CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.6k
-91.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
-85.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
237
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.4m
-41.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £32,360,653 | £35,843,866 | £21,220,628 | -40.8% | |
| Operating profit | £491,031 | £2,912,744 | £1,902,120 | -34.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £58,375 | £2,355,500 | £1,381,468 | -41.4% | |
| Net profit | £55,168 | £2,352,870 | £1,379,312 | -41.4% | |
| Cash | £398,736 | £64,957 | £5,616 | -91.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £76,121,606 | £78,474,476 | £11,379,315 | -85.5% | |
| Net assets | £76,121,606 | £78,474,476 | £11,379,315 | -85.5% | |
| Equity | £76,121,606 | £78,474,476 | £11,379,315 | -85.5% | |
| Average employees | 235 | 243 | 237 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £26,713,526 | £30,782,750 | £28,037,374 | -8.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.5% | 8.1% | 9.0% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 6.6% | 6.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.6% | 3.7% | 16.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 81.3% | 97.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.23x | 1.03x | |
| Interest cover | 0.85x | 4.55x | 3.14x |
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
- CANARY WHARF CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1993-11-01 → present
- OLYMPIA & YORK CONTRACTORS LIMITED 1989-07-18 → 1993-11-01
- BRACKENDOWN LIMITED 1989-02-24 → 1989-07-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made the requisite enquiries and assessed the resources at the disposal of the company, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company will have adequate resources to continue its operations for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “One Charter Street (50.0% joint venture with Edyn) achieved practical completion in April 2026 with operations expected to commence in May 2026.”
- “Seven Southbank Place (50.0% joint venture with Qatari Diar) achieved practical completion in March 2026.”
- “The construction of the Troubadour Canary Wharf Theatre at 4 Charter Street completed in the year, with the venue officially opened in October 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Susan Diane | Secretary | 2024-11-01 | — | — |
| TURNER, Jeremy Justin | Secretary | 2021-12-06 | — | — |
| BENHAM, Ian John | Director | 2023-06-16 | Dec 1978 | British |
| HOLLINSHEAD, Jane | Director | 2021-08-25 | Apr 1968 | British |
| KHAN, Shoaib Z | Director | 2019-12-13 | Sep 1965 | American |
| TURNER, Jeremy Justin | Director | 2025-12-31 | Sep 1968 | British |
| WORTHINGTON, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2021-05-06 | Oct 1971 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARWOOD, John Raymond | Secretary | 1999-01-18 | 2020-07-17 |
| HICKS, Roland Douglas | Secretary | — | 1992-06-02 |
| HILLSDON, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2020-07-17 | 2023-10-11 |
| HOLLAND, Anna Marie | Secretary | 2004-07-27 | 2010-06-30 |
| HOSKING, Cherry Lyn | Secretary | 1996-11-08 | 1998-04-28 |
| POTTER, Martin | Secretary | — | 1994-03-07 |
| PRECIOUS, Martin David | Secretary | — | 1999-02-09 |
| WILSON, Adrian John | Secretary | 1992-06-02 | 1992-11-02 |
| ANDERSON II, A Peter | Director | 1995-12-22 | 2019-12-31 |
| DAFFERN, Andrew Stewart James | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2023-09-08 |
| DENNIS, Michael Mark | Director | — | 1992-11-02 |
| GARNER, Patrick Francis | Director | 1993-11-01 | — |
| GARNER, Patrick Francis | Director | — | 1995-12-22 |
| GAWLER, David | Director | 1996-08-16 | 1996-12-19 |
| IACOBESCU, George, Sir | Director | 1996-02-06 | 2021-07-01 |
| IACOBESCU, George, Sir | Director | 1993-12-09 | 1995-12-22 |
| JOHN, Robert Llewellyn | Director | — | 1992-11-02 |
| KINGSTON, Katy Jo | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2025-12-31 |
| LEVENE, Peter Keith, Lord | Director | 1993-11-01 | 1995-12-22 |
| LYONS, Russell James John | Director | 2002-04-09 | 2021-05-21 |
| ROTHMAN, Gerald | Director | 1996-02-06 | 2002-04-08 |
| ROTHMAN, Gerald | Director | — | 1994-06-02 |
| SPEIRS, Robert | Director | — | 1993-06-30 |
| YOUNG, Charles Bellamy | Director | 1996-04-01 | 1998-01-27 |
| YOUNG, Charles Bellany | Director | — | 1992-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canary Wharf Central Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-02-28 | Active |
| Canary Wharf Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 295 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-03-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.