COBALT GROUND SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-04-12
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+12% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+16% vs 2023
Employees
968
+7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
+13.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2026-04-12.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £53,991,000 | £59,780,000 | |
| Operating profit | £4,500,000 | £5,008,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,488,000 | £5,075,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,511,000 | £3,817,000 | |
| Cash | £4,890,000 | £5,478,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,172,000 | £14,041,000 | |
| Net assets | £11,365,000 | £13,182,000 | |
| Equity | £11,365,000 | £13,182,000 | |
| Average employees | 905 | 968 | |
| Wages | £34,764,000 | £38,527,000 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+10.7%
£53,991,000 £59,780,000
-
Cash
+12%
£4,890,000 £5,478,000
-
Net assets
+16%
£11,365,000 £13,182,000
-
Employees
+7%
905 968
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Operating profit
+11.3%
£4,500,000 £5,008,000
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Profit before tax
+13.1%
£4,488,000 £5,075,000
-
Wages
+10.8%
£34,764,000 £38,527,000
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 | 8.3% | 8.4% | |
| Net margin | 6.5% | 6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 37.0% | 35.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.14x | 2.50x | |
| Interest cover | 81.82x | 313.00x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- COBALT GROUND SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2009-04-03 → present
- KLM GROUND SERVICES LIMITED 1996-09-17 → 2009-04-03
- KLM PASSAGE SERVICE CENTRE HOLDINGS LIMITED 1995-09-07 → 1996-09-17
- PASSAGE SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED 1995-03-29 → 1995-09-07
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis. in preparing its financial statements.”
Significant events
- “With the country coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic, activity increased throughout 2024. As a result of this turnover increased by 10.7%.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Robert Leslie David | Secretary | 2017-02-01 | — | — |
| JAOUI, Nathalie | Director | 2016-12-31 | Dec 1963 | French |
| LEMAITRE, Marc | Director | 2016-12-31 | Feb 1962 | French |
| MOLONEY, Darren | Director | 2016-12-31 | Sep 1976 | Irish |
| ROMAND, Franck Patrick Jacques | Director | 2025-06-28 | Jul 1969 | French |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIESTER, Jan Willem | Secretary | 1995-03-29 | 1997-05-31 |
| SMIT, Remco | Secretary | 1997-06-01 | 2005-05-01 |
| VAN WIERINGEN, Nicolaas Adrianus Maria | Secretary | 2014-08-01 | 2016-12-31 |
| VEENSTRA, Jozef Bernardus | Secretary | 2005-05-01 | 2014-08-01 |
| GOODBODY NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-12-31 | 2017-02-01 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-29 | 1995-03-29 |
| BAKER, Robert Leslie David | Director | 2017-02-01 | 2017-02-01 |
| CONNOLLY, John Joseph | Director | 1995-03-29 | 1995-08-22 |
| CORNWALL, Peter Kenneth | Director | 1995-08-24 | 1996-09-17 |
| D'AUBER DE PEYRELONGUE, Henri Marie Joseph | Director | 2013-02-14 | 2016-12-31 |
| DE BRUIJN, Hans Karel | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2012-11-08 |
| DE VEGT, Jan | Director | 2012-11-08 | 2013-02-14 |
| DEN HEIJER, Adriaan | Director | 2012-11-08 | 2016-12-31 |
| DESCAZEAUX, Pierre | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-06-29 |
| GUEDJ, Claude | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2022-02-12 |
| GUEDJ, Karine | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2025-06-25 |
| JACOBUS, Van De Linde | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2012-11-08 |
| JOURDAIN, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-12-16 |
| LE CHAPELAIN, Erwan Mikael Marie | Director | 2010-12-16 | 2016-12-31 |
| PRIESTER, Jan Willem | Director | 1995-08-22 | 1996-09-17 |
| PUSSIAU, Antoine Jean Marie Gerard | Director | 2010-06-29 | 2013-02-14 |
| VEENSTRA, Jozef Bernardus | Director | 2007-11-22 | 2016-12-31 |
| VELTMAN, Antonius Cornelius Marie | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-12-16 |
| KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ NV | Corporate Director | 1996-09-17 | 2009-04-01 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1995-03-29 | 1995-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groupe Crit S.A. | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-29 | Active |
| Mr Claude Guedj | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-12-31 | Ceased 2022-02-12 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 147 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-08 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2022-02-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-02-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.