NORTH EAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+0.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
-3.7% vs 2023
Employees
57
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£187K
-33.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,861,000 | £2,979,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£214,000 | -£278,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£140,000 | -£187,000 | |
| Net profit | -£118,000 | -£164,000 | |
| Cash | £1,860,000 | £1,873,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,598,000 | £4,412,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,484,000 | £4,320,000 | |
| Equity | £4,484,000 | £4,320,000 | |
| Average employees | 55 | 57 | |
| Wages | £1,973,000 | £2,106,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £325,000 | £380,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.1%
£2,861,000 £2,979,000
-
Cash
+0.7%
£1,860,000 £1,873,000
-
Net assets
-3.7%
£4,484,000 £4,320,000
-
Employees
+3.6%
55 57
-
Operating profit
-29.9%
-£214,000 -£278,000
-
Profit before tax
-33.6%
-£140,000 -£187,000
-
Wages
+6.7%
£1,973,000 £2,106,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -7.5% | -9.3% | |
| Net margin | -4.1% | -5.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.7% | -6.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.70x | 2.41x |
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 — the current trading name was adopted 2024-05-09
- NORTH EAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2024-05-09 → present
- NORTH EAST ENGLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2016-11-24 → 2024-05-09
- NORTH EAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY 1994-06-13 → 2016-11-24
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The forecasts, including the downside sensitivities, show the Chamber should be able to continue in operational existence as a going concern. Substantial cash reserves and the ability to manage any longer-term reduction in trading into 2025/26 provide comfort that the Chamber has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence, for at least twelve months, from the date of signing of the financial statements. Based on the factors set out above, the directors believe that it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- NORTH EAST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE · parent
- North East Worldwide Limited 100%
Significant events
- “2024 will be remembered in many respects as a year of elections, as businesses, employers and residents across the region faced local, regional and national ballots all in the space of three months.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
15 active · 85 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEARNE, Rhiannon Tacye | Secretary | 2023-01-01 | — | — |
| ALI, Aneela Malik | Director | 2023-04-10 | Nov 1982 | British |
| BEARNE, Rhiannon Tacye | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1982 | British |
| EDUSEI, Stephanie Afua Achiamaa | Director | 2022-02-07 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GALE, Yvonne, Dr | Director | 2021-12-06 | Apr 1968 | British |
| HAIGH, Andrew Scott | Director | 2019-10-11 | Jan 1963 | British |
| HUNTER, Louise | Director | 2021-10-11 | Jul 1975 | British |
| JOHNSTON, John | Director | 2022-09-29 | Feb 1967 | British |
| MARSHALL, John Philip Birkett | Director | 2018-01-02 | Sep 1966 | British |
| MCCABE, John | Director | 2019-05-14 | Jul 1972 | British |
| MCDONOUGH, Natasha | Director | 2024-07-11 | Sep 1973 | British |
| MOODY, Lesley | Director | 2018-10-08 | Sep 1956 | British |
| RYCROFT, Jennifer Helen Catherine | Director | 2023-01-01 | Apr 1986 | British |
| STONEHOUSE, Tara | Director | 2020-08-06 | Dec 1977 | British |
| WALTON, Deborah | Director | 2021-04-12 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 85 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGLEY, David John | Secretary | 2014-11-05 | 2022-11-30 |
| MCCOURT, Christopher James | Secretary | 2012-05-02 | 2014-10-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Isobel Strachan | Secretary | 1994-12-16 | 2012-03-31 |
| WATTS, Susan Mary | Secretary | 1994-06-13 | 1994-12-16 |
| AITCHISON, Jon Michael | Director | 2008-06-23 | 2011-01-31 |
| AVISS, Llewellyn Milton | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2001-03-23 |
| BALLINGER, Martin Stanley Andrew | Director | 1994-12-08 | 2003-06-10 |
| BARKER, Neil Anthony | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2006-06-13 |
| BEAUMONT, Christopher Paul | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2018-10-08 |
| BEAUMONT, Christopher Paul | Director | 2009-06-02 | 2011-06-28 |
| BEAUMONT, Christopher Paul | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-06-13 |
| BEAUMONT, Ernest Brian | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1995-06-27 |
| BELL, Leslie | Director | 1995-06-27 | 2001-06-12 |
| BIRD, Michael | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2002-12-31 |
| BIRD, Michael | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1996-01-22 |
| BIRT, Paul | Director | 1997-06-30 | 2001-02-19 |
| BLAXALL, Christopher Stanley | Director | 2020-06-11 | 2021-06-30 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Richard John | Director | 1998-04-20 | 2011-06-28 |
| BOYFIELD, John Michael | Director | 2001-04-23 | 2002-06-17 |
| BRIDGE, John Neville | Director | 1997-04-21 | 1998-10-19 |
| BROOME, Peter John | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2013-06-24 |
| BROWN, Douglas Arthur | Director | 1996-10-21 | 1998-10-19 |
| CALMAN, Kenneth, Professor Sir | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2006-06-13 |
| CALVERT, John Raymond | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1997-04-21 |
| COLDWELL, Brian Brook | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1995-05-19 |
| COOKE, George Leonard | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1996-01-22 |
| COPPOCK, David | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2006-03-21 |
| COULSON, Michael James | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1997-10-20 |
| COURTNEY, Gillian | Director | 2016-09-05 | 2021-09-21 |
| COWCHER, George | Director | 2003-01-01 | 2006-03-06 |
| CROSSMAN, Colin | Director | 1998-04-20 | 1999-12-13 |
| CUFFE, Robert | Director | 2002-02-18 | 2006-03-08 |
| DAVIES, David Leonard | Director | 1998-01-19 | 2002-02-18 |
| DAVIES, Mary Kinghorn | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-06-13 |
| DENNETT, Anthony Michael | Director | 1997-01-20 | 1998-05-01 |
| DIXON, Christopher Robin | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1998-10-19 |
| DOUGLAS, David Robert | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2014-03-19 |
| EBANKS BENI, Naghmeh | Director | 2023-07-11 | 2024-11-25 |
| ELSDON, Barbara | Director | 1997-01-20 | 1997-04-21 |
| EVANS, Robert William | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2007-11-27 |
| FAY, Margaret | Director | 2002-06-17 | 2004-10-04 |
| FERGUSON, Alan | Director | 2001-04-23 | 2013-12-31 |
| FORD, George John | Director | 2004-12-13 | 2006-06-13 |
| FRYER, Jeffrey Paul | Director | 2001-06-18 | 2006-09-15 |
| GAUDERN, Emma Mary | Director | 2019-05-14 | 2025-09-25 |
| GOULT, Jane Saskia | Director | 2018-10-08 | 2021-03-01 |
| HADFIELD, Antony | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1997-04-21 |
| HALTER, Robert E | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1996-07-15 |
| HARDING, Anthony John | Director | 2000-06-19 | 2001-10-15 |
| HARRIS, Ian Michael | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1999-02-21 |
| HASNAIN, Haani Ul | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2006-06-13 |
| HENDERSON, Graham | Director | 2007-07-26 | 2011-06-28 |
| HODGSON, Carol | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-06-13 |
| HODGSON, David John | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2004-10-04 |
| HODGSON, Geoffrey Mark | Director | 2002-04-12 | 2004-10-04 |
| HOGG, Alan William | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1997-01-20 |
| HOLBORN, Frank David | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2004-10-04 |
| HOWITT, Malcolm | Director | 1997-06-30 | 1998-11-18 |
| HUNTER, Carol Ann | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2006-03-22 |
| HUTCHINSON, Peter Allen | Director | 1996-01-22 | 1997-01-20 |
| ICETON, Derek | Director | 2003-06-10 | 2006-06-13 |
| IRWIN, John Gordon | Director | 2008-07-29 | 2012-12-31 |
| IRWIN, John Gordon | Director | 1995-06-27 | 2005-06-14 |
| JOBE, Christopher | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2008-07-29 |
| JOLLIFFE, Peter Douglas James | Director | 1998-10-19 | 2001-12-17 |
| KILSBY, Robert James | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1998-12-07 |
| KNIGHTS, Ian David | Director | 1995-06-27 | 1997-04-21 |
| LANGLEY, David John | Director | 2014-11-05 | 2022-11-30 |
| LAWLOR, Martin | Director | 1999-10-18 | 2002-02-18 |
| LAWS, David | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2017-06-21 |
| LLOYD, Richard Mark | Director | 2006-07-17 | 2008-03-25 |
| LYNAS, Colin | Director | 1997-10-20 | 2001-10-15 |
| MACKIE, John Stuart | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1995-04-21 |
| MAJOR, Francis George | Director | 2001-12-17 | 2005-07-11 |
| MANNING, Brian | Director | 2011-07-26 | 2017-04-28 |
| MATTHEWS, Michael | Director | 2014-06-10 | 2019-05-23 |
| MCCABE, John | Director | 2014-03-19 | 2019-03-04 |
| MCCOURT, Christopher James | Director | 2012-03-27 | 2014-10-31 |
| MCGAWLEY, William John | Director | 2009-07-21 | 2017-04-24 |
| MCGAWLEY, William John | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-06-13 |
| MCGRATH, Stephen John | Director | 2004-10-04 | 2006-06-13 |
| MIDDLETON, Donna Elizabeth | Director | 2003-10-20 | 2006-06-13 |
| MIDGLEY, David William | Director | 1995-06-27 | 2006-06-13 |
| MINTER, Michael Joseph | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1998-10-19 |
| MORAN, Paul Burnett | Director | 2005-10-17 | 2020-08-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 396 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-07-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-05-09 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2024-05-09 NE01 Change of name exemption
- 2024-05-09 NM06 Change of name request comments
- 2024-05-09 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-07-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-05-09 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-05-09 | NE01 | change-of-name | Change of name exemption | |
| 2024-05-09 | NM06 | change-of-name | Change of name request comments | |
| 2024-05-09 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2024-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.