CECIL AMEY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-26 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-12
Watchouts
Cash
£238K
-80.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-0.3% vs 2023
Employees
86
+7.5% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£580K
-38.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 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 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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-01-01 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 8.7% | — | 11.8% | 7.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 6.5% | — | 8.9% | 5.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | — | 21.2% | 13.4% | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 12.26x | — | 19.09x | 18.09x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- CECIL AMEY LIMITED · parent
- Cecil C. Amey Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- 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
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Turnover
+3.6%
£8,135,694 £8,429,104
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-80.3%
£1,208,543 £237,873
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Net assets
-0.3%
£3,797,721 £3,787,806
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Employees
+7.5%
80 86
highest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
-37.4%
£957,042 £599,011
lowest in 3 filed years
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Profit before tax
-38.6%
£944,433 £579,563
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Wages
+14.8%
£3,113,748 £3,574,325
highest in 3 filed years
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