TEMPLE KNIGHT PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-12 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-28
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£160K
-32.5% lowest in 10 filed years
Net assets
£122K
-31.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
12
-20% lowest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£56K
+61.4% vs 2024
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-04-30 | 2020-05-01 | 2021-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,546,405 | — | £1,345,855 | — | £2,563,440 | — | £2,304,578 | — | £2,465,493 | £1,863,853 | |
| Operating profit | £39,506 | — | -£20,499 | — | £182,275 | — | £30,260 | — | -£139,400 | -£53,711 | |
| Profit before tax | £36,416 | — | -£24,147 | — | £178,043 | — | £27,662 | — | -£146,140 | -£56,381 | |
| Net profit | £28,041 | — | -£17,445 | — | £139,218 | — | £24,737 | — | -£126,235 | -£56,381 | |
| Cash | £160,496 | £160,496 | £482,200 | £482,200 | £580,367 | £580,367 | £293,255 | £293,255 | £236,478 | £159,603 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £245,719 | — | £365,844 | — | £511,221 | — | £473,908 | — | £336,166 | £269,866 | |
| Net assets | £164,647 | — | £145,201 | — | £282,419 | — | £305,156 | — | £177,921 | £121,540 | |
| Equity | £164,647 | £164,646 | £145,201 | £145,201 | £282,419 | £282,419 | £305,156 | £305,156 | £177,921 | £121,540 | |
| Average employees | 15 | — | 15 | — | 15 | — | 18 | — | 15 | 12 | |
| Wages | £449,169 | — | £488,762 | — | £557,046 | — | £603,055 | — | £576,021 | £415,342 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £78,375 | — | £129,622 | — | £157,890 | — | £159,316 | — | £133,103 | £91,945 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-24.4%
£2,465,493 £1,863,853
-
Cash
-32.5%
£236,478 £159,603
lowest in 10 filed years
-
Net assets
-31.7%
£177,921 £121,540
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Employees
-20%
15 12
lowest in 6 filed years
-
Operating profit
+61.5%
-£139,400 -£53,711
-
Profit before tax
+61.4%
-£146,140 -£56,381
-
Wages
-27.9%
£576,021 £415,342
lowest in 6 filed years
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 | 2020-04-30 | 2020-05-01 | 2021-04-30 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-30 | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2023-05-01 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.6% | — | -1.5% | — | 7.1% | — | 1.3% | — | -5.7% | -2.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.8% | — | -1.3% | — | 5.4% | — | 1.1% | — | -5.1% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.1% | — | -5.6% | — | 35.7% | — | 6.4% | — | -41.5% | -19.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.49x | 1.43x | |
| Interest cover | 12.10x | — | -4.89x | — | 36.60x | — | 5.30x | — | -15.36x | -12.04x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- TEMPLE KNIGHT PLC 1990-12-03 → present
- TEMPLE KNIGHT ASSOCIATES LIMITED 1986-08-14 → 1990-12-03
- MAPBACK LIMITED 1985-12-23 → 1986-08-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- CWM
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Richard George | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | — | — |
| CHAPMAN, Richard George | Director | — | Aug 1945 | British |
| CHAPMAN, Simon Richard | Director | 2005-12-01 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Richard George | Secretary | 2000-02-29 | 2017-01-01 |
| CLARKE, Wendy Lynn | Secretary | 2017-01-01 | 2020-10-12 |
| LEVINE, Steven Richard | Secretary | 1995-05-01 | 2000-02-29 |
| MILLS, Susan Jane | Secretary | — | 1995-05-01 |
| PAYNE, Adam Christopher George | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-07-07 |
| ROGERS, Paul Stephen Leslie | Director | — | 2011-11-01 |
| WHEELER, Ian Richard | Director | 1995-06-30 | 2005-07-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard George Chapman | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-16 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.