COCHRAN SERVICES LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-15 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-01
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+47.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+1.5% vs 2023
Employees
69
+3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-10.7% vs 2023
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 | £12,993,275 | £13,761,568 | |
| Operating profit | £1,362,650 | £1,218,008 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,355,447 | £1,210,575 | |
| Net profit | £1,074,443 | £941,704 | |
| Cash | £957,603 | £1,413,427 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,633,931 | £4,970,180 | |
| Net assets | £3,991,075 | £4,049,484 | |
| Equity | £3,991,075 | £4,049,484 | |
| Average employees | 67 | 69 | |
| Wages | £4,881,866 | £5,679,276 |
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 | 10.5% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 6.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 29.4% | 24.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 13.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.47x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | 149.86x | 89.92x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit 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.”
Significant events
- “The company's output continued to grow and it ended 2024 in a profitable position though the challenges brought about by inflation and rise in labour costs.”
- “The level of business and the order book for the company remains strong at the time of this report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris | Secretary | 2015-07-01 | — | — |
| LI, Jianming | Director | 2015-07-01 | Aug 1956 | Chinese |
| RITCHIE, Thomas Patrick | Director | 2015-07-01 | Dec 1968 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| VELICHANSKY, Andrew Boris | Director | 2010-06-01 | 2026-05-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Ruth Catherine Ritchie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-07-31 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Thomas Patrick Ritchie | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Andrew Boris Velichansky | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-10-23 |
| Mr Jianming Li | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-30 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-05-30 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-06-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-06-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-04-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-11-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2020-02-07 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2020-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-02-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
+5.9%
£12,993,275 £13,761,568
-
Cash
+47.6%
£957,603 £1,413,427
-
Net assets
+1.5%
£3,991,075 £4,049,484
-
Employees
+3%
67 69
-
Operating profit
-10.6%
£1,362,650 £1,218,008
-
Profit before tax
-10.7%
£1,355,447 £1,210,575
-
Wages
+16.3%
£4,881,866 £5,679,276
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