CREDIT AND TRADING COMPANY LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-04 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£48K
+4.3% vs 2019
Net assets
£2M
+29.3% vs 2019
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£564K
+129.3% vs 2019
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2020-12-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2024-12-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2020-12-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £575,000 | £852,000 | |
| Operating profit | £246,000 | £551,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £246,000 | £564,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £46,000 | £48,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,841,000 | £2,365,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,675,000 | £2,165,000 | |
| Equity | £1,675,000 | £2,165,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 42.8% | 64.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.4% | 23.3% |
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
- RSM Ireland Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The industry is experiencing uncertainties and challenges arising from the low profit margins and regulatory changes in some of the main markets (ex. China)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| REED SMITH CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-12-21 | — | — |
| SIMEONS, Peter Charles Creighton | Director | 2007-12-21 | Sep 1953 | British |
| STOAKES, Simon John | Director | 2018-06-08 | Mar 1977 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHERRER-MORGESE, Priscille | Secretary | 2011-03-15 | 2019-05-16 |
| DE HENNIN DE BOUSSU WALCOURT, Marc Yves | Director | 2012-03-01 | 2013-04-10 |
| EVANS, Alfred Henry | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2010-01-01 |
| FLETCHER, Paul Edward | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2018-02-21 |
| PEACOCK, Robert Arthur | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2008-06-25 |
| RUDOLPH-MATH, Daniel Theo | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2013-03-25 |
| SABETI, Alexandre Shahram | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2013-03-25 |
| TABASCHEK, Walter Marcelo | Director | 2007-12-21 | 2013-03-25 |
| WELLCOME, Scott John | Director | 2008-08-29 | 2011-12-31 |
| WHITLEY, Brett Charles | Director | 2013-04-09 | 2018-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunge Global Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-01 | Active |
| Bunge Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2019 → FY2020 · period ending 2020-12-31 vs 2019-12-31
-
Turnover
+48.2%
£575,000 £852,000
-
Cash
+4.3%
£46,000 £48,000
-
Net assets
+29.3%
£1,675,000 £2,165,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+124%
£246,000 £551,000
-
Profit before tax
+129.3%
£246,000 £564,000
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