THE CDA GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£128K
-54.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£2.3M
+20.8% vs 2024
Employees
126
-24.6% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£769K
+131.6% first positive since 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £49,346,033 | £47,354,008 | £43,469,313 | £41,200,489 | £40,373,840 | -2% | |
| Operating profit | £910,876 | — | £227,684 | -£1,745,750 | £1,339,820 | +176.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,038,201 | -£573,931 | -£252,767 | -£2,432,810 | £769,124 | +131.6% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£204,767 | -£1,970,599 | £576,843 | +129.3% | |
| Cash | £6,039,354 | £422,222 | £1,314,738 | £281,454 | £128,424 | -54.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,966,326 | £4,285,687 | £773,076 | -£1,797,034 | -£1,323,897 | +26.3% | |
| Net assets | — | — | -£941,149 | -£2,892,378 | -£2,289,622 | +20.8% | |
| Equity | £1,571,478 | £1,508,531 | -£941,149 | -£2,892,378 | -£2,289,622 | +20.8% | |
| Average employees | 221 | 214 | 188 | 167 | 126 | -24.6% | |
| Wages | £7,123,700 | £6,914,175 | £7,215,928 | £6,963,699 | £5,331,119 | -23.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £394,877 | £288,762 | £465,720 | £337,605 | £414,435 | +22.8% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | — | 0.5% | -4.2% | 3.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -0.5% | -4.8% | 1.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.3% | — | 29.5% | — | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.96x | 0.86x | 0.89x | |
| Interest cover | 6.30x | — | 0.47x | -2.54x | 2.35x |
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
- THE CDA GROUP LIMITED 2000-12-06 → present
- C.D.A. DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 1991-06-12 → 2000-12-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Page Kirk 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.”
Group structure
- THE CDA GROUP LIMITED · parent
- CDA Distribution Limited 100%
- C.D.A Retail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2025 saw CDA accredited by Good Housekeeping magazine as the UK's most sustainable MDA brand.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Paula | Secretary | 2021-07-01 | — | — |
| BROWN, Paula | Director | 2020-03-01 | Oct 1978 | British |
| RAKOWSKI, Michal Aleksander | Director | 2023-03-10 | Feb 1978 | Polish |
| STOBINSKI, Robert | Director | 2024-02-01 | Aug 1969 | Polish |
| WARD, Christian Robert Philip | Director | 2024-10-28 | Aug 1972 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIBBS, Mark Peter | Secretary | 2003-05-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| GIBBS, Samantha Jill | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2003-05-06 |
| KERSHAW, Ian Nigel Ratcliffe | Secretary | 1991-06-12 | 2001-05-01 |
| COLLISHAW, David Anthony | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| DUDEK, Tomasz | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2016-06-01 |
| DUNN, William Crooke | Director | 2001-12-01 | 2004-09-01 |
| EMMONS, Simon Douglas Roland James | Director | 2013-02-20 | 2019-08-30 |
| GIBBS, Mark Peter | Director | 2003-05-06 | 2021-06-30 |
| GIBBS, Samantha Jill | Director | 2000-06-12 | 2016-09-01 |
| GUEST, James Roger | Director | 1991-06-12 | 1992-07-24 |
| HAGNO, Wieslaw Tomasz | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2022-04-28 |
| HOPWOOD, John Stephen | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2006-01-13 |
| JANKOWSKA-BRZOSKA, Alina Maria | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2023-03-10 |
| JASKÓLA, Radoslaw | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2021-10-29 |
| KERSHAW, Ian Nigel Ratcliffe | Director | 1992-07-24 | 2023-12-01 |
| KERSHAW, Paula Marie | Director | 1992-07-24 | 2004-07-01 |
| KOCHALSKA, Monika Malgorzata | Director | 2016-11-22 | 2017-05-31 |
| OGRODOWCZYK, Andrzej | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2020-09-15 |
| SAS, Andrzej Marcin | Director | 2017-11-28 | 2021-12-31 |
| SAS, Andrzej Marcin | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2016-06-01 |
| SKUBEL, Piotr | Director | 2015-11-30 | 2019-05-22 |
| STROZYK, Hubert Michal | Director | 2017-08-03 | 2017-11-28 |
| WORSLEY, Dominic Edgar Rohan | Director | 2021-12-01 | 2024-08-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amica Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-03-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-11-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.