CHANDLER & DUNN LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£12m
highest in 6 filed years
Employees
65
Average over period
Profit before tax
£835k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-10-11 | 2021-10-11 | 2022-10-11 | 2023-10-11 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £5,546,003 | £5,743,448 | £5,982,957 | £8,626,139 | £7,557,319 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £519,654 | £2,314,386 | -£324,504 | £379,774 | £881,750 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,030,286 | £2,441,847 | -£84,931 | £1,718,817 | £834,939 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £628,973 | £2,390,253 | -£49,112 | £1,281,706 | £531,269 | — | |
| Cash | £1,095,374 | £1,278,863 | £3,467,707 | £474,830 | £576,572 | £1,162,745 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,914,555 | £8,810,630 | £11,165,337 | £12,055,186 | £13,643,964 | £14,545,372 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,097,170 | £7,721,143 | £10,106,396 | £10,052,284 | £11,328,990 | £12,210,259 | — | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £10,052,284 | £11,328,990 | £12,210,259 | — | |
| Average employees | 32 | 61 | 68 | 61 | 60 | 65 | — | |
| Wages | — | £1,474,964 | £1,901,726 | £1,617,550 | £2,050,079 | £1,740,337 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £158,470 | £320,754 | £240,665 | £251,477 | £192,197 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £3,368 | £85,123 | £4,190 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | £49,010 | £52,602 | £NaN | — |
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 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-10-11 | 2021-10-11 | 2022-10-11 | 2023-10-11 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.4% | 40.3% | -5.4% | 4.4% | 11.7% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.3% | 41.6% | -0.8% | 14.9% | 7.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 5.9% | 20.7% | -2.7% | 2.8% | 6.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | -16.2% | -18.1% | -15.4% | 21.1% | 19.1% | 20.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.53x | 7.90x | 5.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | 42.59x | — | -14.61x | 4.04x | 16.36x |
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
- Kreston Reeves Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The 2025 apple harvest was the largest in the company's history in terms of tonnes picked. Industry-wide reports suggest that most UK growers also achieved high yields, resulting in strong overall domestic apple production.”
- “Due to the reasons set out below, we were unable to physically verify the stock of crops as at the year end. The stock recognised in the balance sheet that relates to fruit crops totals £1,619,498.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUNN, Alice | Secretary | 2024-06-20 | — | — |
| CHANDLER, Clive Philip Stewart | Director | 1992-07-02 | Jun 1956 | British |
| CHANDLER, Ian Stewart | Director | — | Dec 1949 | British |
| CHANDLER, Mark | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jun 1987 | English |
| CHANDLER, Peter David | Director | 1992-07-02 | May 1957 | British |
| CHANDLER, Richard | Director | 2021-10-01 | Mar 1969 | English |
| DUNN, Alice | Director | 2021-10-01 | May 1984 | English |
| DUNN, Andrew | Director | 2021-10-01 | Mar 1982 | English |
| DUNN, Charles Stewart | Director | 2021-10-01 | Oct 1980 | English |
| DUNN, Paul Stewart | Director | — | May 1952 | British |
| DUNN, Stewart | Director | 2021-10-01 | Jul 1984 | English |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANDLER, Peter David | Secretary | 1994-09-16 | 2024-06-20 |
| CHANDLER, Philip Gordon | Secretary | — | 1994-09-16 |
| CHANDLER, David William Oliver | Director | — | 2011-02-16 |
| CHANDLER, Philip Gordon | Director | — | 2007-07-05 |
| CHANDLER, Robert Stewart | Director | — | 2003-07-07 |
| DUNN, John Stewart | Director | — | 1994-05-06 |
| DUNN, Roger Stewart | Director | 1992-07-02 | 2025-10-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 123 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-07-16 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.