GOLDEN CHARTER LIMITED

1. GOLDEN CHARTER LIMITED 1993-12-08 → present
2. GOLDEN CHARTER (ENGLAND) LIMITED 1990-08-24 → 1993-12-08
3. GOLDEN HERITAGE (ENGLAND) LIMITED 1990-06-14 → 1990-08-24

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“the directors confirm they are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis for preparing the financial statements.”

Significant events

• “Our Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Norman, passed away suddenly in August 2024. Charlie joined Golden Charter in September 2023 and led the development of our revised business strategy, and the recruitment of a number of strategic hires within our executive team.”
• “To ensure continuity, Mark Huggins agreed to move from his role as Chair and take over as Chief Executive Officer in September 2024. Our former Chair, John Thornton agreed to re-join the Board as Chair and will assist the Board with succession of various director roles over the next twelve months.”
• “Maria Stibbards joined the Board in December 2024 following nomination by the SAIF Charter Executive.”
• “During the year, we moved our head office from Bearsden to a modern office facility in central Glasgow, which provides an environment for our staff to come together to collaborate on the execution of our strategy.”
• “The Board approved a revised strategic plan in March 2024, which targeted sales growth and technology transformation through to 2028. We commenced investment in brand building activity in October 2024, and the initial results are encouraging. This investment will continue into 2025-26 and will be underpinned by investment in our customer journey and diversification of our product and service offering to meet customers' changing needs, whilst continuing to help our independent funeral director partners thrive in the future. We will also transform our technology and underlying customer processes, with investment commenced during 2024-25 to replace our legacy technology solutions with modern scalable platforms that will support our growth plans, whilst delivering cost efficiencies over the next three years. This investment will continue through to expected completion during the 2026-27 financial year.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

3

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +19.8%

  £19,395,359 → £23,242,325

• Cash

  -13.3%

  £18,500,143 → £16,032,317

• Net assets

  -0.9%

  £15,039,606 → £14,908,970

• Employees

  +3.5%

  198 → 205

• Operating profit

  -6.1%

  -£966,022 → -£1,025,101

• Profit before tax

  +2.4%

  -£121,547 → -£118,629

• Wages

  +1.2%

  £9,862,642 → £9,977,015

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