CITY PRESS SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
+3.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.8m
+18% vs 2024
Employees
110
-0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.2m
-21.3% lowest in 4 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £12,544,051 | £13,405,008 | £14,687,234 | £14,406,478 | -1.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £3,818,391 | £4,083,241 | £3,216,224 | -21.2% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £3,686,937 | £3,818,391 | £4,115,931 | £3,240,249 | -21.3% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £2,845,064 | £2,935,098 | £3,107,588 | £2,462,605 | -20.8% | |
| Cash | £3,540,595 | £2,850,526 | £3,146,228 | £3,552,089 | £3,432,663 | £3,542,816 | +3.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,773,889 | £441,660 | £1,506,040 | £1,487,305 | £1,548,350 | £1,795,193 | +15.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,773,889 | £346,492 | £1,473,782 | £1,441,686 | £1,484,721 | £1,751,824 | +18% | |
| Equity | — | £346,492 | £1,473,782 | £1,441,686 | £1,484,721 | £1,751,824 | +18% | |
| Average employees | 85 | 89 | 111 | 110 | 111 | 110 | -0.9% | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,873,278 | £5,332,376 | £5,609,994 | £5,802,478 | +3.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £387,500 | £415,994 | £569,989 | £507,422 | -11% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £30,000 | £30,000 | £30,000 | 0% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 28.5% | 27.8% | 22.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 22.7% | 21.9% | 21.2% | 17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 256.7% | 263.7% | 179.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.8% | 93.2% | 77.2% | 80.2% | 78.7% | 73.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.20x | 1.22x | 1.32x |
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
- SCCA Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have assessed the appropriateness of the going concern concept in relation to the above matters and in general to the company's financial statements and consider that the accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Reserve distribution to Employee Ownership Trust of £1,991,385 (2025) and £1,864,553 (2024)”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TATTERSALL, Donna Louise | Secretary | 2000-03-28 | — | British |
| CURRIE, Martin | Director | 2006-05-01 | Nov 1975 | British |
| PENDRY, Dominic Royden Gerrard | Director | 2024-01-01 | Oct 1979 | British |
| TATTERSALL, Charles Daniel | Director | 1997-04-18 | May 1974 | British |
| TATTERSALL, Donna Louise | Director | 2006-05-01 | May 1973 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMICK, David Alan | Secretary | 1997-04-18 | 2000-03-28 |
| TATTERSALL, Julia | Secretary | — | 1997-04-18 |
| TATTERSALL, David, Councillor | Director | — | 1997-04-18 |
| TATTERSALL, Julia | Director | — | 1997-04-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citypress Employee Trustee Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-29 | Active |
| Mrs Donna Louise Tattersall | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-10-01 | Ceased 2021-01-29 |
| Mr Martin Currie | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-10-01 | Ceased 2021-01-29 |
| Mr Charles Daniel Tattersall | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2017-05-29 | Ceased 2021-01-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-03-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-03-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-10-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-08-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-02-04 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-12-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.