CHURCH HOUSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-17 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-33.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-1.3% vs 2023
Employees
42
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£384K
+222.6% vs 2023
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 | £7,496,088 | £7,968,063 | |
| Operating profit | £22,759 | £326,694 | |
| Profit before tax | £118,941 | £383,739 | |
| Net profit | £35,031 | £232,149 | |
| Cash | £2,780,750 | £1,859,625 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,133,935 | £4,128,821 | |
| Net assets | £4,059,205 | £4,007,330 | |
| Equity | £4,059,205 | £4,007,330 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 42 | |
| Wages | £4,136,403 | £4,420,370 |
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 | 0.3% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.5% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 7.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.9% | 28.7% | |
| Current ratio | 3.48x | 2.44x | |
| Interest cover | 1.52x | 12.04x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHURCH HOUSE INVESTMENTS LIMITED · parent
- Gold Nominees Limited 100%
Significant events
- “May saw the launch of the Human Capital Fund”
- “strengthen the investment team with Craig Elsworth joining the Balance Equity team and Cranley Macfarlane the fixed income team”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KERSHAW, Stephen | Secretary | 2018-08-14 | — | — |
| BAINES, Michael George Coriat Talbot | Director | 2007-08-23 | May 1952 | British |
| CAMPBELL-LAMERTON, Rory Patrick Chichester | Director | 2025-10-21 | May 1989 | British |
| GIBBS, Dominic Vaughan | Director | 2009-12-09 | Aug 1966 | British |
| JOHNSEN, James William | Director | 2007-03-20 | May 1960 | British |
| KERSHAW, Stephen | Director | 2025-10-21 | Jun 1984 | British |
| MAHON, James Patrick | Director | 1999-02-25 | Aug 1950 | British |
| MARTIN SMITH, Andrew Everard | Director | 2009-12-09 | Jun 1952 | British |
| WHARTON, Jeremy Lloyd | Director | 2010-03-11 | Oct 1966 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOPER, Carol Ann | Secretary | 2010-02-02 | 2018-08-14 |
| HUGHES, Graham John | Secretary | 2001-10-30 | 2010-02-02 |
| BATTENS SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 1997-12-03 | 2001-10-30 |
| BATTEN, David Henry Cary | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2010-01-27 |
| DAVIS, Roger John | Director | 2010-03-11 | 2026-05-01 |
| EDGEDALE, James William | Director | 2023-10-24 | 2025-05-24 |
| EDWARDS, Keith Charles | Director | 2007-03-20 | 2010-01-18 |
| EDWARDS, Raymond Martin | Director | 1997-12-03 | 1999-02-25 |
| ELLIS, Mervyn Brian | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2004-01-31 |
| HOOPER, Carol Ann | Director | 2018-08-14 | 2021-06-30 |
| HUGHES, Graham John | Director | 1999-02-25 | 2010-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 122 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-18 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-08-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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
+6.3%
£7,496,088 £7,968,063
-
Cash
-33.1%
£2,780,750 £1,859,625
-
Net assets
-1.3%
£4,059,205 £4,007,330
-
Employees
0%
42 42
-
Operating profit
+1,335.4%
£22,759 £326,694
-
Profit before tax
+222.6%
£118,941 £383,739
-
Wages
+6.9%
£4,136,403 £4,420,370
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