SWINDON CHAPEL FARM SOLAR PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£201K
+108.7% vs 2024
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£75K
+251.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SWINDON CHAPEL FARM SOLAR PLC 2018-09-27 → present
- SWINDON CHAPEL FARM SOLAR LTD 2016-11-02 → 2018-09-27
- CHAPEL FARM COMMUNITY SOLAR LTD 2015-06-29 → 2016-11-02
Profit before tax
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £554,578 | £679,618 | |
| Operating profit | — | £149,684 | £267,848 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£49,616 | £74,946 | |
| Net profit | — | -£65,223 | £90,344 | |
| Cash | — | £96,409 | £201,232 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | |
| Equity | -£801,453 | -£866,676 | -£776,332 | |
| 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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 27.0% | 39.4% | |
| Net margin | — | -11.8% | 13.3% | |
| Interest cover | — | 0.72x | 1.36x |
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
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the company should be able to operate within the level of its current arrangements. After making enquiries, the directors have concluded that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURBIDGE, Ian Mark | Secretary | 2023-09-22 | — | — |
| RICHARDS, Robert Philip Raymond | Director | 2016-11-01 | Oct 1963 | British |
| SMITH, Paul Alan | Director | 2016-11-01 | Jan 1966 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWDEN, Mick | Secretary | 2021-11-29 | 2023-09-22 |
| SLOAN, Cheryl Louise | Secretary | 2016-04-13 | 2016-11-01 |
| TAYLOR, Stephen Peter | Secretary | 2016-11-01 | 2019-01-17 |
| BRANNAN, Bernard Thomas | Director | 2016-04-13 | 2016-11-01 |
| EVANS, Andrew Mark | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2018-02-21 |
| OWEN, James Edward | Director | 2015-06-29 | 2016-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swindon Borough Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 48 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-11-29 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-01-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2018-09-27 | BS | accounts | Accounts balance sheet |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+22.5%
£554,578 £679,618
-
Cash
+108.7%
£96,409 £201,232
-
Net assets
—
Not reported
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+78.9%
£149,684 £267,848
-
Profit before tax
+251.1%
-£49,616 £74,946
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