CHARLES KENDALL FREIGHT LIMITED
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Cash
£3.4m
+30.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£8.5m
+9.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
165
+10.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.7m
+10.1% highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £33,522,249 | £36,313,033 | £37,010,776 | +1.9% | |
| Operating profit | £3,033,493 | £3,372,148 | £3,707,584 | +9.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,023,325 | £3,362,730 | £3,702,860 | +10.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,309,847 | £2,510,768 | £2,767,063 | +10.2% | |
| Cash | £2,966,416 | £2,581,042 | £3,366,666 | +30.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,432,856 | £8,264,753 | £8,975,816 | +8.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,943,183 | £7,753,951 | £8,515,014 | +9.8% | |
| Equity | £6,943,183 | £7,753,951 | £8,515,014 | +9.8% | |
| Average employees | 159 | 149 | 165 | +10.7% | |
| Wages | £6,785,231 | £6,869,980 | £6,863,749 | -0.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,339,954 | £1,542,125 | £1,647,285 | +6.8% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 9.3% | 10.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.9% | 6.9% | 7.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.8% | 40.8% | 41.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.35x | 2.28x | 2.76x |
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
- CHARLES KENDALL FREIGHT LIMITED 1984-12-31 → present
- AUTOMOBILE & GENERAL PACKING COMPANY LIMITED 1954-11-04 → 1984-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “The Company is appealing to the HM Tribunal Service against HMRC assessment of import duties where HMRC is seeking to rely on their own estimates of the valuation of imported goods rather than the value declared on the commercial invoice that accompanied the imported goods.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BISHOP, Martyn Cuthbert | Secretary | 2014-06-30 | — | — |
| BEDFORD, Peter John | Director | 2014-05-19 | Nov 1965 | British |
| CHEUNG, Keno | Director | 2015-01-01 | Jun 1981 | Hong Konger |
| COLLINS, Peter James | Director | 2021-01-01 | Feb 1977 | British |
| EVANS, David | Director | 2023-04-01 | Sep 1975 | British |
| FREW, Murray | Director | 2011-01-04 | Jun 1975 | British |
| KENDALL, Mark Melville | Director | 2006-01-10 | Jan 1972 | British |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAFTER, Peter Kenneth | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 1999-02-12 |
| MITCHELL, Gordon Philip | Secretary | 1999-02-12 | 2014-06-30 |
| MONKHOUSE, John Frederick Macgregor | Secretary | — | 1996-01-01 |
| CECIL, Gerald Frederick | Director | 1997-02-12 | 2006-10-06 |
| CRAFTER, Peter Kenneth | Director | 1998-01-01 | 1999-02-12 |
| DE LORD, Anthony Dominic Pereira | Director | — | 1997-06-19 |
| HARRIS, Simon Mark | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2019-02-08 |
| JENKINS, Ian Gordon | Director | 1999-09-10 | 2023-03-03 |
| KENDALL, John Melville | Director | — | 2016-07-11 |
| MITCHELL, Gordon Philip | Director | 2003-02-21 | 2014-06-30 |
| MONKHOUSE, John Frederick Macgregor | Director | — | 2005-11-23 |
| PARKER, John Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-06-06 |
| PATTERSON, Roy Anthony | Director | — | 1998-10-05 |
| POOK, David | Director | 1999-01-01 | 2007-08-03 |
| SUNDERLAND, Peter | Director | 1999-04-12 | 2019-06-28 |
| WILLIS, Christopher John Richard | Director | 1996-01-02 | 1997-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kendall Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 155 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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.