CARL F GROUPCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-25 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
-58.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£8M
-16.1% vs 2024
Employees
38
+5.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£681K
-16.3% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- CARL F GROUPCO LIMITED 2010-07-30 → present
- GROUPCO LIMITED 2003-07-31 → 2010-07-30
- FREDERICK COOPER SECURITY AND ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LIMITED 1988-09-12 → 2003-07-31
- INGLEBY (333) LIMITED 1988-07-14 → 1988-09-12
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,788,000 | £22,319,000 | |
| Operating profit | £814,000 | £737,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £814,000 | £681,000 | |
| Net profit | £608,000 | £506,000 | |
| Cash | £12,000 | £5,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £9,303,000 | £7,809,000 | |
| Equity | £9,303,000 | £7,809,000 | |
| Average employees | 36 | 38 | |
| Wages | £1,389,000 | £1,633,000 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.7% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.77x | 2.61x | |
| Interest cover | 407.00x | 11.70x |
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
“While the current economic environment is difficult to predict, having reviewed the budget and forecast, and taking account of reasonable possible changes in trading performance, the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Directors' report and financial statements.”
Group structure
- CARL F GROUPCO LIMITED · parent
- Carl F Petersen Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAHAN, Patricia Mary | Secretary | 2020-01-01 | — | — |
| COOP, Owen Benjamin | Director | 2020-01-10 | Sep 1975 | British |
| GAHAN, Geoffery David | Director | 2003-02-19 | May 1944 | British |
| GAHAN, John Richard | Director | 2022-03-07 | Jan 1970 | British |
| GAHAN, Patricia Mary | Director | 2022-02-21 | Mar 1947 | British |
| GALE, Adrian | Director | 2025-11-25 | Apr 1969 | British |
| KING, John Martin | Director | 2018-11-07 | Oct 1960 | British |
| MACINTOSH, Alex Oliver | Director | 2024-05-28 | Aug 1993 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, Robert Neil | Secretary | 2003-08-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| WAKELEY, David Peacefull | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WAKELEY, David Peacefull | Secretary | — | 2003-08-01 |
| BAILEY, Robert Neil | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| BERRILL, Norman Frederick | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-10-31 |
| CRITTENDEN, John | Director | 2010-07-30 | 2023-12-08 |
| DUNCAN, Richard William | Director | 2003-02-19 | 2017-02-24 |
| HILL, David | Director | 2011-12-08 | 2012-09-17 |
| KAIL, John Francis | Director | 1997-09-26 | 2003-02-19 |
| KEEGAN, Nicholas Francis | Director | 1997-10-15 | 2001-04-27 |
| KIRK, Edmund Bernard | Director | — | 1997-09-25 |
| MAY, Denis Christopher | Director | 2001-04-27 | 2017-02-24 |
| MCDONALD, James Alexander | Director | — | 1995-04-05 |
| ROADWAY, Stephen Harry | Director | — | 1996-08-21 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Anthony | Director | 2015-05-08 | 2016-04-04 |
| STAITE, John Malcolm | Director | — | 1997-10-15 |
| THOMPSON, John Stephen | Director | 1999-06-08 | 1999-09-01 |
| WAKELEY, David Peacefull | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2019-12-31 |
| WAKELEY, David Peacefull | Director | — | 2003-02-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Geoffrey David Gahan | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 166 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-19 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+2.4%
£21,788,000 £22,319,000
-
Cash
-58.3%
£12,000 £5,000
-
Net assets
-16.1%
£9,303,000 £7,809,000
-
Employees
+5.6%
36 38
-
Operating profit
-9.5%
£814,000 £737,000
-
Profit before tax
-16.3%
£814,000 £681,000
-
Wages
+17.6%
£1,389,000 £1,633,000
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