CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-03 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+110.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+12.8% vs 2024
Employees
843
+4.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+13% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CHARLES RUSSELL SPEECHLYS SERVICES LIMITED 2014-11-03 → present
- SPEECHLY BIRCHAM SERVICES LIMITED 2009-10-16 → 2014-11-03
- SPEECHLYS LIMITED 2006-01-20 → 2009-10-16
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £72,763,935 | £81,907,313 | |
| Operating profit | £2,950,949 | £3,335,563 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,950,949 | £3,335,563 | |
| Net profit | £2,197,341 | £2,478,123 | |
| Cash | £1,352,402 | £2,845,837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,197,342 | £2,478,124 | |
| Net assets | £2,197,342 | £2,478,124 | |
| Equity | £2,197,342 | £2,478,124 | |
| Average employees | 810 | 843 | |
| Wages | £58,401,685 | £65,534,683 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.1% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 134.3% | 134.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.31x | 1.31x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the Company is an integral part of the group headed by Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, the Directors have considered the financial position of the group as a whole when determining whether it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis. The Directors have received a letter of support from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP which states that financial support to the Company will be provided for the foreseeable future being at least 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'LEARY, Lesley Ann | Director | 2021-05-01 | Feb 1971 | British |
| RIDPATH, Simon | Director | 2018-05-01 | Dec 1976 | British |
| SMITH, Thomas Charles Milner | Director | 2017-04-01 | Aug 1969 | British |
| STAGES, Karen | Director | 2022-05-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVES, Anita Susanna | Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2008-05-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2006-01-20 | 2006-01-20 |
| BROADBERRY, Alison Lesley Caroline | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2014-11-01 |
| CARTER, James William | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2020-12-04 |
| COPELAND, Susannah Mayne | Director | 2018-08-15 | 2020-05-05 |
| EMMINGTON, Elaine | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| GREEN, David James Shore | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2022-04-30 |
| GREEN, David James Shore | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| JULYAN, Alan John | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2014-02-13 |
| KIRBY, Richard Charles | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2010-05-01 |
| KLEINER, Graeme | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2014-11-01 |
| LINGENS, Michael Robert | Director | 2006-01-20 | 2014-11-01 |
| MARTIN, Richard Thomas Allan | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| MUSGRAVE, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2010-05-01 | 2011-12-31 |
| PALMER, Charles Dudley | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2010-05-01 |
| RAPER, Timothy Alexander | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2014-11-01 |
| RIDPATH, Simon | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2014-11-01 |
| ROSSER, Susan Barbara | Director | 2024-03-01 | 2026-04-05 |
| SHAW, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2014-02-13 | 2014-11-01 |
| SMITH, Mark Thomas | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2014-11-03 |
| WARD, David John Marcus | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2014-02-13 |
| WHITEHEAD, Jonathan Wright | Director | 2014-11-01 | 2024-04-30 |
| WRIGHT, Martin James | Director | 2009-10-13 | 2014-11-01 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2006-01-20 | 2006-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Russell Speechlys Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 106 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-04 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-01-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2022-06-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-05-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
+12.6%
£72,763,935 £81,907,313
-
Cash
+110.4%
£1,352,402 £2,845,837
-
Net assets
+12.8%
£2,197,342 £2,478,124
-
Employees
+4.1%
810 843
-
Operating profit
+13%
£2,950,949 £3,335,563
-
Profit before tax
+13%
£2,950,949 £3,335,563
-
Wages
+12.2%
£58,401,685 £65,534,683
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