CARLAC LIMITED
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Cash
£66K
+20.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.6M
-11.1% vs 2024
Employees
89
+4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£198K
-64.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,242,232 | £14,240,230 | £15,038,918 | £15,469,165 | £15,047,333 | -2.7% | |
| Operating profit | £794,879 | £921,840 | £944,528 | £756,426 | £392,952 | -48.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £749,362 | £850,134 | £814,327 | £557,981 | £197,764 | -64.6% | |
| Net profit | £589,473 | £675,916 | £605,732 | £381,443 | £145,406 | -61.9% | |
| Cash | £242,217 | £55,275 | £42,244 | £55,260 | £66,357 | +20.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,941,804 | £4,054,186 | £4,575,412 | £4,543,842 | £3,787,480 | -16.6% | |
| Net assets | £3,395,587 | £3,683,275 | £3,971,748 | £4,045,736 | £3,596,142 | -11.1% | |
| Equity | £3,395,587 | £3,683,275 | £3,971,748 | £4,045,736 | £3,596,142 | -11.1% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 91 | 91 | 85 | 89 | +4.7% | |
| Wages | £1,938,831 | £2,164,816 | £2,277,276 | £2,322,250 | £2,499,959 | +7.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £123,257 | £132,758 | £139,673 | £143,047 | £132,433 | -7.4% |
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 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.5% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 4.9% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 2.5% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.2% | 22.7% | 20.6% | 16.6% | 10.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 56.2% | 59.2% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.84x | 1.68x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | 17.46x | 12.86x | 7.25x | 3.81x | 2.01x |
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
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the factors above, the directors have concluded that it is reasonable to continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements and that no material uncertainty exists.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, Mark Robert | Secretary | 2013-07-04 | — | — |
| FIRTH, Neil | Director | — | Jan 1961 | British |
| LONG, Mark Robert | Director | 2016-08-01 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD, Jacqueline | Secretary | — | 1996-09-05 |
| WOOD, David John | Secretary | 1996-09-05 | 2013-07-04 |
| CHURCH, Giles | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2009-09-30 |
| CHURCH, Joan | Director | — | 2004-07-13 |
| FIRTH, Melanie | Director | — | 2025-03-20 |
| RENNARD, Paul | Director | — | 1993-12-24 |
| ROBSON, Michael | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2002-02-08 |
| WOOD, David John | Director | 1996-07-05 | 2013-08-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ms Melanie Firth | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-02-01 |
| Mr Neil Firth | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 142 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-03 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.