CHIPPINDALE PLANT LIMITED
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Cash
£452k
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
Equity attributable
Employees
112
lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£116k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £22,490,630 | £16,089,760 | £20,954,160 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,096,226 | £1,580,617 | £800,015 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,958,647 | £1,340,239 | -£116,034 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,456,177 | £1,012,478 | -£110,467 | — | |
| Cash | £1,421,551 | £1,475,953 | £451,936 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £24,409,972 | £26,423,494 | £25,034,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £17,160,889 | £18,173,387 | £18,062,900 | — | |
| Equity | £17,160,889 | £18,173,387 | £18,062,900 | — | |
| Average employees | 116 | 118 | 112 | — | |
| Wages | £4,211,165 | £2,830,100 | £4,266,243 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £409,232 | £127,175 | £152,641 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £123,683 | £3,720 | £4,536 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £74,801 | £75,309 | £119,633 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 8 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 9.8% | 3.8% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.3% | -0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.6% | 6.0% | 3.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 46.4% | 43.6% | 41.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 1.04x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | 9.78x | 5.62x | 2.28x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHIPPINDALE PLANT LIMITED 1984-03-09 → present
- CHIPPINDALE(ENGINEERS)LIMITED 1949-04-26 → 1984-03-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors note the loss for the year with net current liabilities and overall net asset position.”
Significant events
- “During the year, the Chippindale Plant Limited business undertook a restructuring exercise. The exceptional costs amounted to £603,239 and relate to the costs incurred in the closure of two depots.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHAW, Siobhan | Secretary | 2022-06-01 | — | — |
| BLAKE, Paul | Director | 2024-01-02 | Sep 1967 | British |
| HINDLEY, Simon Robert | Director | 2025-01-27 | Mar 1972 | British |
| MAHON, Ciaran | Director | 2022-06-01 | Mar 1967 | Irish |
| PITT, Gavin John | Director | 2022-06-01 | Mar 1968 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIPPINDALE, Peter Gordon | Secretary | 1995-07-01 | 2022-06-01 |
| SAWYER, John Edward | Secretary | — | 1995-07-01 |
| AHLUWALIA, Navneet | Director | 2022-06-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| ATACK, Antony Charles | Director | 2006-06-12 | 2025-05-30 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Brian Maurice | Director | — | 1998-05-18 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Nigel Paul | Director | — | 2024-04-30 |
| CHIPPINDALE, Peter Gordon | Director | 1992-08-20 | 2024-04-30 |
| ROBINSON, Trevor | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2018-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aer Rents Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Nigel Paul Chippindale | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
| Mr Peter Gordon Chippindale | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-08-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-02 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.