COPELAND LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£837
-98.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£2B
+5.2% vs 2023
Employees
293
-6.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£34M
+619.3% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- COPELAND LIMITED 1996-03-19 → present
- CAMAN LIMITED 1996-03-01 → 1996-03-19
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £57,829,152 | £63,119,713 | £74,730,471 | £87,311,124 | £55,591,098 | |
| Operating profit | £2,472,234 | £3,335,966 | £2,604,635 | £4,835,251 | £2,484,105 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £4,716,513 | £33,927,141 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £3,706,524 | £32,976,862 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £50,492 | £837 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £2,254,006,926 | £2,371,917,725 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,249,479,407 | £2,366,251,685 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £2,249,479,407 | £2,366,251,685 | |
| Average employees | 257 | 264 | 269 | 313 | 293 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £10,248,403 | £10,494,868 |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.3% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 4.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.2% | 59.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 2.4% | 2.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.39x | 0.55x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 40.72x | 1.83x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company's ultimate parent undertaking is Emerald JV Holdings LP, a large multinational corporation with significant financial resources. Emerald JV Holdings LP has indicated that it will continue to support Copeland Limited as necessary. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation 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 financial statements.”
Group structure
- COPELAND LIMITED · parent
- Copeland Canada Inc. 100%
- Copeland Japan GK 100%
- Copeland Korea Limited 100%
- Copeland Australia PTY Limited 100%
- Copeland Asia Holding Limited 100%
- Copeland Guadalajara, S.A. de C.V. 99.72%
- Copeland Corporate de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. 99.99%
- Copeland Germany Holding Limited 100%
- Copeland Arabia Limited Co. 100%
- Copeland UAE FZE 100%
- Copeland South Africa (Pty) Ltd 100%
- Copeland do Brasil Ltda 100%
- Copeland Argentina S.R.L. 100%
- Copeland Chile Limitada 100%
- Copeland Poland Sp Zoo 100%
Significant events
- “In December 2024, Copeland Limited received an investment from it's immediate parent company of $80,191,840.”
- “In December 2024, Copeland Limited invested a total of £45,990,548 in Copeland Germany Holding Limited.”
- “In March 2025, Copeland Limited invested £23,678,873 in Copeland Canada, Inc.”
- “In March 2025, Copeland Limited invested £1,255,650 in Blue Heart Energy B.V.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLER-CARNAP, Torsten | Secretary | 1996-03-01 | — | German |
| DORAN, Paschal Thomas | Director | 2023-07-14 | May 1972 | Irish |
| HARRE, Gregory Allen | Director | 2023-05-31 | Jun 1975 | American |
| KELLER-CARNAP, Torsten | Director | 2003-03-02 | Jun 1963 | German |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BILLINGTON, Declan George | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2005-10-07 |
| CLAY, Clinton Peter | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2002-03-02 |
| FREITAG, Horst Otto | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2001-01-26 |
| GALLAGHER, John Anthony | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2002-03-20 |
| IRWIN, Leslie William | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2001-01-26 |
| JANSSEN, Jean | Director | 2001-01-26 | 2022-05-01 |
| MATIC, Sandro | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2023-05-31 |
| MC AFEE, John Charles | Director | 2005-10-10 | 2021-08-30 |
| SHIVELY, John Gabel, Mr. | Director | 2023-02-23 | 2023-07-14 |
| SPEARS, Chuck Edwin | Director | 2003-10-31 | 2007-03-31 |
| WIETHOFF, Doktor Egon | Director | 1996-03-01 | 2003-10-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Uk Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-12-18 | Active |
| Copeland Uk Holding Ii Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2023-05-31 | Active |
| Emerson Holding Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-05-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-29 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-11-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-28 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-08-28 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-28 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-22 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 4
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
-36.3%
£87,311,124 £55,591,098
lowest in 5 filed years
-
Cash
-98.3%
£50,492 £837
-
Net assets
+5.2%
£2,249,479,407 £2,366,251,685
-
Employees
-6.4%
313 293
-
Operating profit
-48.6%
£4,835,251 £2,484,105
-
Profit before tax
+619.3%
£4,716,513 £33,927,141
-
Wages
+2.4%
£10,248,403 £10,494,868
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