THE COMMONWEALTH MINT & PHILATELIC BUREAU LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-5.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-7.1% vs 2024
Employees
55
-3.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+24% vs 2024
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £61,988,033 | £96,450,860 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £4,120,324 | £5,621,623 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £4,089,287 | £5,071,402 | |
| Net profit | — | £4,666,144 | — | — | — | £3,056,025 | £3,739,552 | |
| Cash | £4,341,220 | £2,918,681 | £2,944,289 | £9,429,276 | £10,345,890 | £3,676,286 | £3,460,897 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £18,177,738 | £16,861,522 | |
| Net assets | — | £14,812,399 | — | — | — | £17,877,250 | £16,616,802 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | £25,601,187 | £25,271,225 | £17,877,250 | £16,616,802 | |
| Average employees | — | 49 | — | — | — | 57 | 55 | |
| Wages | — | £1,481,874 | — | — | — | £2,233,626 | £2,325,685 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | £252,500 | £136,035 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
+55.6%
£61,988,033 £96,450,860
-
Cash
-5.9%
£3,676,286 £3,460,897
-
Net assets
-7.1%
£17,877,250 £16,616,802
-
Employees
-3.5%
57 55
-
Operating profit
+36.4%
£4,120,324 £5,621,623
-
Profit before tax
+24%
£4,089,287 £5,071,402
-
Wages
+4.1%
£2,233,626 £2,325,685
highest in 3 filed years
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 6.6% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 22.7% | 33.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 10.80x | 2.97x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 19.68x | 10.05x |
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
- THE COMMONWEALTH MINT & PHILATELIC BUREAU LTD 2005-12-13 → present
- LONDON MINT CONNECTION LIMITED 2005-04-13 → 2005-12-13
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Simpson Wreford LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- THE COMMONWEALTH MINT & PHILATELIC BUREAU LTD · parent
- Techgrave Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAINES, Gary Duncan | Director | 2023-09-04 | Apr 1966 | British |
| STARK, Thomas Shane | Director | 2024-07-26 | Sep 1971 | American |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEANE, Patrick Charles William | Secretary | 2005-04-13 | 2022-03-18 |
| DEANE, Stevanne | Secretary | 2019-06-17 | 2022-03-18 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-04-13 | 2005-04-13 |
| BACH, Martin Edward | Director | 2022-03-18 | 2023-09-04 |
| CHAMPION, Mark Alistair | Director | 2020-06-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| DEANE, Jonathan | Director | 2019-12-16 | 2024-07-02 |
| DEANE, Patrick Charles William | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2022-03-18 |
| HUGHES, James Clarke | Director | 2005-04-13 | 2024-07-02 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-04-13 | 2005-04-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heimerle + Meule Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 2024-05-31 | Active |
| Stevanne Deane | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-09-23 |
| James Clarke Hughes | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Ceased 2022-03-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-19 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-07 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement |
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.