FRED CHAMPION GROUNDWORKS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£6M
+23.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£17M
-22.3% vs 2023
Employees
348
+2.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£77K
-105.2% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £78,286,432 | £81,120,946 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,448,765 | -£156,263 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,493,948 | -£77,262 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,139,972 | -£116,226 | |
| Cash | — | — | £5,216,165 | £6,435,335 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £23,629,130 | £18,618,745 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £22,345,658 | £17,353,624 | |
| Equity | £20,908,036 | £21,391,686 | £22,345,658 | £17,353,624 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 339 | 348 | |
| Wages | — | — | £14,621,901 | £15,012,360 |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.9% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 1.5% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 6.1% | -0.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 44.9% | 54.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.74x | 1.49x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -10.90x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“On the basis of the forecasts completed and analysis, the directors remain confident that the company will continue to be a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approving these financial statements. The accounts have accordingly been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 30 July 2024 a change of control occurred when Champion Groundworks & Construction Limited acquired the share capital of the group from the previous shareholders.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEATON-ROBERTS, James Stephen | Secretary | 2011-09-20 | — | British |
| BAKER, Phillip | Director | 2022-04-08 | Oct 1967 | British |
| CHAMPION, Frederick Charles | Director | 1996-05-20 | Jan 1956 | British |
| CHEFFINGS, John James | Director | 2019-01-01 | Mar 1982 | British |
| CLEATON-ROBERTS, James Stephen | Director | 2009-07-21 | Jan 1980 | British |
| KANE, Sean Thomas | Director | 2024-06-03 | Apr 1972 | Irish |
| THORP, Ashley William | Director | 2024-06-03 | Mar 1992 | British |
| YEOMANS, Joanne | Director | 2022-04-01 | Feb 1969 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSBAND, Carol Ann | Secretary | 1996-05-20 | 2004-07-01 |
| MANSELL, Andrew John | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2011-09-20 |
| SILVERSTONE, Alexandra | Nominee Secretary | 1996-05-17 | 1996-05-20 |
| CAERS, Michael Vincent | Director | 2004-08-01 | 2021-04-30 |
| CHAMPION, Shaun David | Director | 2014-01-26 | 2021-12-21 |
| HITCHENS, Marc Anthony | Director | 2024-06-03 | 2024-11-18 |
| MANSELL, Andrew John | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2011-03-01 |
| PHILP, David Shaun | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2024-05-31 |
| SILVERSTONE, Michael Sheldon | Nominee Director | 1996-05-17 | 1996-05-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Groundworks Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-05-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-08-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-22 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+3.6%
£78,286,432 £81,120,946
-
Cash
+23.4%
£5,216,165 £6,435,335
-
Net assets
-22.3%
£22,345,658 £17,353,624
-
Employees
+2.7%
339 348
-
Operating profit
-110.8%
£1,448,765 -£156,263
-
Profit before tax
-105.2%
£1,493,948 -£77,262
-
Wages
+2.7%
£14,621,901 £15,012,360
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