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CONSTANTINE LIMITED

#00948446 · Active · Incorporated 1969-02-21 (57y 8m) · Last filing 2026-09-27 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 52290 · H Transportation & Storage · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 11 months) · Confirmation due 2027-10-04 (in 12 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3m

-25.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£8m

+7.4% vs 2024

Employees

153

-9.5% lowest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£5.3m

-1.4% vs 2024

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £34,221,108£36,792,552£31,460,030 -14.5%
Operating profit £3,845,222£4,205,198£3,719,679 -11.5%
Profit before tax £3,843,716£5,412,470£5,334,254 -1.4%
Net profit £3,060,716£4,259,825£4,297,039 +0.9%
Cash £3,863,900£4,040,428£3,009,423 -25.5%
Total assets less current liabilities £10,614,763£8,678,249£9,254,268 +6.6%
Net assets £9,663,691£7,423,516£7,970,555 +7.4%
Equity £9,663,691£7,423,516£7,970,555 +7.4%
Average employees 163169153 -9.5%
Wages £7,944,872£8,873,152£7,802,967 -12.1%
Directors' remuneration £924,988£1,297,118£862,931 -33.5%
Directors' pension contributions £23,745£24,932£62,657 +151.3%
Highest paid director £474,109£625,573£408,169 -34.8%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 11.2%11.4%11.8%
Net margin 8.9%11.6%13.7%
Return on capital employed 36.2%48.5%40.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 46.9%62.1%56.2%
Current ratio 1.54x1.21x1.36x
Interest cover ——73.55x

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 4 times since incorporation

  1. CONSTANTINE LIMITED 1999-09-01 → present
  2. WINGATE & JOHNSTON LTD 1984-01-19 → 1999-09-01
  3. W. WINGATE & JOHNSTON (FINE ART) LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1984-01-19
  4. EUROCONTAINER LINES LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1980-12-31
  5. EUROCONTAINER LINES LIMITED 1969-02-21 → 1979-12-31

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Moore (South) LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

  1. CONSTANTINE LIMITED · parent
    1. Wingate & Johnston Limited 100% · England and Wales

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 20 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BARBER, Richard Norman Secretary — — British
AKERS-DOUGLAS, Dominic Lovett Director 2010-10-05 Jul 1979 British
ANDREWS, Luke Director 2015-07-01 Jul 1985 British
PECK, Graham Charles Director 2020-02-11 Apr 1986 British
SAUNDERS, John David Director 2021-01-01 Aug 1984 British
TWOMEY, Nicholas Frank Director 2021-06-14 May 1986 British
WILLIAMSON, Paul Desmond Director 2004-05-24 Jul 1965 British
Show 20 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BAKER, Timothy Colin Director 1999-01-21 2000-03-28
BASS, Robert James Director 1999-01-21 2003-08-29
BEAMISH, Shane Patrick Director 2001-09-01 2007-03-31
BOWYER, Simon Director 2006-03-30 2007-06-01
CAREY, Terence Director — 1991-12-31
CARNEY, Patrick Spencer Director 2013-08-30 2015-08-31
CONSTANTINE, David Loudon Director 1995-11-09 1999-01-21
CONSTANTINE, Joseph Director — 1993-03-24
CONSTANTINE, Nigel Loudon Director 1995-01-03 2013-10-01
CONSTANTINE, Robert Loudon Director — 1995-12-31
DUNLEY, John Stuart Director 1996-01-24 2000-01-27
KEEBLE, Simon John Director 1999-08-03 2000-11-08
LASCELLES, Dean Director 1996-09-17 1998-07-22
MAGEE, Edward Director — 1995-01-03
PATEMAN, Roy Director — 1998-11-27
POLLARD, Phillip George Keith Director 2012-06-25 2014-12-31
PRESCOT, Nigel Kenrick Grosvenor Director 2005-06-23 2021-08-31
SIMSON, John Henry Francis Director 1993-03-24 1996-11-01
SUTTON, Timothy James Director 1996-05-13 2024-03-14
TODD, Alan Russell Director — 1994-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Constantine Group Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 168 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2022-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2022-05-06 CC04 Statement of companys objects
  • 2022-05-06 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-09-29 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-09-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-07-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2024-03-27 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-03-13 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2023-09-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-07 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group
2022-09-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-04 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type group
2022-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-05-06 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2022-05-06 CC04 change-of-constitution Statement of companys objects
2022-05-06 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2022-05-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-05-04 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2022-05-04 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2022-04-29 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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