CLDN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
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Cash
£106K
+7.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£2.4M
-77.7% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
92
+3.4% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£158K
-88.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £18,112,760 | £17,276,044 | £13,166,669 | £17,984,065 | £17,379,885 | £15,374,216 | -11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,158,271 | £1,853,579 | £97,596 | £1,661,661 | £961,587 | -£140,037 | -114.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,172,548 | £1,887,293 | £239,089 | £1,974,219 | £1,343,523 | £158,182 | -88.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,824,680 | £1,539,847 | £196,017 | £1,509,992 | £1,003,156 | £117,550 | -88.3% | |
| Cash | £1,504,947 | £157,824 | £79,237 | £101,583 | £98,713 | £106,168 | +7.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £8,398,243 | £9,916,335 | £10,937,024 | £2,445,962 | -77.6% | |
| Net assets | £6,662,379 | £8,202,226 | £8,398,243 | £9,908,235 | £10,911,391 | £2,428,941 | -77.7% | |
| Equity | — | £8,202,226 | £8,398,243 | £9,908,235 | £10,911,391 | £2,428,941 | -77.7% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 89 | 92 | +3.4% | |
| Wages | £1,626,446 | £2,436,347 | £2,437,785 | £2,854,273 | £3,192,895 | £3,414,057 | +6.9% | |
| 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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 17.4% | 10.7% | 0.7% | 9.2% | 5.5% | -0.9% | |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 8.9% | 1.5% | 8.4% | 5.8% | 0.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 1.2% | 16.8% | 8.8% | -5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 24.0% | 18.7% | 48.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 4.06x | 5.23x | 1.90x |
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
- CLDN AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED 2022-04-04 → present
- C.RO VEC LIMITED 2011-12-01 → 2022-04-04
- CDMP PURFLEET LIMITED 2004-01-28 → 2011-12-01
- CDMV PURFLEET LIMITED 2003-12-18 → 2004-01-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having made sufficient enquiries, and based upon the above, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue operating in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £8,600,000 was declared and paid during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASTLE, Nigel | Director | 2025-07-29 | May 1962 | British |
| DOVE-SEYMOUR, Benjamin David | Director | 2019-10-21 | Jun 1977 | British |
| HAMMOND, Simon Mark | Director | 2020-01-01 | Mar 1961 | British |
| MAES, Florent Sebastian | Director | 2020-01-01 | Dec 1983 | Belgian |
| RUBENS, Joost Marc Edmond | Director | 2020-01-01 | Feb 1976 | Belgian |
| VAN MALDEREN, Paul Jan | Director | 2003-12-18 | Nov 1971 | Belgian |
| WALKER, Gary John | Director | 2019-10-21 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WADE, Stephanie Joy | Secretary | 2003-12-18 | 2007-07-19 |
| THE COMPANY REGISTRATION AGENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-12-18 | 2003-12-18 |
| JADOT, Michel Rene | Director | 2013-05-27 | 2017-08-01 |
| LAS, Franciscus Johannes Antonius | Director | 2013-05-27 | 2019-12-31 |
| LEWIS, Michael David | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2017-05-31 |
| NEVEJANS, Jan Jozef Germaine | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2010-07-01 |
| WALKER, Gary John | Director | 2006-04-19 | 2013-06-11 |
| WIGERINCK, Wim Luk P | Director | 2017-03-01 | 2019-10-21 |
| CALLMINSTER LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-12-18 | 2008-02-12 |
| DEEP WHARF CONSULTING LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-02-06 | 2010-07-01 |
| LUCIENE JAMES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-12-18 | 2003-12-18 |
| SCALOX BVBA | Corporate Director | 2014-01-01 | 2017-03-01 |
| TRILITHON V O F | Corporate Director | 2003-12-18 | 2009-12-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purfleet Real Estate Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 103 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-04-04 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-04 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2021-06-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2021-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.