COLNE VALLEY ELECTRICAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-19 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-05
Watchouts
Cash
£809K
-78.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£7M
-24.2% vs 2023
Employees
90
+9.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-194.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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4 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2018-11-30 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £42,134,560 | £39,696,318 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,650,337 | £274,754 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,660,979 | -£1,575,390 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,274,965 | -£1,667,322 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £3,792,683 | £808,608 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £9,643,233 | £7,342,834 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £9,576,651 | £7,256,185 | |
| Equity | £5,721,355 | £6,640,637 | £7,389,734 | £7,320,939 | £7,183,344 | £9,214,266 | £7,091,087 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 90 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,916,591 | £3,082,562 |
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 | 2018-11-30 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.9% | 0.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 3.0% | -4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 17.1% | 3.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.35x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 777.36x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Knights Lowe Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- COLNE VALLEY ELECTRICAL LIMITED · parent
- Colne Valley Electrical (South) Limited 100%
- Colne Valley Electrical (North) Limited 100%
- Colne Valley Mechanical Limited 50%
- Colne Valley Aviation Limited 100%
- Colne Valley Site Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the financial year, the group completed the demerger of several subsidiaries. These subsidiaries operated outside the group's core activities, and their separation will allow the group to concentrate more fully on its primary business.”
- “During the financial year, the group undertook a demerger involving the separation of Colne Valley Aviation Limited, Anglian Flight Centres Limited, Bulldog Aviation Limited, Aero Anglia Limited and Anglian Warbirds Limited from the group. The transaction resulted in the disposal of control over these subsidiaries.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Mark Richard | Director | 2016-03-24 | Feb 1974 | British |
| RATCLIFFE, Aaron Anthony | Director | 2025-03-05 | Aug 1978 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Kevin Tony | Secretary | 2006-01-31 | 2025-03-05 |
| BURRELL, Joanne Valerie | Secretary | — | 2006-01-31 |
| BARBER, Angela Jane | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2025-03-05 |
| BARBER, Anthony | Director | — | 1993-11-12 |
| BARBER, Kevin Tony | Director | — | 2025-03-05 |
| BARBER, Mark Richard | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2006-10-03 |
| BURRELL, Joanne Valerie | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2016-06-23 |
| BURRELL, Richard Anthony | Director | 2006-08-18 | 2016-06-23 |
| BURRELL, Richard Anthony | Director | 1996-10-01 | 2006-01-31 |
| BURRELL, Richard Anthony | Director | — | 1993-11-12 |
| LEE, Nicholas James | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2006-10-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colne Valley Aviation Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2024-06-27 | Ceased 2024-06-27 |
| Colne Valley Aviation Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-30 | Ceased 2024-06-27 |
| Colne Valley Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-30 | Ceased 2024-05-30 |
| Colne Valley Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-30 | Active |
| Mr Kevin Tony Barber | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-30 |
| Mr Mark Richard Barber | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-09-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-05 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
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Turnover
-5.8%
£42,134,560 £39,696,318
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Cash
-78.7%
£3,792,683 £808,608
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Net assets
-24.2%
£9,576,651 £7,256,185
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Employees
+9.8%
82 90
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Operating profit
-83.4%
£1,650,337 £274,754
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Profit before tax
-194.8%
£1,660,979 -£1,575,390
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Wages
+5.7%
£2,916,591 £3,082,562
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