COMMERCIAL ACCEPTANCES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-25 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11M
+44.1% vs 2024
Employees
16
-23.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£13M
-24.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | £25,610,000 | £21,698,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £17,830,000 | £13,392,000 | |
| Net profit | £13,279,000 | £9,960,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Equity | £7,733,000 | £11,143,000 | |
| Average employees | 21 | 16 | |
| Wages | £2,122,000 | £1,677,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £852,000 | £703,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+44.1%
£7,733,000 £11,143,000
-
Employees
-23.8%
21 16
-
Operating profit
-15.3%
£25,610,000 £21,698,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.9%
£17,830,000 £13,392,000
-
Wages
-21%
£2,122,000 £1,677,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 331.2% | 194.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.7% | 96.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.02x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.52x | 1.67x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- COMMERCIAL ACCEPTANCES LIMITED 1983-12-19 → present
- KITTISAN (U.K.) DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED 1983-05-27 → 1983-12-19
- SANTALODGE LIMITED 1983-04-14 → 1983-05-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Group has confirmed its intention that for as long as the Company remains a subsidiary of CBG, it will provide financial support to the Company such that the Company is able to operate as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Robert Paul | Director | 2022-10-24 | May 1982 | British |
| HERTZ, Daniel Ashley | Director | 1999-02-19 | Nov 1965 | British |
| HOOPER, Phillip David | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1969 | British |
| MURKIN, Richard Anthony | Director | 2012-04-16 | Dec 1966 | United Kingdom |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Lawrence Barry | Secretary | 2003-05-15 | 2005-06-01 |
| DENCH, Kevin John | Secretary | 2005-06-01 | 2016-07-31 |
| HIORNS, Trevor John | Secretary | — | 2003-01-01 |
| SANDERSON, Anthony Hurst | Secretary | 2003-01-01 | 2003-05-15 |
| BERRETT, Richard Patrick | Director | 2008-04-23 | 2012-07-25 |
| BROWN, Dennis Hugh | Director | — | 2008-03-12 |
| BROWN, Lawrence Barry | Director | — | 2021-06-30 |
| FREED, Neville Hannan, Dr | Director | — | 2008-03-12 |
| HIORNS, Trevor John | Director | — | 2003-03-31 |
| PENNAL, Francis David | Director | 2008-03-12 | 2023-12-31 |
| POTTER, Nicholas Oliver | Director | 2016-02-01 | 2022-07-31 |
| SLOME, Ansel | Director | — | 2004-07-09 |
| SLOME, Ian | Director | — | 2004-07-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close Brothers Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-14 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 222 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-26 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-08-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change 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.