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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-06 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-06-22

Watchouts

1 item

Cash

£416K

-56.5% vs 2023

Net assets

£16M

+16.1% vs 2023

Employees

154

-1.3% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£3M

+1.3% vs 2023

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Name history

Renamed 1 time since incorporation

  1. CARRYLIFT MATERIALS HANDLING LIMITED 1988-03-29 → present
  2. RAPID 5259 LIMITED 1988-02-16 → 1988-03-29

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £25,746,423£26,157,513
Operating profit £3,280,656£3,398,023
Profit before tax £2,938,703£2,976,768
Net profit £2,101,752£2,255,787
Cash £955,364£415,879
Total assets less current liabilities £17,900,028£18,863,459
Net assets £14,044,503£16,300,290
Equity £14,044,503£16,300,290
Average employees 156154
Wages £6,279,923£6,079,348

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 12.7%13.0%
Net margin 8.2%8.6%
Return on capital employed 18.3%18.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 69.0%62.9%
Current ratio 0.76x0.80x
Interest cover 9.16x7.86x

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
BDO LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“During 2024 Carrylift Materials Handling Limited has continued to trade profitably and its Directors are committed to ensuring employees' safety and wellbeing whilst also continuing to meet customer demand. The cash position and order book are both healthy, with a broad spectrum of customers this will ensure profit and cash flows well into the future. The core brands continue to grow and improve each year and relationships with these manufacturers is excellent. The Directors have a good expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CATTELL, Nicholas James Director 2015-06-16 Nov 1974 British
SCOTT, Stephen James Director 2016-10-28 Feb 1978 British
SMYTH, Eamonn Paul Director 2010-03-17 Jun 1966 United Kingdom
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BLACK, Gary Secretary 2010-02-19 2012-06-18
ROUTLEDGE, Caroline Jean Secretary 2010-02-19
GRAHAM, David Barry Director 1997-03-13
HALL, Raymond Herbert Director 2010-02-19
ROBINSON, Geoffrey Director 2010-02-19 2015-11-04
ROUTLEDGE, Caroline Jean Director 2015-05-19
ROUTLEDGE, John Joseph Director 2015-05-19
ROUTLEDGE, Phillip Stephen Director 2015-05-19
ROUTLEDGE, Steven John Director 2010-03-17 2017-05-31
SURRIDGE, Philip Duncan Director 1997-02-28

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Simon Sebastian Orange Individual Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2025-02-24
Carrylift Group (Holdings) Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 221 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2025-11-26 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2025-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-07-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-02-11 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2024-01-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-03-14 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-07-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-07-05 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-12-29 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2021-08-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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