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CECIL AMEY LIMITED
Cash
£238K
-80.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-0.3% vs 2023
Employees
86
+7.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£580K
-38.6% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 05390668
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2005-03-12
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 86900
- Hubs
- UK Healthcare
Net assets
8-year trend · vs UK Healthcare median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £6,938,506 | — | £8,135,694 | £8,429,104 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £606,458 | — | £957,042 | £599,011 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £561,417 | — | £944,433 | £579,563 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £453,647 | — | £721,184 | £420,734 | |
| Cash | £367,165 | £895,025 | £714,450 | — | £139,499 | — | £1,208,543 | £237,873 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,954,786 | £4,285,471 | £3,732,923 | — | £4,060,485 | — | £4,514,590 | £4,474,852 | |
| Net assets | £3,104,393 | £3,566,400 | £2,943,730 | — | £3,162,967 | — | £3,797,721 | £3,787,806 | |
| Equity | £3,104,393 | £3,566,400 | £2,943,730 | £2,855,857 | £3,162,967 | £3,162,967 | £3,797,721 | £3,787,806 | |
| Average employees | 76 | 75 | 75 | — | 76 | — | 80 | 86 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £2,676,195 | — | £3,113,748 | £3,574,325 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Larking Gowen LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The director believes that these strengths will allow the Company to continue to meet its customers' requirements for the foreseeable future and have concluded that he has a reasonable expectation that the Company will have adequate resources to continue in operational existence long term. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Cecil C. Amey Limited · 100% held · Norwich · Dormant
Significant events
- “During the year, the Company expanded to a total of thirteen outlets following the acquisition of Pennington Opticians in August 2024.”
- “During the year, 296,649 preference shares were repurchased for an agreed value of £296,649. The shares repurchased were 71.9% of the share capital. 258,063 of the shares were cancelled on 16 February 2024 and the 38,586 were cancelled on 18 March 2024.”
- “After the year end the company received a loan of £450,000, which will be used to support working capital and invest in shop refits.”
- “The subsidiary companies of Cecil Amey Limited were dissolved on 18 March 2025. These include Cecil C Amey (Attleborough) Limited, Cecil C Amey (Watton) Limited, Cecil C Amey (Wymondham) Limited and Cecil C Amey Dereham Limited.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
2 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMEY, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2020-08-21 | — | — |
| AMEY, Robert John | Director | 2005-03-12 | Oct 1967 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMEY, Robert John | Secretary | 2005-03-12 | 2020-08-21 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-03-12 | 2005-03-12 |
| AMEY, David Charles Thomas | Director | 2005-03-12 | 2013-01-17 |
| AMEY, Emma | Director | 2016-08-09 | 2020-08-21 |
| AMEY, Roger Chapman | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2020-08-21 |
| AMEY, Stuart Charles | Director | 2005-06-28 | 2020-08-21 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-03-12 | 2005-03-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart Charles Amey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-02-16 | Ceased 2026-02-17 |
| Patricia Janet Amey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2024-02-16 | Ceased 2026-02-17 |
| Cecil Amey Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2017-03-12 | Ceased 2017-03-12 |
| Cecil Amey Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 108 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2026-03-17 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2026-03-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2026-02-28 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-12 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2025-04-04 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | cessation of a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-20 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | notification of a person with significant control |
| 2024-05-20 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-04-29 | SH03 | capital | capital return purchase own shares |
| 2024-04-24 | SH06 | capital | capital cancellation shares |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-12-31
4.01
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.113 × 6.56 = +0.74
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.112 × 6.72 = +0.75
- Book equity / Total liabilities 2.394 × 1.05 = +2.51
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory