CITY RESPONSE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-11 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
-34.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-17.8% vs 2024
Employees
672
+0.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£28K
-103.6% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CITY RESPONSE LIMITED 2002-07-08 → present
- BRABCO NO: 113 (2002) LIMITED 2002-06-27 → 2002-07-08
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £84,632,000 | £83,767,000 | |
| Operating profit | £635,000 | -£136,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £781,000 | -£28,000 | |
| Net profit | £781,000 | -£28,000 | |
| Cash | £14,110,000 | £9,220,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,050,000 | £2,197,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,539,000 | £2,086,000 | |
| Equity | £2,539,000 | £2,086,000 | |
| Average employees | 671 | 672 | |
| Wages | £25,158,000 | £25,820,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.8% | -0.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | -0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.8% | -6.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | 63.50x | -10.46x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Directors are of the opinion that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of not less than twelve months, from the date that the report and financial statements are approved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRUM, Angela Maria | Secretary | 2018-07-11 | — | — |
| LOVE, Paul James | Director | 2024-08-28 | Nov 1967 | British |
| MORRISON, Scott | Director | 2025-09-24 | Mar 1982 | British |
| ROWLAND, Helen Louise | Director | 2026-02-04 | Jul 1975 | British |
| SIMONS, Catriona Ruth | Director | 2015-07-24 | Aug 1970 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GROSSMAN, Heather | Secretary | 2002-07-04 | 2005-01-28 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Brian | Secretary | 2005-04-05 | 2010-05-07 |
| REPTON, Elaine | Secretary | 2010-05-07 | 2015-07-24 |
| REPTON, Elaine | Secretary | 2010-05-07 | 2015-07-24 |
| SUTTON, Mark | Secretary | 2015-07-24 | 2018-07-11 |
| BRABNERS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-04 |
| BECK, Ian Saxton | Director | 2013-12-03 | 2018-12-31 |
| BELL, Anthony | Director | 2008-10-21 | 2013-07-25 |
| BOLTON, Lee | Director | 2014-10-01 | 2018-12-31 |
| CORNWELL, John Calvert | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2008-06-27 |
| DAY, Philip Michael | Director | 2019-01-14 | 2024-08-30 |
| DOW, Simon Charles | Director | 2014-11-25 | 2015-07-24 |
| GREENWOOD, Colin | Director | 2010-03-17 | 2016-09-30 |
| GROSSMAN, Heather | Director | 2002-07-04 | 2005-01-28 |
| HALLAM, Pamela | Director | 2012-02-15 | 2014-02-13 |
| HEATH, Michael John | Director | 2009-10-15 | 2014-09-30 |
| HIGHAM, James | Director | 2007-07-16 | 2013-07-25 |
| IRVING, John Kenneth | Director | 2002-07-04 | 2007-07-16 |
| JOYNSON, Ian | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2024-02-27 |
| MACKAY, Andrew Brian | Director | 2005-04-05 | 2010-05-07 |
| PETTER, Michael John | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2018-12-31 |
| PLANT, Andrew Vincent | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2014-12-19 |
| ROBERTS, Paul Andrew | Director | 2015-02-23 | 2019-01-14 |
| ROGERS, Malcolm Courtney | Director | 2013-07-25 | 2018-09-24 |
| TARRY, Robert James | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2018-12-31 |
| WILSON, Trafford Francis | Director | 2024-02-27 | 2025-09-11 |
| BRABNERS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2002-06-27 | 2002-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guinness Partnership Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2017-03-20 | Ceased 2019-10-26 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-08 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-11 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-27 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1%
£84,632,000 £83,767,000
-
Cash
-34.7%
£14,110,000 £9,220,000
-
Net assets
-17.8%
£2,539,000 £2,086,000
-
Employees
+0.1%
671 672
-
Operating profit
-121.4%
£635,000 -£136,000
-
Profit before tax
-103.6%
£781,000 -£28,000
-
Wages
+2.6%
£25,158,000 £25,820,000
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