COMMS EXPRESS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-02 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+34.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-6.5% vs 2023
Employees
35
-2.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£642K
-49.4% vs 2023
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £20,721,671 | £19,115,279 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £1,247,369 | £608,441 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £1,269,870 | £642,097 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £966,426 | £451,048 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £1,777,578 | £2,383,173 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £3,356,757 | £3,137,598 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £3,347,057 | £3,130,098 | |
| Equity | £3,651,103 | £4,009,417 | £2,836,643 | £2,980,953 | — | £3,347,057 | £3,130,098 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | 35 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £1,490,004 | £1,447,818 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £341,095 | £280,233 |
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
-7.8%
£20,721,671 £19,115,279
-
Cash
+34.1%
£1,777,578 £2,383,173
-
Net assets
-6.5%
£3,347,057 £3,130,098
-
Employees
-2.8%
36 35
-
Operating profit
-51.2%
£1,247,369 £608,441
-
Profit before tax
-49.4%
£1,269,870 £642,097
-
Wages
-2.8%
£1,490,004 £1,447,818
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 | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.0% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7% | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 37.2% | 19.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.66x | 2.31x |
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
- COMMS EXPRESS LIMITED 2002-04-19 → present
- NEWCONN LIMITED 2002-01-24 → 2002-04-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company's main risk arises from the continued general shortage of raw materials.”
- “Although turnover has marginally fallen, the company has maintained its gross margin, despite the increase in raw material prices and shipping costs in the Far East.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WILKIN, Michelle Lorraine | Secretary | 2019-04-02 | — | — |
| ELLIS, Justin | Director | 2019-03-01 | Mar 1972 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JERMYN, Mark Anthony | Secretary | 2013-09-02 | 2019-04-02 |
| PELLATT, Annie Teresa | Secretary | 2002-01-24 | 2002-01-30 |
| WILKIN, Kenneth George | Secretary | 2002-01-30 | 2013-09-02 |
| BOYCE, Andrew Ian | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2020-09-24 |
| BOYCE, James Henry | Director | 2002-09-01 | 2020-01-24 |
| ELLIS, Justin Rupert | Director | 2003-04-17 | 2004-01-21 |
| GERHARTZ, Tina Louise | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2024-06-07 |
| JERMYN, Mark Anthony | Director | 2019-09-13 | 2020-09-24 |
| PELLATT, James Michael | Director | 2002-01-24 | 2002-01-30 |
| WILKIN, Steven | Director | 2002-01-30 | 2020-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comms Capital Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-09-04 | Active |
| James Henry Boyce | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-04 |
| Steven Wilkin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-09-04 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-09-17 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-03 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-10-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2020-09-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.