CAREER LEGAL LIMITED
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Cash
£1.2M
+32.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£2.1M
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
145
-10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£528K
+0.8% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £12,753,328 | £12,212,543 | -4.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | £522,849 | £508,827 | -2.7% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £524,174 | £528,348 | +0.8% | |
| Net profit | — | £377,215 | £381,013 | +1% | |
| Cash | £128,143 | £905,836 | £1,198,678 | +32.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £2,037,403 | £2,098,416 | +3% | |
| Net assets | -£91,635 | £2,037,403 | £2,098,416 | +3% | |
| Equity | -£91,635 | £2,037,403 | £2,098,416 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 77 | 162 | 145 | -10.5% | |
| Wages | — | £2,118,702 | £2,171,146 | +2.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £731,023 | £789,842 | +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 | 2021-03-31 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.1% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.0% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 25.7% | 24.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 38.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.57x | 2.55x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CAREER LEGAL LIMITED 1990-04-04 → present
- TERMPLUS LIMITED 1990-03-05 → 1990-04-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Praxis
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CAREER LEGAL LIMITED · parent
- Career Legal Inc 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES, Hayley Zena | Director | 2022-09-08 | May 1990 | British |
| CHURCH, Michelle Clare | Director | 2021-07-12 | Dec 1979 | British |
| CUMBERWORTH, Daniel James | Director | 2025-11-18 | May 1985 | British |
| GRIMA, Gemma Madeline | Director | 2017-05-19 | Mar 1981 | British |
| MELVILLE, Zowie | Director | 2019-04-16 | Aug 1976 | British |
| NEILSON, Joseph William Martin | Director | 1998-03-26 | Oct 1961 | British |
| SIMPSON, Denis John William | Director | 1998-03-26 | Jul 1965 | British |
| SWABY, Michael Gerald | Director | — | Jan 1960 | British |
| WEBSTER, Anthony | Director | 2018-11-28 | Aug 1985 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BORG, Alex | Secretary | 1998-07-10 | 2008-03-06 |
| COWELL, David | Secretary | — | 1992-04-12 |
| SIMMONDS, Stephen William | Secretary | 2014-11-21 | 2015-10-31 |
| STAFFORD, Jeffrey Charles | Secretary | 2008-03-06 | 2014-11-21 |
| SWABY, Karen | Secretary | 1995-04-01 | 1998-07-10 |
| SWABY, Michael | Secretary | 1993-10-20 | 1998-07-10 |
| BAGAN, Scarlette Georgina | Director | 2018-04-24 | 2019-10-31 |
| BORG, Alex | Director | 1998-07-10 | 2008-03-06 |
| BURBANK, Emily | Director | 2013-04-23 | 2017-03-31 |
| CHIVERS, Martin Simon | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2017-02-02 |
| CLANCY, Catriona Marie | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-04-28 |
| COWELL, David | Director | — | 1992-04-12 |
| KELLY, Mary Judith | Director | 2018-11-28 | 2019-02-25 |
| MCCAFFREY, Zosia | Director | 2017-07-24 | 2020-02-28 |
| SNELL, Martin | Director | 2012-01-31 | 2020-02-28 |
| SNELL, Martin | Director | 2010-04-22 | 2011-12-23 |
| STAFFORD, Jeffrey Charles | Director | 2008-03-06 | 2014-11-15 |
| STAFFORD, Samantha Kate | Director | 2016-10-24 | 2019-10-31 |
| WALTON, Richard | Director | 2015-02-04 | 2019-10-31 |
| WOOTTON, Ethan | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-03-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Gerald Swaby | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2017-03-05 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-09-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-05-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.