CONTRACTOR UMBRELLA LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3M
-73.7% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£99K
-701.4% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
656
-5.2% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
-£90K
-150.2% vs 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 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £94,727,158 | — | £125,722,633 | £94,810,335 | £78,374,568 | -17.3% | |
| Operating profit | £154,259 | — | -£389,886 | -£32,052 | -£243,864 | -660.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £154,376 | £446,819 | -£299,763 | £179,139 | -£89,855 | -150.2% | |
| Net profit | £151,881 | £351,998 | -£250,023 | £179,139 | -£86,732 | -148.4% | |
| Cash | £8,854,817 | £7,429,101 | £6,208,252 | £4,999,304 | £1,317,210 | -73.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £545,520 | £897,518 | — | -£12,366 | -£99,098 | -701.4% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £118,495 | -£12,366 | -£99,098 | -701.4% | |
| Equity | £545,520 | £897,518 | £118,495 | -£12,366 | -£99,098 | -701.4% | |
| Average employees | 850 | 1,170 | 967 | 692 | 656 | -5.2% | |
| Wages | — | — | £107,258,410 | £76,424,986 | £63,046,436 | -17.5% | |
| 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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.2% | — | -0.3% | -0.0% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | — | -0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 28.3% | — | — | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 100.1% | 101.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.00x | 0.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -34.37x |
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
- CONTRACTOR UMBRELLA LIMITED 2002-04-26 → present
- SJD SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2001-11-16 → 2002-04-26
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Significant events
- “The results for the year show a 17.34% decrease in turnover. This is due to the loss of a contractor base, with the average contractor number being down from 682 in the prior year to 649 in the current year. We have seen a decrease in gross profit by 148%, due to adjustments made to agency margins.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAN, Nesar | Secretary | 2025-12-10 | — | — |
| KHAN, Nesar | Director | 2025-12-10 | May 1975 | English |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOLAN, Simon James | Secretary | 2002-05-02 | 2025-12-10 |
| HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-11-16 | 2001-11-20 |
| DOLAN, Simon James | Director | 2002-05-02 | 2025-12-10 |
| JACKMAN, Julia | Director | 2002-05-02 | 2002-12-31 |
| JOHNSON, Claire Louise | Director | 2008-04-11 | 2014-09-16 |
| KEEBLE, Lisa Barbara | Director | 2003-01-03 | 2019-07-24 |
| SMITH, Lucy Jane | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2019-01-28 |
| HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-11-16 | 2001-11-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Simon James Dolan | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-11-09 | Ceased 2017-11-09 |
| Simon James Dolan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as trust), Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as trust), Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-11-06 | Ceased 2017-11-09 |
| Mr Simon James Dolan | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-11-06 | Ceased 2016-11-06 |
| D'Anconia Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-21 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-06 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-07-02 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.