CHINA TELECOM (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-29 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-19 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£66M
+76.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£64M
+4.1% vs 2023
Employees
172
-8.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
+64.6% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Telecommunications median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £223,526,102 | £263,386,135 | |
| Operating profit | £1,481,549 | £1,476,797 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,905,860 | £3,137,906 | |
| Net profit | £290,273 | £2,640,359 | |
| Cash | £37,437,428 | £66,191,905 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £80,370,722 | £79,317,723 | |
| Net assets | £61,291,100 | £63,810,338 | |
| Equity | £61,291,100 | £63,810,338 | |
| Average employees | 188 | 172 | |
| Wages | £14,458,033 | £14,380,893 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £412,867 | £486,653 |
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
+17.8%
£223,526,102 £263,386,135
-
Cash
+76.8%
£37,437,428 £66,191,905
-
Net assets
+4.1%
£61,291,100 £63,810,338
-
Employees
-8.5%
188 172
-
Operating profit
-0.3%
£1,481,549 £1,476,797
-
Profit before tax
+64.6%
£1,905,860 £3,137,906
-
Wages
-0.5%
£14,458,033 £14,380,893
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 | 0.7% | 0.6% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.8% | 1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 63.7% | 59.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.41x | 1.48x | |
| Interest cover | 16.84x | 16.23x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. As of 31 December 2024, the Company held cash of £66.19m, had net assets of £63.81m, and recorded a post-tax profit of £2.64m. No external loan liabilities; going concern basis adopted.”
Group structure
- CHINA TELECOM (EUROPE) LIMITED · parent
- Limited Liability Company China Telecom 0.01%
- China Telecom BLR LLC. 0.01%
Significant events
- “A £3.8m provision (2023: £3.5m) is held against receivables from Russian customers (excluding Rostelecom) due to the Ukraine War, mitigated by netting arrangements and expected continued service use for offsetting debtors.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LI, Kang | Director | 2021-07-14 | Apr 1975 | Chinese |
| LI, Zhongfang | Director | 2024-10-21 | Jan 1978 | Chinese |
| LIU, Yimeng | Director | 2026-03-31 | Apr 1988 | Chinese |
| XIAN, Jun | Director | 2024-10-21 | Jan 1972 | Chinese |
| ZHANG, Dahai | Director | 2022-11-15 | Jul 1973 | Chinese |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAO, Li | Secretary | 2013-01-31 | 2026-01-19 |
| CHEN, Jingzhao | Secretary | 2008-02-29 | 2013-01-31 |
| HOU, Rucheng | Secretary | 2006-06-08 | 2008-02-29 |
| TAYLOR WESSING SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2006-03-02 | 2006-06-08 |
| CAO, Li | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2026-01-19 |
| CHEN, Daifa | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-10-21 |
| CHEN, Jingzhao | Director | 2006-06-08 | 2013-01-31 |
| GAO, Wenjun | Director | 2008-03-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| HOU, Rucheng | Director | 2006-06-08 | 2008-02-28 |
| LI, Guangliang | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2019-10-25 |
| OU, Yan | Director | 2006-06-08 | 2018-11-19 |
| PENG, Peng | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2021-02-19 |
| SUN, Feng | Director | 2021-05-19 | 2024-10-21 |
| XIAN, Jun | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2019-10-18 |
| XIAO, Wei | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2019-10-19 |
| YANG, Liu | Director | 2018-09-27 | 2022-11-15 |
| YU, Yuan | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-10-21 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-02 | 2006-06-08 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2006-03-02 | 2006-06-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2023-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-03-16 | EW02 | officers | Withdrawal of the directors residential address register information from the public register | |
| 2023-03-16 | EW03 | officers | Withdrawal of the secretaries register information from the public register | |
| 2023-03-16 | EW01 | officers | Withdrawal of the directors register information from the public register |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.