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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-26 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-12

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£738K

+135.1% vs 2023

Net assets

-£13M

+13.7% vs 2023

Employees

174

+25.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£2M

-8.9% vs 2023

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £17,096,445£18,849,908
Operating profit £1,551,455£1,210,350
Profit before tax £2,299,753£2,095,747
Net profit £2,299,753£2,095,747
Cash £313,943£738,119
Total assets less current liabilities £17,384,174£17,784,885
Net assets -£15,322,989-£13,227,242
Equity -£15,322,989-£13,227,242
Average employees 139174
Wages £5,115,570£5,166,377

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 2023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 9.1%6.4%
Net margin 13.5%11.1%
Return on capital employed 8.9%6.8%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 171.6%159.1%
Current ratio 0.26x0.35x
Interest cover 19.80x13.78x

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
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 14 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
ATKINSON, Ian David Director 2024-01-24 Feb 1972 British
FLOWERS, Brett William Director 2024-01-18 Jun 1974 British
GAWTHORNE, Mark David Director 2022-05-05 Jan 1969 British
LAMBLE, Dean Nicholas Director 2023-11-14 Mar 1974 British
WASSALL, Sally Jane Tamsin Director 2021-08-01 Oct 1968 British
WILLMOTT, Gregory James Director 2024-02-19 Nov 1967 British
Show 14 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
POWELL, Bryan Donald Leslie Secretary 2015-07-27 2023-11-14
COLLINGWOOD, David Anthony Director 2021-08-01 2022-11-18
KAYE, Eliot Charles Director 2018-01-31 2019-03-01
LE DRUILLENEC, Timothy Vincent Director 2017-04-25 2018-01-31
MARTIN, Kimberly Director 2017-11-21 2018-01-31
MURPHY, Robert John Director 2018-03-28 2024-01-31
POWELL, Bryan Donald Leslie Director 2015-07-27 2023-11-14
POWELL, Catherine Anne Director 2015-07-27 2023-11-14
REYNOLDS, Matthew James Director 2022-05-05 2024-07-31
ROSETHORN, Harriet Jane Director 2019-03-01 2021-06-15
SEASTRON, Mark Director 2022-10-03 2024-02-29
THILO, Paul Edward Director 2021-08-01 2023-09-14
THOMERSON, Richard Ronald Director 2015-11-06 2023-11-14
WATSON-GANDY, Mark, Prof Director 2015-11-06 2021-06-15

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Pure Cremation Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2017-08-23 Active
Mrs Catherine Anne Powell Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-10-19
Mr Bryan Donald Leslie Powell Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-08-23
Mrs Catherine Anne Powell Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-08-23
Mr Bryan Donald Leslie Powell Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-04-06 Ceased 2017-08-23

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 89 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2024-11-02 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2025-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-07-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-12-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-12-17 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2024-11-02 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2024-11-02 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-10-21 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2024-08-05 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-12 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-03-05 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-03-02 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-02-01 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-01-29 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2024-01-22 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-12-20 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2023-11-24 TM02 officers Termination secretary company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-21 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2023-11-21 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

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

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

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