CHASE SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-17 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£499K
-2.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£10M
+4.1% vs 2023
Employees
274
-3.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£675K
-43.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHASE SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED 1997-12-23 → present
- WJB (481) LIMITED 1997-11-03 → 1997-12-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £21,482,901 | £21,975,050 | |
| Operating profit | £1,181,322 | £663,756 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,191,571 | £674,921 | |
| Net profit | £944,633 | £409,777 | |
| Cash | £512,512 | £499,469 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,941,648 | £10,350,762 | |
| Net assets | £9,940,985 | £10,350,762 | |
| Equity | £9,940,985 | £10,350,762 | |
| Average employees | 283 | 274 | |
| Wages | £13,988,911 | £14,453,367 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.5% | 3.0% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.9% | 6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.81x | 4.93x | |
| Interest cover | 270.33x | 305.32x |
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
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and continue to use the going concern basis in preparation of these financial statements. In making their assessment the directors have considered a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CHASE SEARCH & SELECTION LIMITED · parent
- Medacy Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Chase disposed of its subsidiary Leith Healthcare Limited in May 2024. As part of this disposal, the company retained an equity investment in Leith Healthcare Limited through Leith Pharma Group Limited. Following the year end, the company disposed of this minority shareholding in Leith Pharma Group Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUSBY, Ruth Emma | Director | 2016-07-07 | Nov 1967 | Scottish |
| HAWTHORN, Graham Alan | Director | 2016-07-07 | Apr 1970 | British |
| MCCORMICK, Daniel Thomas | Director | 2023-01-27 | Sep 1987 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Christopher Richard | Director | 1997-12-15 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFRIN, Julie-Anne | Secretary | 2017-07-18 | 2020-12-22 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2004-09-02 | 2016-07-07 |
| BURNESS SOLICITORS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-11-03 | 2004-09-02 |
| BADERIN, Richard | Director | 2023-10-25 | 2024-05-03 |
| PHILLIPS, Judith Inez | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2021-08-27 |
| WJB (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1997-11-03 | 1997-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrix Capital Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-07-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-09-17 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-09-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-09-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-05-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+2.3%
£21,482,901 £21,975,050
-
Cash
-2.5%
£512,512 £499,469
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£9,940,985 £10,350,762
-
Employees
-3.2%
283 274
-
Operating profit
-43.8%
£1,181,322 £663,756
-
Profit before tax
-43.4%
£1,191,571 £674,921
-
Wages
+3.3%
£13,988,911 £14,453,367
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