QUEEN ETHELBURGA'S SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£806K
+63.5% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£7.9M
+45.5% vs 2024
Employees
9
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3.4M
+231.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,808,394 | £24,574,526 | £23,867,745 | -2.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,756,362 | £2,030,283 | £2,461,917 | +21.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,968,841 | -£2,553,184 | £3,360,988 | +231.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,520,592 | -£3,345,812 | £2,486,001 | +174.3% | |
| Cash | £278,838 | £492,778 | £805,514 | +63.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £5,460,382 | £7,946,383 | +45.5% | |
| Net assets | £24,997,415 | £5,460,382 | £7,946,383 | +45.5% | |
| Equity | £24,997,415 | £5,460,382 | £7,946,383 | +45.5% | |
| Average employees | 8 | 9 | 9 | 0% | |
| Wages | £242,038 | £271,505 | £273,130 | +0.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £24,498 | £30,228 | £31,973 | +5.8% |
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 | 2021-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 13.7% | 8.3% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | -13.6% | 10.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 37.2% | 31.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 88.6% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.59x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | 8.56x | 5.62x | 9.72x |
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
- QUEEN ETHELBURGA'S SERVICES LIMITED 2021-10-26 → present
- THORPE UNDERWOOD SERVICES LIMITED 1998-04-17 → 2021-10-26
- VINEWOOD LIMITED 1986-05-22 → 1998-04-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Watson Buckle Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After consideration of the factors noted above, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company's turnover has decreased 4% from the previous year.”
- “The profit on ordinary activities before taxation was £3,360,988 (2024 - (£2,553,184)). The reason for the prior year loss was due to the provision against debts due from fellow group undertakings of £6,680,945.”
- “The balance sheet shows net current liabilities of £14,739,929 (2024 - £17,580,563).”
- “The exceptional item relates to a provision against amounts due from group undertakings and a write off of a debtor no longer recoverable.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, Christopher James | Secretary | 2014-01-31 | — | — |
| HALL, Christopher James | Director | 2014-01-31 | Apr 1969 | British |
| MARTIN, Amy Katherine | Director | 2008-10-15 | Dec 1983 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan | Secretary | 1992-03-10 | 2014-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Elizabeth | Secretary | — | 1992-03-09 |
| GRIFFIN, Christopher Alan | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| MARTIN, Brian Richard | Director | 1998-08-25 | 2015-11-02 |
| MARTIN, Brian Richard | Director | — | 1998-04-21 |
| MARTIN, Elizabeth | Director | — | 2015-11-02 |
| MARTIN, Francis David | Director | 1992-11-01 | 2019-10-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Collegiate Formation Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 117 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-26 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2021-10-26 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2021-10-26 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2024-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-26 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-10-26 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2021-10-26 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2021-06-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.