CHARLES F.STEAD & COMPANY,LIMITED
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Cash
£3.2m
-9% vs 2024
Net assets
£10m
+2.1% vs 2024
Employees
66
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£297k
+294.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,593,435 | £9,858,237 | +14.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£292,501 | £209,645 | +171.7% | |
| Profit before tax | -£152,202 | £296,683 | +294.9% | |
| Net profit | -£370,401 | £326,768 | +188.2% | |
| Cash | £3,528,074 | £3,210,633 | -9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £10,385,922 | £10,565,455 | +1.7% | |
| Net assets | £9,945,907 | £10,155,525 | +2.1% | |
| Equity | £9,945,907 | £10,155,525 | +2.1% | |
| Average employees | 66 | 66 | 0% | |
| Wages | £2,182,851 | £2,299,924 | +5.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £530,837 | £574,795 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £43,925 | £45,522 | +3.6% | |
| Highest paid director | £141,843 | £150,140 | +5.8% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.4% | 2.1% | |
| Net margin | -4.3% | 3.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.8% | 2.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 16.6% | 13.8% | |
| Current ratio | 5.93x | 7.38x |
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
- Kirk Newsholme
- 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.”
Group structure
- CHARLES F.STEAD & COMPANY,LIMITED · parent
- Charles F.Stead & Co(Strensall) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The company has received enquiries from HMRC regarding a potential s223 liability arising from the settlement of an Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) arrangement which was entered into by the company in 2010. The contingent liability could be in the region of £370,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, John | Secretary | 2003-03-31 | — | British |
| BAILEY, Andrew William | Director | 2016-05-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| BAILEY, David William | Director | — | Feb 1947 | British |
| CRACK, Kenneth Douglas | Director | 2004-02-01 | Jul 1973 | British |
| CRACK, Michael Douglas | Director | 2016-05-01 | May 1981 | British |
| CRACK, Peter John | Director | — | Aug 1945 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRACK, Peter John | Secretary | 2002-11-01 | 2003-03-31 |
| DUNN, Jonathan Owen | Secretary | 2000-10-09 | 2002-10-31 |
| FOX, Clive Jan, Councillor | Secretary | — | 2000-10-09 |
| BLAKEY, Raymond | Director | — | 2003-12-15 |
| CRACK, Douglas Ernest | Director | — | 2023-03-16 |
| CRACK, Ernest Henry | Director | — | 1999-06-14 |
| HODGSON, Colin Anthony | Director | 2002-03-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| STEAD, Anne Patricia | Director | — | 2003-04-22 |
| STEAD, Vera Kay | Director | — | 1998-02-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Douglas Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2023-03-15 | Active |
| Mr Douglas Ernest Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-03-16 |
| Mr David William Bailey | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Charles F. Stead (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Peter John Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Kenneth Douglas Crack | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2026-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-19 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-01 | 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.