ORBITAS, BEREAVEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-07 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-24
Watchouts
Cash
£397K
-27.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£208K
-60.2% vs 2024
Employees
39
-18.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£99K
+15.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The accounts have been prepared on a breakup basis with the intention to liquidate the company within the next 12 months.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,437,000 | £2,162,000 | |
| Operating profit | £86,000 | £99,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £86,000 | £99,000 | |
| Net profit | £64,000 | £74,000 | |
| Cash | £547,000 | £397,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £523,000 | £208,000 | |
| Net assets | £523,000 | £208,000 | |
| Equity | £523,000 | £208,000 | |
| Average employees | 48 | 39 | |
| Wages | £1,166,000 | £987,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.5% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.4% | 47.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 1.76x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The accounts have been prepared on a breakup basis with the intention to liquidate the company within the next 12 months.”
Significant events
- “Orbitas ceased trading on the 31st January 2025.”
- “The services provided Orbitas were brought back-in house and delivered directly by the council on the 1st February 2025.”
- “It is the intention of the appointed CEBC sole Director to liquidate the company and transfer all assets and liabilities at book value to CEBC within 12 months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JARVIS, Charles Edward Martin, Dr | Director | 2024-07-25 | Dec 1969 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Anita Jane | Secretary | 2014-01-21 | 2014-03-31 |
| ANDERSON, Lata | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-03-15 |
| BRATHERTON, Joyce Denise | Director | 2019-05-24 | 2024-07-25 |
| BUTTERILL, Penelope Kate, Cllr | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2022-05-31 |
| GOLDSMITH, Mark Andrew | Director | 2022-07-01 | 2024-07-26 |
| GOODWIN, Paul Bryan | Director | 2023-10-18 | 2024-07-24 |
| MARREN, David Frank | Director | 2013-10-24 | 2022-05-31 |
| MELLING, Kevin James | Director | 2014-03-26 | 2025-02-26 |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, Tomas Daniel | Director | 2023-10-18 | 2024-06-19 |
| SMETHAM, Lesley | Director | 2013-11-21 | 2018-05-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire East Council | Corporate entity | Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 55 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-03-22 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-11.3%
£2,437,000 £2,162,000
-
Cash
-27.4%
£547,000 £397,000
-
Net assets
-60.2%
£523,000 £208,000
-
Employees
-18.8%
48 39
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Operating profit
+15.1%
£86,000 £99,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.1%
£86,000 £99,000
-
Wages
-15.4%
£1,166,000 £987,000
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