CARTUS LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
+27.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£935k
-55.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
203
-5.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£433k
+28.1% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
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 | £21,451,000 | £18,350,000 | £18,603,000 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£516,000 | -£602,000 | -£433,000 | +28.1% | |
| Profit before tax | -£516,000 | -£602,000 | -£433,000 | +28.1% | |
| Net profit | -£431,000 | -£506,000 | -£334,000 | +34% | |
| Cash | £4,533,000 | £3,930,000 | £5,004,000 | +27.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£242,000 | -£601,000 | -£935,000 | -55.6% | |
| Net assets | -£242,000 | -£601,000 | -£935,000 | -55.6% | |
| Equity | -£242,000 | -£601,000 | -£935,000 | -55.6% | |
| Average employees | 270 | 215 | 203 | -5.6% | |
| Wages | £10,822,000 | £9,235,000 | £8,934,000 | -3.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £491,000 | £812,000 | £1,445,000 | +78% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £32,000 | £30,000 | £31,000 | +3.3% | |
| Highest paid director | £210,000 | £377,000 | £81,000 | -78.5% |
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 | -2.4% | -3.3% | -2.3% | |
| Net margin | -2.0% | -2.8% | -1.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 101.3% | 104.0% | 105.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.92x | 0.91x |
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 9 times since incorporation
- CARTUS LIMITED 2006-05-19 → present
- CENDANT MOBILITY LTD 2002-09-02 → 2006-05-19
- CENDANT RELOCATION (UK) LIMITED 1999-06-22 → 2002-09-02
- CENDANT RELOCATION PLC 1998-02-13 → 1999-06-22
- PHH RELOCATION PLC 1995-12-27 → 1998-02-13
- PHH HOMEQUITY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1988-01-12 → 1995-12-27
- HOMEQUITY LTD 1985-08-07 → 1988-01-12
- HOMEQUITY RELOCATION LIMITED 1982-02-23 → 1985-08-07
- PHH RELOCATION FUNDING LIMITED 1979-12-31 → 1982-02-23
- TRUSHELFCO (NO. 226) LIMITED 1979-06-19 → 1979-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CARTUS LIMITED · parent
- Cartus Financing Limited 100%
- Cartus Business Answers (No. 2) plc 100%
- Cartus UK plc 100%
Significant events
- “On 9 January 2026, Compass completed its previously announced acquisition of Anywhere Real Estate Inc. pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 22, 2025. Anywhere Real Estate Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Compass with Compass becoming the ultimate parent undertaking of the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 30 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDMONDS, Tracy Lorraine | Secretary | 2020-12-01 | — | — |
| EDMONDS, Tracy Lorraine | Director | 2020-10-29 | Oct 1969 | British |
| PASCOE, David Andrew | Director | 2012-12-06 | Apr 1967 | British |
| TRIGG, Paul William | Director | 2023-09-21 | May 1977 | British |
Show 30 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCKENNA, Mairead Maria | Secretary | 1998-01-09 | 1999-06-30 |
| NASTA, Marius Ion | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2006-07-17 |
| ROBSON, Andrew John | Secretary | — | 1998-01-09 |
| SPRING, Jeremy | Secretary | 2006-07-17 | 2013-06-24 |
| TANNER, Elizabeth | Secretary | 1999-06-30 | 2000-11-30 |
| TUCKER, Richard Martin | Secretary | 2013-06-24 | 2020-12-01 |
| ABBLEY, Stephen George | Director | — | 1998-03-11 |
| ABBOTT, Robert George | Director | 2005-01-19 | 2020-12-31 |
| BUCKTHORPE, Kevin Desmond | Director | — | 1995-01-27 |
| DIEDRICH, Joachim Fritz | Director | — | 1993-04-20 |
| FORBES, Scott Edward | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2005-04-13 |
| FRAGAPANE, Stephen A | Director | — | 1995-08-09 |
| GORDON, Norris Bernard | Director | — | 1993-10-20 |
| HARRIS, Alejandra | Director | 2020-10-29 | 2023-09-21 |
| HAUGH, John Gerard Michael | Director | 2000-12-08 | 2004-11-18 |
| HOLMES, Stephen Paul | Director | 1998-06-30 | 2000-10-26 |
| KUNISCH, Robert Diedrich | Director | — | 1994-01-01 |
| MCKENNA, Mairead Maria | Director | 1998-01-09 | 1999-06-30 |
| MEIERHENRY, Roy Albert | Director | — | 1998-07-17 |
| MONACO, Michael | Director | 1998-06-30 | 1999-06-07 |
| NASTA, Marius Ion | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2006-07-17 |
| ONSLOW, Keith Martin | Director | 1998-04-01 | 1999-06-30 |
| ONSLOW, Keith Martin | Director | 1995-01-27 | 1996-07-01 |
| PAYNE, Ian Christopher Balfour | Director | 2005-12-22 | 2020-02-28 |
| ROBSON, Andrew John | Director | — | 1998-01-09 |
| SPARKS, Ian | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2002-07-12 |
| SPRING, Jeremy | Director | 2005-02-15 | 2013-06-24 |
| TANNER, Elizabeth | Director | 1999-06-30 | 2000-11-30 |
| TUCKER, Richard Martin | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2020-12-01 |
| WRIGHT, Samuel H | Director | 1994-01-01 | 1998-07-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartus Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 233 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-07-01 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-04-04 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name 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.