QUAILFALCON LIMITED
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Cash
£359k
-61.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£3.3m
-9.4% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
93
-15.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£152k
-1,451.5% lowest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,765,350 | £12,387,739 | £11,073,467 | £9,662,340 | -12.7% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £114,759 | -£65,569 | -157.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £365,360 | £673,146 | £11,229 | -£151,761 | -1,451.5% | |
| Net profit | £292,138 | £534,629 | £22,857 | -£152,182 | -765.8% | |
| Cash | £2,007,327 | £1,598,169 | £932,121 | £358,646 | -61.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,519,807 | £4,065,699 | £4,975,990 | £4,492,158 | -9.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,493,813 | £4,003,442 | £3,689,524 | £3,342,342 | -9.4% | |
| Equity | £3,493,813 | £4,003,442 | £3,689,524 | £3,342,342 | -9.4% | |
| Average employees | 114 | 118 | 110 | 93 | -15.5% | |
| Wages | £3,826,460 | £3,816,907 | £3,870,149 | £3,558,713 | -8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £235,195 | £201,216 | £237,808 | £255,334 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £1,331 | £1,326 | -0.4% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £144,379 | £143,828 | -0.4% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 1.0% | -0.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 4.3% | 0.2% | -1.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 2.3% | -1.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.1% | 38.2% | 45.0% | 44.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.31x | 2.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 1.02x | -0.71x |
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
- Rowland Hall
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- QUAILFALCON LIMITED · parent
- Aluminium By Design Limited 100%
- Duration (UPVC) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHELTON, Grant Matthew | Secretary | 2016-01-01 | — | — |
| CHELTON, Grant Matthew | Director | 2013-11-04 | Jan 1979 | British |
| CHELTON, Joan Gloria | Director | 2014-11-19 | Apr 1948 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MITCHELL, Dennis John | Secretary | — | 2016-01-01 |
| CHELTON, Brian | Director | — | 2013-09-11 |
| MCKAY, John Charles | Director | 1992-07-08 | 1994-11-18 |
| MITCHELL, Dennis John | Director | — | 2016-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quailfalcon Management Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2026-06-24 | Active |
| The Trustees Of Joan Chelton Discretionary Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2025-09-04 | Ceased 2026-06-24 |
| Mrs Joan Gloria Chelton | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2025-09-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 125 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-09-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-09-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-09-14 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2026-07-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-07-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-05-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-08-31 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-04 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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.