CLARKE GROUP FINANCE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-30 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£191M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£21M
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-05-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,022,250 | £22,892,276 | |
| Operating profit | £9,500,671 | £23,158,900 | |
| Profit before tax | £8,874,563 | £21,499,935 | |
| Net profit | £7,099,407 | £16,124,470 | |
| Cash | £618,988 | £1,206,202 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | |
| Net assets | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | |
| Equity | £174,826,489 | £190,950,959 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-05-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 105.3% | 101.2% | |
| Net margin | 78.7% | 70.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 12.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.64x | 4.28x | |
| Interest cover | 15.17x | 13.96x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have considered cash flow forecasts, which indicate that the Company will be cash generative for at least twelve months from the date of signing these financial statements. The directors are therefore of the opinion that the Company can continue to operate with its existing banking arrangements and consequently the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The period was extended to align the period end to other associated companies.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2019-06-07 | — | — |
| CLARKE, John Alan | Director | 2019-06-07 | Feb 1943 | British |
| CLARKE, Sandra Elaine | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jun 1943 | British |
| CLARKE, Tracey | Director | 2019-06-07 | Jun 1964 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Jacqueline | Director | 2019-06-07 | Aug 1965 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sgh Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-06-25 | Active |
| Mr John Alan Clarke | Individual | Significant influence | 2019-06-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2019-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-04 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-03-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-06-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2019-07-26 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2019-06-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2019-06-25 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2019-06-07 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 1
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-05-31