CHAS 2013 LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-12 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5M
Equity attributable
Employees
118
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,639,000 | £26,164,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,236,000 | £1,749,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,110,000 | £2,742,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,505,000 | £3,311,000 | |
| Cash | £4,730,000 | £7,378,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,693,000 | £5,462,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,405,000 | £5,350,000 | |
| Equity | £5,405,000 | £5,350,000 | |
| Average employees | 110 | 118 | |
| Wages | £5,983,000 | £11,472,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.7% | 32.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 71.5% | 73.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.58x | 0.60x |
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
“After making enquiries and taking account of macroeconomic factors, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Group structure
- CHAS 2013 LIMITED · parent
- Model Y Certification Limited 1%
- CHAS (Australia) PTY LTD 1%
Significant events
- “On 21 November 2024, certain investment funds advised by Apax Partners, along with members of management and certain coinvestors acquired the Group.”
- “On 18 April 2024 the company acquired 100% of the ordinary share capital of Model Y Certification Limited, resident in England, for £465,951 plus transaction costs of £2,335.”
- “Following resignation of I McKinnon on 13 March 2025, T Jackson was appointed as a company director on 13 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES, Sam | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Timothy David | Director | 2025-03-13 | Oct 1983 | British |
| LANE, Hite Colby | Director | 2023-01-05 | Mar 1974 | American |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISTRA COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-03-03 | 2025-04-12 |
| BAILEY, Carol Elaine, Ms. | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-01-05 |
| BRUNT, Michael Arthur, Councillor | Director | 2022-07-25 | 2023-01-05 |
| ELLIS, Sophie Abigail | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2019-11-04 |
| HEATH, Philip James | Director | 2013-03-28 | 2013-08-15 |
| HEPWORTH, Peter Hamby, Mr. | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2023-01-05 |
| HOLLAND, Caroline | Director | 2013-05-03 | 2017-06-30 |
| JAMES, Cathryn Elizabeth | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2022-07-26 |
| KERSHAW, Roger Jonathan, Mr. | Director | 2022-07-27 | 2022-10-12 |
| LAKHANI, Bindi | Director | 2021-01-22 | 2023-01-05 |
| LEE, Christopher John | Director | 2017-04-26 | 2022-06-30 |
| MCKINNON, Ian Alistair Ellis | Director | 2016-01-27 | 2025-03-13 |
| MCSHERRY, Jane Elizabeth | Director | 2022-10-14 | 2023-01-05 |
| MORGAN, John, Mr. | Director | 2019-11-25 | 2023-01-05 |
| SINGH, Kamaljit Kaur | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2023-01-05 |
| STEEVENS, Nick Paul, Mr. | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2021-12-01 |
| THOMSEN, Fiona | Director | 2013-05-17 | 2019-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaplin Acquisitions Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-01-05 | Active |
| London Borough Of Merton | Legal person | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-01-05 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-10 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2023-08-16 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-28 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-13 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2023-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-01-25 | 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
- 1
- 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