COTSWOLD OUTDOOR GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
Cash
£13M
-27.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
+282.7% vs 2023
Employees
1,275
-0.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£380K
+94.8% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-03-19
- COTSWOLD OUTDOOR GROUP LTD 2025-03-19 → present
- OUTDOOR AND CYCLE CONCEPTS LTD 2015-10-30 → 2025-03-19
- COTSWOLD OUTDOOR LIMITED 1997-07-11 → 2015-10-30
- OVAL (1200) LIMITED 1997-06-06 → 1997-07-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £159,771,000 | £158,930,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£3,197,000 | £4,283,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£7,345,000 | -£380,000 | |
| Net profit | -£6,120,000 | -£105,000 | |
| Cash | £18,069,000 | £13,179,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £65,994,000 | £75,246,000 | |
| Net assets | -£1,024,000 | £1,871,000 | |
| Equity | -£1,024,000 | £1,871,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,279 | 1,275 | |
| Wages | £24,538,000 | £23,818,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.0% | 2.7% | |
| Net margin | -3.8% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.8% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 100.8% | 98.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | -0.70x | 0.86x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Haines Watts Swindon Limited.
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company started 2025 with £13.6m in cash and cash equivalents and cash on deposit. The intra-group loan agreement totals £30.7m with a maturity date of 26 April 2026. ... The Company has received confirmation from Yonderland FINCO B.V. that it has no current knowledge or intent of seeking early repayment of the loan. ... the Directors have no indication that early repayment would be sought and accordingly have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- COTSWOLD OUTDOOR GROUP LTD · parent
- Snow & Rock Sports Limited 100%
Significant events
- “One store in Orpington was closed in 2024 and two stores were closed at the very beginning of 2025 in Ambleside Garden Centre and Covent Garden Southampton Street.”
- “The Company continues with its expansion plans and is opening two new stores in the first half of 2025 in Merry Hill (Midlands) and Clifton (Bristol).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Matthew Paul | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | — | — |
| KRISTOW, Jamie Mark John | Director | 2024-09-13 | May 1976 | British |
| SMITH, Matthew Paul | Director | 2017-02-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALL, Francis Dominic | Secretary | 2009-07-06 | 2017-02-01 |
| BECK, Bruce Patrick | Secretary | 1997-09-10 | 1997-11-19 |
| LENAERTS, Baudouin Marie Herman | Secretary | 2008-04-30 | 2009-05-28 |
| STANSFIELD, James Philip | Secretary | 1997-11-19 | 2007-08-15 |
| TORREKENS, Guy | Secretary | 2007-09-14 | 2008-04-30 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-06-06 | 1997-07-10 |
| BALL, Francis Dominic | Director | 2015-10-31 | 2017-03-03 |
| DE WAHA, Pierre | Director | 2004-12-20 | 2007-05-30 |
| EVANS, Nicholas David | Director | 2000-03-29 | 2003-06-01 |
| FALKENBURG, Johannes Leonard | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2016-01-01 |
| FINCH CASTRO, Jose Ramon | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-03-22 |
| LATHOUWERS, Emiel Paul Jozef | Director | 2003-05-30 | 2009-05-28 |
| LATHOUWERS, Patrick Joseph Irene | Director | 2004-12-20 | 2010-07-01 |
| LEFLOT, Filip Louis Paula | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2008-04-30 |
| LUSHER, John Anderson | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2000-03-29 |
| MARTIN, Michael | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2000-03-29 |
| NIEUWENHUYS, Gregory Michael | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2019-04-07 |
| OLBRECHTS FAN GIMKO OPUL, Cedric | Director | 2004-12-20 | 2008-01-14 |
| STANSFIELD, James Philip | Director | 1997-11-19 | 2000-03-29 |
| STEELE, Richard John | Director | 1998-09-08 | 2000-03-29 |
| OVAL NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-06-06 | 1997-09-10 |
| OVALSEC LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-06-06 | 1997-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail Concepts N.V | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 191 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-16 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-03-19 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2024-07-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-06-22 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-06-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-04-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-02-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-16 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-02-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-19 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-08 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-06-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
-0.5%
£159,771,000 £158,930,000
-
Cash
-27.1%
£18,069,000 £13,179,000
-
Net assets
+282.7%
-£1,024,000 £1,871,000
-
Employees
-0.3%
1,279 1,275
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Operating profit
+234%
-£3,197,000 £4,283,000
-
Profit before tax
+94.8%
-£7,345,000 -£380,000
-
Wages
-2.9%
£24,538,000 £23,818,000
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