MAGNAVALE CHESTERFIELD LTD
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Cash
£694k
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£5.4m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.2m
Period ending 2025-12-28
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,026,211 | £17,531,620 | £17,766,693 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,696,335 | £4,095,723 | £3,351,606 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,450,846 | £3,066,084 | £2,221,597 | — | |
| Net profit | -£136,248 | £968,886 | £2,428,975 | — | |
| Cash | £59,446 | £732,479 | £693,741 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £30,065,391 | £56,943,647 | £67,830,279 | — | |
| Net assets | £2,528,695 | £2,968,495 | £5,397,470 | — | |
| Equity | £2,528,695 | £2,968,495 | £5,397,470 | — | |
| Average employees | 135 | 149 | 142 | — | |
| Wages | £3,998,663 | £4,648,819 | £4,449,005 | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-29 | 2024-12-29 | 2025-12-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 16.8% | 23.4% | 18.9% | |
| Net margin | -0.9% | 5.5% | 13.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 9.0% | 7.2% | 4.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.5% | 95.4% | 92.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.19x | 1.42x | 2.84x | |
| Interest cover | 10.98x | 3.98x | 2.48x |
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
- MAGNAVALE CHESTERFIELD LTD 2021-02-10 → present
- RICK BESTWICK LIMITED 1989-05-25 → 2021-02-10
- SIGNMEL LIMITED 1989-04-17 → 1989-05-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Blick Rothenberg Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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.”
Significant events
- “The newly built extension began to become operational during 2025 and this investment will allow scalable organic growth through expansion of service offerings to our customer base.”
- “In June 2025, new Group financing was obtained to fund further growth and expansion plans at a more competitive interest rate than the prior financing arrangement.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POTOCKI, Theresa | Secretary | 2019-08-21 | — | — |
| COGAN, Amanda Jane | Director | 2020-08-01 | Apr 1968 | British |
| LAWRENCE, Andrew Campbell | Director | 2016-12-31 | May 1989 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESTWICK, Pamela | Secretary | — | 2013-11-19 |
| BESTWICK, Pamela | Director | — | 2013-11-19 |
| BESTWICK, Patrick James | Director | — | 2013-11-19 |
| CHARTERS, Peter Jameson | Director | 2014-02-20 | 2015-09-17 |
| CROW, Steven | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2014-09-30 |
| HANCOCK, Kevin | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2016-12-31 |
| HANCOCK, Stuart | Director | 2015-09-17 | 2019-08-21 |
| HARDMAN, Paul | Director | 2013-11-19 | 2014-02-20 |
| LAWRENCE, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2019-08-21 | 2022-06-30 |
| TAYLOR, Colin | Director | 2017-09-12 | 2019-08-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnavale Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-06-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-07-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-04-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-04-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.