CLIPPER CONTRACTING GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-07 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-24
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£995K
-62.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-12.7% vs 2024
Employees
3,359
-10.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£993K
+40% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CLIPPER CONTRACTING GROUP LTD 2012-02-17 → present
- CLIPPER CONTRACTING LTD 2010-11-11 → 2012-02-17
- CLIPPER PAYROLLS LIMITED 2008-06-26 → 2010-11-11
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-29
| Metric | Trend | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £188,936,689 | £177,032,600 | |
| Operating profit | £677,536 | £937,197 | |
| Profit before tax | £709,018 | £992,624 | |
| Net profit | £461,946 | £741,391 | |
| Cash | £2,629,367 | £994,684 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,032,676 | £1,774,067 | |
| Net assets | £2,032,676 | £1,774,067 | |
| Equity | £2,032,676 | £1,774,067 | |
| Average employees | 3,744 | 3,359 | |
| Wages | £65,318,378 | £61,229,515 |
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 | 2024-06-30 | 2025-06-29 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.4% | 0.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.3% | 52.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.0% | 86.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.16x | 1.15x | |
| Interest cover | 50.12x | 154.40x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on this, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will remain sufficiently profitable to enable the generation of adequate liquid resources to continue in operational existence and to meet obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “In April 2024 Clipper Contracting Group Limited became owned by an Employee-Owned Trust (EOT), with all the shares of the parent company Clipper CG Holdings Limited being transferred to and owned by a Trust set up on behalf of its staff.”
- “During the previous financial year, Clipper CG Holdings Limited was sold to CC EOT Limited, the ultimate controlling party, for total consideration of £9m. As a result, the growth shares have now vested.”
- “In July 2025, the VAT group which included both Clipper Contracting Group Limited and Quba Solutions was split into separate VAT groups. Going forward the entities will solely be responsible for their own VAT liabilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LYAS, Ashley David | Director | 2012-02-01 | Dec 1978 | British |
| TONKS, Paul David | Director | 2024-04-22 | Apr 1964 | British |
| WILKS, Robert James | Director | 2024-04-22 | Jul 1985 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| POYNTON, Margaret Ann | Secretary | 2009-04-15 | 2009-12-01 |
| QFL NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-06-26 | 2009-04-15 |
| ALLEN, Katie | Director | 2009-03-12 | 2009-12-01 |
| KING, Richard Mark | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2024-04-22 |
| LYAS, Roger David | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2021-11-19 |
| MORAN, Matthew | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2009-03-12 |
| NOEL, Teresa Mary Anne | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2016-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper Cg Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 89 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-04-09 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-09 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-04-09 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-09 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-29 vs 2024-06-30
-
Turnover
-6.3%
£188,936,689 £177,032,600
-
Cash
-62.2%
£2,629,367 £994,684
-
Net assets
-12.7%
£2,032,676 £1,774,067
-
Employees
-10.3%
3,744 3,359
-
Operating profit
+38.3%
£677,536 £937,197
-
Profit before tax
+40%
£709,018 £992,624
-
Wages
-6.3%
£65,318,378 £61,229,515
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