CHOPPING, HART & BIDDLECOMB LIMITED
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Cash
£693K
+24.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£35M
+1.6% vs 2023
Employees
1
-50% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£539K
+280.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £563,730 | £66,969 | |
| Operating profit | -£111,319 | £525,466 | |
| Profit before tax | -£298,303 | £538,943 | |
| Net profit | -£287,482 | £573,266 | |
| Cash | £557,361 | £692,927 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £35,093,371 | £35,632,314 | |
| Net assets | £34,925,370 | £35,498,636 | |
| Equity | £34,925,370 | £35,498,636 | |
| Average employees | 2 | 1 | |
| 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 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -19.7% | 784.6% | |
| Net margin | -51.0% | 856.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | -0.3% | 1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 0.5% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | 31.70x | 51.87x | |
| Interest cover | -1.27x | — |
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
- Morris Crocker Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUFF, Nathan | Secretary | 2023-01-18 | — | — |
| FRY, Begona, Lady | Director | 2023-02-23 | Jan 1954 | Spanish |
| FRY, Roger Gordon, Sir | Director | 2014-01-15 | Jan 1943 | British |
| KILCULLEN, Brian Vincent | Director | 2021-05-25 | Dec 1961 | British |
| SMITH, Belinda | Director | 2023-01-18 | Jul 1980 | German |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Susan Leslie | Secretary | 2018-01-25 | 2020-08-31 |
| HUNT, Natasha Claire | Secretary | 2014-02-14 | 2015-08-31 |
| LINDUP, Paul | Secretary | 2015-09-01 | 2017-06-19 |
| SMITH, Belinda | Secretary | 2020-09-01 | 2023-01-18 |
| SMITH, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2017-06-19 | 2018-01-25 |
| BOND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-01-15 | 2015-04-30 |
| FRY, Rebecca | Director | 2023-12-14 | 2025-01-18 |
| FRY, Rebecca | Director | 2014-01-15 | 2018-02-05 |
| FRY, Victoria Begona | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2023-12-10 |
| HIGGINS, Stuart Mcfarlane | Director | 2014-01-15 | 2017-06-30 |
| SCHOFIELD, Richard | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2022-01-13 |
| WALKER, Nicola Jane | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2019-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 66 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2025-02-05 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-04 | OSCH05 | officers | Change person secretary overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | OSCH03 | officers | Change person director overseas company with change date | |
| 2024-09-02 | OSCH01 | other | Change company details by uk establishment overseas company with change details | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-05 | OSCH02 | other | Change company details overseas company with change details | |
| 2024-01-17 | OSTM01 | officers | Termination person director overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-17 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2023-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2023-02-28 | OSAP01 | officers | Appoint person director overseas company with name appointment date | |
| 2023-02-15 | OSTM02 | officers | Termination person secretary overseas company with name termination date | |
| 2023-02-15 | OSAP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary overseas company with appointment date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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 2023-08-31
-
Turnover
-88.1%
£563,730 £66,969
-
Cash
+24.3%
£557,361 £692,927
-
Net assets
+1.6%
£34,925,370 £35,498,636
-
Employees
-50%
2 1
-
Operating profit
+572%
-£111,319 £525,466
-
Profit before tax
+280.7%
-£298,303 £538,943
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