CA'PIETRA GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£452k
-75.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4.9m
-5.3% vs 2024
Employees
114
+9.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£836k
-48% lowest in 6 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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 | £10,203,020 | £14,558,281 | £18,918,070 | £18,498,059 | £22,119,111 | £23,626,784 | +6.8% | |
| Operating profit | £999,689 | £1,581,167 | £2,479,280 | £1,861,296 | £1,608,807 | £850,074 | -47.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £975,453 | £1,569,232 | £2,479,509 | £1,876,022 | £1,606,984 | £836,120 | -48% | |
| Net profit | £743,742 | £1,206,822 | £2,103,383 | £1,228,204 | £1,216,704 | £621,862 | -48.9% | |
| Cash | £1,118,124 | £2,169,003 | £1,875,070 | £2,087,162 | £1,819,351 | £452,013 | -75.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,728,042 | £2,836,987 | £4,039,533 | £5,062,669 | £5,487,254 | £5,307,664 | -3.3% | |
| Net assets | £2,663,473 | £2,776,295 | £4,024,078 | £4,647,282 | £5,193,986 | £4,920,848 | -5.3% | |
| Equity | £2,663,473 | £2,776,295 | £4,024,078 | £4,647,282 | £5,193,986 | £4,920,848 | -5.3% | |
| Average employees | 58 | 63 | 85 | 90 | 104 | 114 | +9.6% | |
| Wages | £2,153,492 | £2,602,542 | £3,569,648 | £3,770,667 | £4,521,678 | £5,157,487 | +14.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £25,551 | £25,738 | £25,800 | £25,800 | £22,327 | £27,014 | +21% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 13.1% | 10.1% | 7.3% | 3.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 8.3% | 11.1% | 6.6% | 5.5% | 2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 36.6% | 55.7% | 61.4% | 36.8% | 29.3% | 16.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 34.9% | 55.1% | 48.0% | 46.5% | 42.4% | 54.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.86x | 2.01x | 1.58x | |
| Interest cover | 41.25x | — | — | — | 65.22x | 34.26x |
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 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2025-05-29
- CA'PIETRA GROUP LIMITED 2025-05-29 → present
- SARSEN STONE GROUP LIMITED 2011-05-25 → 2025-05-29
- ASHOKAN ASSOCIATES LIMITED 2011-04-21 → 2011-05-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the forecasts, available funding facilities and the expected availability of further financial support, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Significant events
- “On 2 April Sarsen Group Holdings Limited transferred all 10,000 of the ordinary shares of Ca'pietra Group Limited to Sarsen Brands Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 1 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIBLE, Michael John | Director | 2012-03-19 | Aug 1965 | British |
| SMITH, Hamish Stuart | Director | 2012-03-19 | Jul 1979 | British |
| SMITH, Marcus Richard | Director | 2014-12-22 | Apr 1975 | British |
Show 1 resigned officer
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Timothy Roy | Director | 2011-04-21 | 2018-12-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarsen Brands Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2026-04-02 | Active |
| Sarsen Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2026-04-02 |
| Michael John Dible | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Marcus Richard Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
| Mr Hamish Stuart Smith | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-12-13 | Ceased 2018-12-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 77 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-05-29 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
- 2022-08-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-08-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-20 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-20 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-29 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-22 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-08-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-08-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-08-11 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.