ENABLE TRADING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+17.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£5.5m
+5.4% vs 2024
Employees
49
+2.1% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£901k
+2,541.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £14,648,042 | £15,042,319 | £16,614,256 | +10.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£1,397,555 | -£115,990 | £847,833 | +831% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,324,973 | -£36,893 | £900,724 | +2,541.4% | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,593,967 | -£272,934 | £882,156 | +423.2% | |
| Cash | £9,787 | £1,975,135 | £1,643,086 | £1,931,164 | +17.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,672,849 | £6,037,406 | £5,341,182 | £5,598,642 | +4.8% | |
| Net assets | £3,672,849 | £5,881,955 | £5,209,021 | £5,491,177 | +5.4% | |
| Equity | £3,672,849 | £5,881,955 | £5,209,021 | £5,491,177 | +5.4% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 48 | 48 | 49 | +2.1% | |
| Wages | — | £1,441,881 | £1,636,001 | £1,699,168 | +3.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £162,810 | £192,161 | £154,466 | -19.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | £240,000 | £2,422 | -99% |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -9.5% | -0.8% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | -10.9% | -1.8% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -23.1% | -2.2% | 15.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 21.1% | 21.5% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.17x | 4.54x | 5.11x |
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
- ENABLE TRADING LIMITED 2007-11-20 → present
- DDL63 LIMITED 2007-10-24 → 2007-11-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- UHY Hacker Young
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their assessment of current trading, cash resources and forecasts, the directors consider that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and have therefore adopted the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- ENABLE TRADING LIMITED · parent
- Palm Automotive Limited 100%
- Car Shades Holdings Limited 100%
- Scimitar International Limited 100%
- Car Shades Limited 100%
Significant events
- “An impairment of tangible fixed assets was recognised in 2025 in the amount of £245,543.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCHERER, Jonathan Francis | Secretary | 2007-12-10 | — | British |
| FONTERNEL, Theodorus Ernst | Director | 2007-12-10 | Nov 1949 | British |
| LOUIS, Stephen David | Director | 2007-12-10 | Aug 1966 | British |
| ROSS, Michael Peter | Director | 2007-12-10 | Oct 1956 | British |
| SCHERER, Jonathan Francis | Director | 2007-12-10 | Nov 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHADBOLT, Anna May | Secretary | 2007-11-19 | 2007-12-10 |
| D & D SECRETARIAL LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2007-10-24 | 2007-11-19 |
| ABREY, Caroline Marie | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2007-12-10 |
| DWYER, Daniel James | Director | 2007-10-24 | 2007-11-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-01-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2019-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-12-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2018-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2017-02-14 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.