CHINATOOL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£733K
-67.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+34.2% vs 2023
Employees
22
-42.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-70.1% vs 2023
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 | £56,416,000 | £46,108,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,248,000 | £2,881,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,139,000 | £2,134,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,139,000 | £2,134,000 | |
| Cash | £2,261,000 | £733,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,698,000 | £8,846,000 | |
| Net assets | £6,248,000 | £8,382,000 | |
| Equity | £6,248,000 | £8,382,000 | |
| Average employees | 38 | 22 | |
| Wages | £1,248,000 | £1,029,000 |
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 | 14.6% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 12.7% | 4.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 123.1% | 32.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 76.3% | 64.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | 7.41x | 3.80x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that, after taking into account existing cash and available debt facilities, the Group has adequate resources in place to continue in operational existence for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements being to July 2026.”
Significant events
- “On October 11 2024, the Group moved its borrowing facilities from HSBC to FGI worldwide LLC (FGI).”
- “FGI provides an over advance facility of USD 750,000, repayable every 6 months. The over advance facility was fully utilised at 31 December 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBS, Sarah Jane | Secretary | 2025-03-13 | — | — |
| PHILLIPS, Simon Brian | Director | 2023-04-28 | Mar 1970 | British |
| THOMAS, Victoria Louise | Director | 2010-09-09 | Jul 1964 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, Simon Brian | Secretary | 2004-05-19 | 2011-03-30 |
| THOMAS, Victoria Louise | Secretary | 2011-03-30 | 2025-03-13 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-19 | 2004-05-19 |
| MOHAMMED, Salman | Director | 2025-03-13 | 2026-01-28 |
| PHILLIPS, Jason Sydney | Director | 2011-03-30 | 2017-04-07 |
| PHILLIPS, Simon Brian | Director | 2004-05-19 | 2011-03-30 |
| WHITFIELD, Oliver Charles Andrew | Director | 2004-05-19 | 2017-04-07 |
| WILKINSON, David Paul, Mr | Director | 2012-06-29 | 2023-04-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ct Automotive Group Plc | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2021-12-23 | Active |
| Mr Simon Brian Phillips | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-12-23 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-18.3%
£56,416,000 £46,108,000
-
Cash
-67.6%
£2,261,000 £733,000
-
Net assets
+34.2%
£6,248,000 £8,382,000
-
Employees
-42.1%
38 22
-
Operating profit
-65.1%
£8,248,000 £2,881,000
-
Profit before tax
-70.1%
£7,139,000 £2,134,000
-
Wages
-17.5%
£1,248,000 £1,029,000
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