CATHEDRAL CAPITAL (1998) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-29 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-15
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
198,207,000
-27.8% vs 2023
Net assets
44,862,000
+111.8% vs 2023
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
31,889,000
+55.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CATHEDRAL CAPITAL (1998) LIMITED 1997-07-25 → present
- ROSEDOME LIMITED 1997-07-11 → 1997-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £602,699,000 | £673,416,000 | |
| Operating profit | £124,776,000 | £124,569,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,549,000 | £31,889,000 | |
| Net profit | £16,773,000 | £23,676,000 | |
| Cash | £274,501,000 | £198,207,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £377,352,000 | £454,418,000 | |
| Net assets | £21,186,000 | £44,862,000 | |
| Equity | £21,186,000 | £44,862,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | £34,930,000 | £38,646,000 |
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 | 20.7% | 18.5% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.1% | 27.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.3% | 95.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 0.94x | |
| Interest cover | 3.51x | 4.46x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the going concern assessment performed as at 31 December 2024, the Directors consider there to be no material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt over the Company's ability to continue to operate as a going concern. The Directors have formed a judgment that there is a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence in the foreseeable future, a period of at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The Russia/Ukraine Conflict has caused significant disruption to worldwide economies, both directly through the invasion and indirectly through sanctions being imposed on Russia by the UK, EU and US.”
- “The Company will have some exposure to the California wildfires which took place in January 2025 however based on provisional market assumptions the loss will be within our expectations of this type of event and comfortably within the major loss budget.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, Paul | Secretary | 2023-08-01 | — | — |
| CASS, Bradley | Director | 2019-08-27 | Feb 1973 | British |
| MCLEOD, Andrew Michael | Director | 2019-08-27 | Sep 1985 | British |
| WHITTLE, Christopher John | Director | 2017-11-23 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Paul John | Secretary | 2000-11-17 | 2016-04-21 |
| LYNN-WILLIAMS, Eva Marjorie | Secretary | 2018-02-28 | 2023-07-31 |
| TOWNSEND, Lesley Jane | Secretary | 2016-04-21 | 2017-09-21 |
| WOOLLEY, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2017-09-22 | 2018-02-28 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2000-01-01 | 2000-12-18 |
| EXCELLET INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-07-15 | 1997-07-21 |
| FINSBURY ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1997-07-21 | 1999-02-09 |
| HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-07-11 | 1997-07-15 |
| REA BROTHERS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-02-09 | 2000-01-01 |
| BEARDON, Adam Clive | Director | 2000-11-17 | 2023-01-03 |
| BERKELEY, Giles Robert | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2000-12-18 |
| DIXON, Paul John | Director | 2000-11-17 | 2016-05-31 |
| GILLHAM, Paul Maurice | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2000-12-18 |
| INCLEDON, John David | Director | 1997-07-28 | 2000-12-18 |
| LYNCH, John Anthony | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2016-02-17 |
| MEDIAVILLA GARCIA, Leon | Director | 2016-12-13 | 2018-02-09 |
| SCALES, Peter David | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2016-02-17 |
| SOUTH, Anthony Ian Godfrey Charles | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2000-12-18 |
| VERZIN, Heather Roberta Mckinlay | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2017-11-24 |
| WELMAN, Jo Mark Pole | Director | 1997-07-21 | 2000-12-18 |
| WOOLLEY, Emma Louise | Director | 2020-12-17 | 2022-06-24 |
| HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-07-11 | 1997-07-15 |
| QUICKNESS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-07-15 | 1997-07-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral Capital Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 558 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-08 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2023-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+11.7%
£602,699,000 £673,416,000
-
Cash
-27.8%
£274,501,000 £198,207,000
-
Net assets
+111.8%
£21,186,000 £44,862,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-0.2%
£124,776,000 £124,569,000
-
Profit before tax
+55.2%
£20,549,000 £31,889,000
-
Wages
+10.6%
£34,930,000 £38,646,000
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