CARBON60 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-03
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-24 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
-22.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£39M
+13.7% vs 2024
Employees
106
+1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+3.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CARBON60 LIMITED 2014-02-10 → present
- S.COM GROUP LTD 2003-07-03 → 2014-02-10
- S.COM GROUP PLC 1999-09-24 → 2003-07-03
- S-COM EPL LTD 1999-04-19 → 1999-09-24
- S.D.S. COMPUTER GROUP LIMITED 1988-01-05 → 1999-04-19
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-03
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-30 | 2024-01-05 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £106,954,000 | £120,389,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £6,057,000 | £6,247,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £6,497,000 | £6,697,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,650,000 | £4,627,000 | |
| Cash | — | £1,479,000 | £1,143,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £33,971,000 | £38,735,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £33,894,000 | £38,521,000 | |
| Equity | £29,244,000 | £33,894,000 | £38,521,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 105 | 106 | |
| Wages | — | £5,607,000 | £5,301,000 |
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 | 2022-12-30 | 2024-01-05 | 2025-01-03 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 5.7% | 5.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 4.3% | 3.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 17.8% | 16.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | -88.6% | -79.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.76x | 0.50x | |
| Interest cover | — | 550.64x | 127.49x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have set out their business review for the Company in the Strategic Report on page 2. After making appropriate enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CARBON60 LIMITED · parent
- Impellam GmbH 100%
- Carbon 60 AG 100%
Significant events
- “On 13 December 2023 the ultimate parent company at the time, Impellam Group Plc. announced the agreement to sell the Impellam Group of companies ("the Group"), which include the Company, to HeadFirst Global Plc, which is partly owned by Icelake, a Europe-based investment fund that invests in exceptional companies. The sale completed on 21 March 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCKLEY, Simon Robert | Director | 2025-02-05 | Jul 1977 | British |
| KING, Richard Richardson | Director | 2025-02-05 | Aug 1974 | British |
| WESTON, Joanne | Director | 2026-03-31 | Nov 1975 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON-CHILESHE, Stephanie Delores | Secretary | 1998-03-16 | 2000-07-12 |
| PENNINGTON, David Ian | Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2008-07-31 |
| ROBERTS, David Hugh | Secretary | — | 1995-06-23 |
| RYLANDS, Hugh John Joseph | Secretary | 1995-06-23 | 1998-03-16 |
| SLADE, Richard | Secretary | 2003-07-14 | 2006-03-02 |
| THORPE, Adele Loraine | Secretary | 2000-07-12 | 2003-07-14 |
| WATSON, Rebecca Jane | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2023-03-03 |
| BLACKDEN, Benjamin Paul | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2008-07-31 |
| BLACKDEN, Benjamin Paul | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2002-05-03 |
| BRADFORD, Richard James | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2008-07-31 |
| BRIANT, Timothy | Director | 2020-02-20 | 2026-03-31 |
| BURCHALL, Andrew Jeremy | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2014-07-31 |
| CANDELAND, Neil Geoffrey | Director | 2001-05-31 | 2003-07-02 |
| COATES, Jeremy William | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2008-08-31 |
| DIXEY, Andrew Roger | Director | 2000-11-01 | 2003-07-25 |
| DOYLE, Desmond Mark Christopher | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2009-05-14 |
| LAWRENCE, Clive Richard | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2001-04-24 |
| MEE, Darren | Director | 2015-04-20 | 2016-07-28 |
| PENNINGTON, David Ian | Director | 2006-03-02 | 2008-07-31 |
| ROBERTS, David Hugh | Director | — | 1995-06-23 |
| ROBERTS, Susan Jane | Director | — | 1995-06-23 |
| ROBERTSON, Julia | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2025-02-05 |
| RYLANDS, Hugh John Joseph | Director | 1995-06-23 | 1998-09-03 |
| SHAW, Robert | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2003-02-28 |
| STEWART, Ronald Leonard | Director | 1999-07-28 | 2001-10-12 |
| WATSON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2008-07-31 | 2023-03-03 |
| WILFORD, Alison Louise | Director | 2016-07-28 | 2018-10-31 |
| WORRALL, Kevin | Director | 1997-09-01 | 2002-05-03 |
| WRIGHT, Christopher John | Director | 1995-06-23 | 1998-09-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impellam Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 238 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-05-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-24 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-03 vs 2024-01-05
-
Turnover
+12.6%
£106,954,000 £120,389,000
-
Cash
-22.7%
£1,479,000 £1,143,000
-
Net assets
+13.7%
£33,894,000 £38,521,000
-
Employees
+1%
105 106
-
Operating profit
+3.1%
£6,057,000 £6,247,000
-
Profit before tax
+3.1%
£6,497,000 £6,697,000
-
Wages
-5.5%
£5,607,000 £5,301,000
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