SHOAL GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-10 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-27
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+15.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£44K
+1,366.7% vs 2023
Employees
190
+0.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£860K
+309.5% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SHOAL GROUP LIMITED 2020-09-09 → present
- CABLE & CABLE ACCESSORIES GROUP LIMITED 2020-08-20 → 2020-09-09
- DIPLOMA CCA LIMITED 2020-07-28 → 2020-08-20
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,462,000 | £42,040,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,081,000 | £2,399,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £210,000 | £860,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,085,000 | £41,000 | |
| Cash | £2,454,000 | £2,832,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,348,000 | £9,348,000 | |
| Net assets | £3,000 | £44,000 | |
| Equity | — | — | |
| Average employees | 189 | 190 | |
| Wages | £7,053,000 | £7,756,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 5.7% | |
| Net margin | -2.3% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.6% | 25.7% | |
| Current ratio | 0.64x | 0.64x | |
| Interest cover | 1.24x | 1.56x |
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
“The Directors of the Company are satisfied that there are no material events or uncertainties that they are aware of which will impact the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SHOAL GROUP LIMITED · parent
- FS Cables Limited 100%
- FSC Global Limited 100%
- Cablecraft Limited 100%
- Specialised Wiring Accessories Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The fall in revenue was due to the facility move which resulted in a disruption of trading.”
- “During the prior year, dividends of £1,724,000 were recalled to accommodate the reduction in investments arising from the acquisition of the trade and assets of SWA during the year and to ensure compliance with the technical requirements of the Companies Act 2006.”
- “A stock assessment was conducted as part of the facility move in the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON, Richard | Director | 2025-06-11 | Aug 1978 | British |
| CLEMENTS, Gavin | Director | 2020-07-28 | Nov 1975 | British |
| GOODE, David Stuart | Director | 2020-07-28 | May 1977 | British |
| SMITH, Joanna Louise | Director | 2025-06-11 | Apr 1976 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORRISON, John | Secretary | 2020-07-28 | 2025-05-30 |
| GIBBES, Barbara | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2022-09-30 |
| MORRISON, John | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| PANNELL, Leonie Siobhan | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2025-05-16 |
| TAYLOR, Mark John | Director | 2020-07-28 | 2024-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diploma Holdings Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-28 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 28 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-07-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-27 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2022-07-27 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2022-07-27 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2022-07-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
-9.5%
£46,462,000 £42,040,000
-
Cash
+15.4%
£2,454,000 £2,832,000
-
Net assets
+1,366.7%
£3,000 £44,000
-
Employees
+0.5%
189 190
-
Operating profit
+121.9%
£1,081,000 £2,399,000
-
Profit before tax
+309.5%
£210,000 £860,000
-
Wages
+10%
£7,053,000 £7,756,000
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