CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-12 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£596
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£5M
-77.2% vs 2023
Employees
33
-2.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-2,988.6% vs 2023
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 | £16,994,692 | £14,093,175 | |
| Operating profit | £40,064 | -£1,735,240 | |
| Profit before tax | -£77,553 | -£2,395,295 | |
| Net profit | -£148,860 | -£2,027,939 | |
| Cash | — | £596 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£2,442,911 | -£4,476,334 | |
| Net assets | -£2,627,670 | -£4,655,609 | |
| Equity | -£2,627,670 | -£4,655,609 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 33 | |
| Wages | £1,810,239 | £1,730,611 |
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 | 0.2% | -12.3% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | -14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.6% | 38.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.76x | 0.57x | |
| Interest cover | 0.34x | -2.63x |
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
- Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company's parent undertaking, Ballyvesey Industries, has further agreed to support the Company throughout the suceeding 12 month period. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the company since year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARRAGH, James Alexander | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| BICKERTON, James | Director | 2025-06-14 | Mar 1987 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Colin John Hugh | Director | 2020-09-25 | Jul 1976 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Harold Mark Joseph | Director | 2020-09-25 | May 1983 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY, Mark | Director | 2020-09-25 | 2024-12-21 |
| MONTGOMERY, Harold Hugh | Director | 2012-04-30 | 2020-09-25 |
| THOMSON, Alan William | Director | 2012-03-29 | 2019-02-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballyvesey Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 45 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-04-16 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-10-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
-17.1%
£16,994,692 £14,093,175
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-77.2%
-£2,627,670 -£4,655,609
-
Employees
-2.9%
34 33
-
Operating profit
-4,431.2%
£40,064 -£1,735,240
-
Profit before tax
-2,988.6%
-£77,553 -£2,395,295
-
Wages
-4.4%
£1,810,239 £1,730,611
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