ABBESS, Clive Godfrey	Director	—	1993-10-16
BOWDEN, David Hugh	Director	—	1997-03-06
BOWDEN, David Hugh	Director	—	1993-10-16
BUTTERWORTH, Eric Charles	Director	—	1993-10-16
FARRER, Graham	Director	1995-10-01	2008-01-01
FOWLES, Anthony John	Director	1995-10-01	2008-01-01
GATTY, Glen Michael	Director	2008-01-01	2010-07-23
HALLETT, William	Director	2007-10-01	2012-05-01
HOUGH, Christopher	Director	1995-10-01	1997-04-10
HUDSON, David John	Director	—	2008-01-01
JENKINS, Barry John	Director	1995-10-01	2008-01-01
JENKINS, Barry John	Director	—	1993-10-16
KIMBELL, Hugh Stephen	Director	—	1993-10-16
LEE, Colin Richard	Director	2007-10-01	2010-02-21
MASON, John Kenneth	Director	—	1993-04-02
MAYMON, Antony Solomon	Director	—	1993-10-16
MCPEAKE, Francis Bernard	Director	1999-11-01	2016-07-01
MORLEY-SMITH, Christopher	Director	—	1997-03-06
PERFECT, Frederick John	Director	2004-02-02	2009-01-16
PLUMMER, Martin David	Director	2007-10-01	2016-12-07
SIMPSON, Barrie Alan	Director	1991-10-14	1999-10-01
TAYLOR, Michael Leonard	Director	2007-07-02	2010-07-23
THOMAS, Douglas	Director	1991-03-01	1993-10-16
WINTER, Andrew Richard	Director	2015-01-01	2017-09-19

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Guildhouse Holdings Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 186 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-06-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-10-16	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-05-19	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-10-17	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-06-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-06-27	MR05	mortgage	Mortgage charge whole release with charge number	PDF
2022-06-27	MR04	mortgage	Mortgage satisfy charge full	PDF
2021-10-20	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2021-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-06-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-10-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-07-08	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2019-10-18	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-07-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2018-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-07-03	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type small
2017-10-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30

Turnover

—

Not reported
Cash

-17.3%

£12,457 £10,303
Net assets

—

Not reported
Employees

—

Not reported
Profit before tax

-4.7%

-£6,227 -£6,522

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

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